The graphics might not be the best you can find, but where they really matter is where you will find they look best. At maximum settings the game is completely playable for me, but I believe I will be turning settings down to improve performance. Over time I do think optimizations through patches and new drivers will help. Gameplay, to put it simply, is where I want it to be. The challenge is there and has been progressing nicely, for me at least. With a variety of events and rewards just to the Career Mode there is plenty to do, but the game offers even more with community challenges and the Your Stage feature for generating even more tracks to try.