Got it earlier this week. Really dissapointed with the soundtrack compared to Dirt2, but the driving feels a little better. I agree that it does seems a little boring not having fireworks going off all the time, but what really annoys me the most is your managers and pit crew or whoever they are babling on after every race and when you get back to the menus and you can't skip them or shut them up. The Ghymkana is just as fun as I was hoping it would be and I keep moving through the career as fast as possible to keep unlocking new areas of the open playgorund.