After playing for 24 hours straight the takeaways I have are (imo):
》handling is definalty on the right track. Felt familiar but different enough to feel new.
》the game looks fantastic
》my favourite view is now cockpit cam
》I don't like the new cars because I don't like the fwd cars but the updated roadslayer and rocket felt good and nice that they're 5 speeds now.
》tires popping is a huge plus but imo it happens too quickly
》Sound is great but sometimes it cuts out either completely or in specific views
》emojis are great but can't see them in mp. I liked figuring out going no hands through corners by doing left emote and shifting lol.
》spectate needs a lot of work
》harder to flip people
》contact feels same no matter how hard the contact is.
》scrapyard is my favourite track in the game
》 game crashed 15 times (not sure if that's a me problem)
Great start overall imo. The meat and bones the handling is a huge plus and would rather have that right from the get go than having more content. I'm happy with it.