I've been playing now for 3 days, Its just like every other NFS game, however there are some features I like such as:
Once your car is impounded thats it, no seeing it again. Hope you remembered to take your CD out of the car before you got it impounded!!!
Vehicular damage on 'Job' cars (This adds a whole new challenege in itself)
'Realistic' Visual Adjustments. IE: If you have beefy tires on the car, you're more likely to burn out. If your fin is too wide or too long, you're more likely to experience steering and handling problems.
Sadly though, all of the 'Job' cars I've seen so far have been very sad, nice looking cars but they can't handle. Period, this actually aggravated me so much that I stopped playing for a day.