Four people fight to scroll up or down a menu forcing their opponent's cursor off the screen as they make their own choice. What distinguishes NFS from all other NFS games are the Evolution and Factory Drive modes. Evolution is split into three eras, starting way back in the 1950s and leading up until the present. Used or new cars are available and again, a wide variety of cars are there for the pickin'. A percentage marker illuminates how much of the game you have beaten.
Evolution makes sense, and is a lot of fun to play.
It's highly organized and focused. In fact, it's an entire game on its own. But it's not. Factory Drive is another cool mode, but it feels like an amalgam of other game concepts. 4's RPG aspect going, as you speak, via text, with Porsche employees who set goals for you to achieve.