Also, you can delete changes and regain the time if you make a mistake. The courses are once again challenging, and the added modes are deep and rewarding. They're blends of tarmac and dirt, or mud and gravel roads with marked contrasts in landscapes that force the skill out of you to succeed. Night levels are once again challenging, but this time the car lights are wider and longer by just enough space to make a big difference in the way you perceive the road. In other words, the added yardage is a big plus.
Races take place in dusk, dawn, rain and other weather conditions, too.
Players can race in the back roads of Finland, Greece, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Kenya, and the United Kingdom, eight regions in total. Codemasters switched out Indonesia and Monte Carlo from the first game, adding Italy and Kenya. Each region is made up of about nine stages, but the game presents 90 different courses for racers to tackle, more than last year's effort, and a hell of a lot by anyone's count. Perhaps what I'm especially glad about is that Codemasters kept the integrity of the physics engine intact while adding new driving features. Like last year, players can up-end their cars, or spin, flip, or crash them.