The environments, which range from forest, desert, and snow, are beautifully rendered, and have interactive rocks, water, people, animals, and roadsigns all trying to slow you down. Simply put, these backgrounds look and feel great . SR is not without its drawbacks, however. The outlaw lingo provided by your fellow smugglers is just plain horrible, and quickly becomes irritating. And the missions, although they vary in difficulty, are really repetitive.
SR is a good time, though.
There's a two player mode that is a lot of fun for at least an hour or so, and the lines yelled at you by the law enforcement are hilarious. If only there were a four-player mode and a lot of cars to choose from, this would be THE driving game to own for some time to come. But you can see it's strength by the other titles that shamelessly steal from it, like 4X4 Evo .