Free-Roaming City: Explore a massive city divided into five distinct, interconnected neighbourhoods.
Emergent Gameplay: Races can happen anywhere and at any time.
New Gameplay Modes: Three new gameplay modes are added to challenge gamers to hone their skills in a number of driving disciplines.
Performance Tuning: Tune every aspect of your car's performance with hundreds of licensed aftermarket performance upgrades
The Hottest Cars: More than thirty of the most sought-after tuner cars are available from the hottest manufacturers.
Visual Customization: With more than twice the visual customizations of last year's game, there are literally billions of car combinations available to gamers.
Online: Gamers can put their reputation on the line, challenging the world's best racers online for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system (An Internet connection, Network Adaptor and Memory Card for the PlayStation 2 are required for online game play.)