An open island - 8 by 8 km and 117 km of road: an expressway loop, a mountain pass, coast roads, villages and a harbour town

Places worth the drive - a race circuit, a drag strip, a dam, an onsen village, a fishing harbour and lookouts over the sea

Day and night - a full day takes 48 minutes, and after dark street lights, windows and headlights come on by themselves

Weather - clouds, rain, thunderstorms and fog, the same for everyone in the session; rain leaves puddles and spray on the road

Traffic - cars keep left on every road, and you choose how busy it gets

Rivals in traffic - flash your lights twice beside one to call them out; their bar drains as they fall behind, and the winner takes the money

Duels with other players - the same flash and the same bars, played for bragging rights

Money for driving well - drifts, near misses past traffic and won duels all pay

42 cars in the showroom - from a delivery van to a 9.1 million supercar, with JDM legends in between

38 engines - each with its own voice

Several of the same car - buy another copy and give each its own build

Lights that work - headlights light the road, pop-ups flip up, turn signals blink and dashboards glow at night

Upgrades in 9 slots, 4 stages each - a full stage 4 build doubles the power

Body kits on their own shelves - bumpers, spoilers, grilles, intercoolers, exhaust tips and more

A livery editor - 531 shapes, 37 fonts and up to 3000 stickers on one car

Neon underglow - it flickers to life like real tubes

The car answers back - it squats on its springs as parts go on, and paint hisses from a spray can

Every drive is online - friends can join your island at any time through s&box

Players page in the pause menu - who is on the island, what they drive and how far away they are

Shared traffic - everyone in the session sees the same cars in the same places

Straight into the driver's seat - no menus, the game opens with you parked and ready

Menus that sound like a car - an indicator relay ticks as you move, the handbrake clicks the pause menu open, central locking seals a purchase

A minimap and a full map of the island - press M

Steering wheels with force feedback - through Steering Hub

Six languages - English, Russian, German, Spanish, Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese