what I'm most excited about DriveClub that I think many people often dismiss (we mainly only talk about the visual of the game) is the mini challenges, the competitive aspect of it beyond just getting 1st place. I tried some racing game online, and often times, other player are so good that they left me in the dust and at that point it didn't felt any different than playing alone.
I like the mini mission this game have, I felt it makes me still in the same race and still fighting against someone instead of racing alone in the track since they are so far away, also, the addition of team racing make it more interesting too instead of everyone competing for 1st place, in team versus, every player contribute some point from the mini mission the game have in a track.
it's also bring some variety during the match, and I think imo, will encourage player to try master each of those challenges since they can easily see if they're doing it wrong or not. often times in racing games, I'm not sure how to approach a corner and even after I passed it, I'm not sure if I got it right or bad. the score system hopefully will help making you know how well you did in a corner and can steadily try to improve each corner.
