Ive heard that too.. only thing putting me off now is the statement above about the handling of the cars.. if its anything like the other NFS games ill give it a miss..
Its a shame there isnt a demo for it,ive been playing forza 2 over this last month and its just so much better than shift for control.
Lets put it this way i raced on the first track on shift and thought i had the wrong settings on,changed a few things and not much difference to handling at all.