hey for an early access it looks very cool, visually I like it a lot and the fact that they are so faithful replicas to the real highways and roads in Japan catches my attention, now as you say having to run through a map so extensive in search of your rivals and you must also get “reputation” to accept racing against you, can not be heavy hahaha, although in a way it makes sense haha.
it must be really cool to go at high speed taking a curve and crash the car hahaha, I don't know in NFSU2 I loved the high speed crash cinematics, I hope this one has them too hahaha