This game is so awesome like OMG. I think this sold like ass, though, so I guess we're stuck with god damned Crap Crapismo.

I was actually one of the few that liked Motorstorm at launch.
I liked it well enough, until I got to the mandatory night races. At that point, the combination of cheap A.I. and lack of headlights made me really resent the game. Still, those moments when you're racing through a muddy trench and squeezing between two big rigs, while the fiery wreckage of some poor sod goes tumbling above you, that's just arcade racing magic.
The decision to include free play in the sequel was real wise.