Need for Speed sucks. Not that the writing wasn't on the wall, but stay away if you think this has anything to do with Criterion's past work. Races are full of slow and tedious drifts, like in Forza Horizon
And even if you don't mind that, there's way too much traversal on the incredibly uninteresting overworld.
Callisto's first two hours were pretty sweet on the other hand. Excluding the 20 minutes where I had to learn its weird ass dodging system.
Spamming stick flicks does the trick, which I don't think was intended. Still, once you get the hang of it, it's very fun. Art and sound direction is amazing.