Coincidentally, I just delved back into Burnout Paradise last week after leaving it 1% completion it's been since its original release.
Always knew it was a decent game, but the open world and not gating off the tracks during races was a turn off for me. That's what kept me from playing and was something I'm still having to power through constantly having to navigate AND race. Tsk tsk.
Still good game but definitely not the best from Criterion because I LOVED Black and am sad that a sequel will not be arriving (although Trepang 2 more F.E.A.R. inspired does exist) any time soon if at all. Also Burnout 3 was just so great!
I'd like to see more decision makers be under the influence to be honest. Musk is just getting hate because he's "on the wrong side" against the hippies who at one point loved the guy a few years back. Societal consensus is fickle muse and sheep jump on the latest fad of hating someone prominent.