Let me start off by saying i owned this game before,traded it and regreted it.I was sure glad to see it was it the greatest hits lineup,gave me incentitive to purchase it again.The Game is pretty sweet,graphics are above average especially for a first year ps2 game.The courses are well designed with cool little features in the freestyle mode.You just cant pick this game up and expect to win because your good at racers,you must know the track in order to win,because the AI is top notch,and not only that,you must know how much to pre-load your jumps or you will get get all messed up on the timing of the next jump,so there is some strategy involved.I love the freestyle mode where you can bust some sweet tricks,and if you dont land the trick the crashes are a blast to watch.