Not that its own style is bad, but I wish it didn't call itself Carbon or featured a similar cover art to the flagship.

It does try to copy Carbon's campaign structure and some gameplay features, but does so poorly. The campaign is poorly balanced, and one of the team members you can hire instead of one of the old ones is an assassin. That motherfucker's only goal in life is to make your life more difficult. He's nearly useless against enemies, but will throw spikes on the road for you to drive on and pop your tyres.

In general these companions are kinda more annoying than in the original Carbon, because the AI is worse, and they'll keep bumping into you. And, if one of them comes first in the race, somehow that doesn't count as a win. What kinda team are we, if we don't even share victories?