The games relies on the main races which we have grown accustomed to. There are circuit races, sprints, checkpoint races, speed traps and drift races are back with a bang. The drift races can either be at enclosed tracks or on the winding canyon roads which brings a nice twist to them.

It goes without saying that you need to be extremely careful for the drift races on the winding canyon road because if you go through the barrier it will have a devastating result.

You'll also face off with the different crew bosses in the canyons, and these events can really test your patience. Once you've taken enough turf for a crew boss to challenge you, you'll first race against him in a standard city-street event. This is usually not a problem. If you beat him there, you'll advance to one of the game's canyon courses, which are narrow and undulating.

Here it's a two-part race, where you'll first have to chase the boss through a point-to-point race, and then reverse roles for the second part. Your score on the first half is based on how close you stay to your rival; then in the second half, your rival tries to outdo you. These events can be quite challenging because the courses are technically complicated, and the crew bosses tend to be better, more aggressive drivers than the average street racers.