the new one isnt arcadey at all, its good in some ways, as the driving feels actually realistic, plus the crash damage (i suck, ive alraedy used all my repairmarkers, and i have to race damaged cars)
minus points, IMO, are the REALLY fussy menu system. oh, yeah, and its a shame that there is no kind of free-roam at all
i havent played the new one, i just ment NFS games in general, to be honest i think it was the free roam stuff that ruined the games after the first underground., the new one sounds alright, ill have to get a blast at it and see what i think.,