I think developers got too serious with 2nd part. All the fun elements that made the 1st one so enjoyable and great are missing. Cannot select the tracks to race on, on my own. Made racing too difficult to enjoy. My all the focus is on winning and not enjoying. Introduced all the nonsense of opening crests. In 1st part, the career path was clear, here I am just racing to gain experience or something which does not motivate me to play at all.