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Admittedly, an improved field of vision would look awkward on a 1 screen setup, but that's most likely 99% of Xbox 360 owners.

As far as quali goes, sure one can do the fast laps, but you need something to place yourself higher on the grid for normal races if one is to compete with hard AI difficulty.
 
I love this game. But I am struggling with how to set my difficulty. Medium is easy to blow the AI away, yet on Hard if you get behind the computer is just too perfect and if there are no straight aways the chance to pass is nearly impossible.
 
That was a complaint many of the reviewers had as well, however I would assume it to be this way in real racing anyway. It's the same when I race my 10th scale electric touring car in expert class...the guy ahead has to make a mistake....

I just use campaign to unlock cars, and use multiplayer as a way to improve.
 
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