OilSlicker

The biggest difference between this and games like Forza Motorsport and even GTS in single player, is they attempt to offer a more complete race weekend experience. With qualifying, and some TV-style presentation and minimal commentary/radio chatter. Just a different atmosphere that I prefer more than just driving with random background music. Same thing with the F1 racing games.

Codemasters is still a relatively small family oriented company. Probably won't get many responses on a sunday.

No, it's true that whether you like a driving model in a game is subjective. But what is not subjective is you can run the same single player race in GT Sport over and over for instance and the AI drivers will run the race the same way basically every single time. They also have no personality traits, different driving styles, they are simply random generic names that are programmed to drive the same way over and over. Take some time to actually play the game and find out its strengths before you give a 1/10 rating like most of the dumbbutts on these rating sites.

and fun driving and competitive races that don't seem scripted.

Well let me just say so far I am having more fun than with any racing game in a while- and I've tried them all from pure arcade to hardcore sim on every platform. Why? Can't really explain it. The game is definitely not perfect- the graphics are rough in some areas. But the races have been great and haven't gotten that just one more race compulsion in a while.