I've played it. I've even owned it (until someone lost my copy) But it takes a lot more than just playing to pick up on the details. I learnt that from studying other games in detail, like Gran Turismo. How many of you guys know you to put the car in neutral while driving, for instance?
Or about clutch simulation in that game in the first place, do some free revving in neutral, etc? Shift down several gears at once? How many people are smart enough to pay attention to the type of tires you put on the car before they do tests that compare the in-game car with its real life counterpart? Who knows the details of the differences between steering with the d-pad, analog stick, or steering wheel (not to mention in the different versions of the game), and the related levels of steering assist? How many people can distinguish bad handling from good simulation and vice versa? Etc. etc. etc. There's a lot to a game that takes more than just playing to find out ...
Better to have a discussion with experts first, and then do some more pointed research later for verification, I say ...
But I'll be sure to pick up Evo when I come across it ...
