My friend bought L.A.Rush for PS2 today. When I saw the opening cinema, I was entirely unimpressed, it seemed like a really flashy game about black people acting like black people. But once I started playing, did a couple races, won a few stunt tracks (including winning the Hummer H2), I was impressed. And there's nothing like driving through the city, running from the police, in a H2, plowing cars out of the way.
The only problem is, don't expect it to be anything like Rush 2049 or Rush 2 or Sanfransico Rush, it's absolutely nothing like them. That's disappointing, but it's still fun in its own way.