I heart racing games... I said it

I'm a huge dork.  I admit it.  I drug my girlfriend out so my dear friend Jerry and I could be at the midnight release of Forza 3.  I loved the Gran Turismo series (but have no ps3, nor patience). Historically the Need For Speed games are lots of fun for an hour, then the arcadey physics and game play, coupled with hokey story lines, get old.

I've been skeptically reading the updates on Need For Speed: Shift 2 on the speedhunters site.  Thinking they were shilling for some dough.  Then thinking it looked like a cool customize option that would lay on a crappy arcade foundation.  Then being cautiously optimistic it was a legit racing game.  Now...now I gotta say I'm psyched for it to come out.