i tried it an thought it was shit. the main character was obnoxious to me, always talking to himself in a weird way. and the motorcycle controls were garbage. i spent about 2 hours with it and sold it to amazon.
i own one of these, traded my Focus RS for it. i hated the looks of the Type R at first or i would have bought one before i bought the RS. however, after an absolutely terrible ownership experience with the RS, i traded it for the Type R. once you drive one, you won't care what it looks...
How much power was your buddy making? Not gonna lie, that is slightly terrifying. The RS is soooo much better with the tune. Ford really neutered it from the factory...
Can you provide a link to all of the cars throwing rods or melting things every week? I follow the RS forum pretty regularly and haven't been seeing this. I just installed a tune from Stratified on my RS a few weeks ago...