How could you missed that?), a huge world and the driving is great. No always-on, no cops that are absolutely stupid (really, someone had to test NFS2015.
Even if there Car Showoff is huge they are still pushing cars in the game and the people pay for it, no doubt.
At this point i would recommend to look at games like Forza. You could always improve this by adding (maybe with patches or even dlcs) more manufactures or by allowing more tuning on the cars itself (I know, license problems). The Story is no criminal master mind Plot with twentyfour plottwists, character deaths and seven seasons but it is a nice change of pace and it is fun to learn more about it. Don't know why there are voices who say the world is dull, empty, boring or that the overall setting is dumb.
After all the harsh critics I had to read, I got to admit, that I really really enjoy NFS Payback.