PG aaargh 3!!!

Given the sheer explosion-tastic-ness of Crackdown and GOW's addictive strong bloody violence my third game has been put on the back burner quite a bit. Spent a few hours switching between in-car and bumper but its making no difference, I'm still really struggling to climb the learning curve. What frustrates me is the unforgiving nature of this game - any deviation from the best line and its nigh-on-impossible to make up the ground, and don't even think about clipping the barriers. Maybe this is one of those posts that in six months I'll look back on and say, I was just struggling with its 'newness' and look at me now. Or will I just be playing Forza 2 instead?