Tried the open beta for a while on Sunday. Couldn’t get force feedback to work at all with my wheel, and the game would occasionally lose the mapping to the brake pedal. Saw no way to control pitch on the planes with the wheel or M+K, had to plug in a gamepad to do that.
I guess the cars handle better than the first game. It’s still on the arcade side of the spectrum. The plane and boat events I tried were GTA levels of uninteresting.
I wish the open-world aspects were better incorporated into the racing. I’d love to see a Gumball Rally style race. Coast to coast, point A to B, maybe a couple of checkpoints on the way but otherwise the route is up to the player.