It bugs me that this could've been even better. The handling is tight, the cars look great, it's got a great soundtrack and it's a lot of fun. Criterion were great supporting it with free DLC and making Paradise open world was ambitious.
My main problem is that they took away split screen. Racing is one of those genres I love playing with my friends right there next to me on the couch and Burnout especially because I've had a lot of fun doing exactly that with every other entry.
It's also hard to get into Paradise until you've learned the map and if you lose a race you have to drive all the way back to the starting line to retry. Complaints aside it's still great fun but I prefer the rest of the series.