I quite enjoyed Paradise, especially after they added the ‘retry’ option (not sure why that wasn’t there to begin with, but whatever). And completing challenges with friends was crazy fun. It doesn’t replace the awesomeness that is split-screen Racing/Road Rage/Crash, but that’s why I simply held on to my copy of Revenge. Best of both worlds!

Though, in my opinion, no racing game comes even remotely close to Takedown – not even Revenge. Being able to slingshot cars (Shake n’ Bake!) out of your way or into enemies made it rather easy to avoid crashing, which in turn made the “rubber banding” much more noticeable and aggravating. And the lack of powerups in Revenge’s Crash mode was rather disappointing.
Still a great game, though. They better announce a new “true” title by the end of the year or.. I’ll go onto their forums and make a thread about how mad I am (that’ll teach ’em!).