yea the lighter cars in the game suck with handling...the RX-3 especially...drove better stock then suped up...
A hint: when you want to race someone that only shows up at a certain time, you can get a listing of what car and time all racers will race you, and some are at like 2 AM. All you have to do is change the PS2's clock to the right time, then the person will be there. I rented the game several times, and got 390something rivals beaten out of 400...
Fun game cause of the cars it has, but it's really unrealistic...