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The nature of the game is rather open-ended, for the most part. You have an entire island at your disposal, within which lie various tasks for you to perform in order to earn money for the purchase of new cars, bigger homes, and shinier bling. The bulk of the money-earning tasks you will find in Unlimited are your basic street races, timed races, and speed races. There are also several elicit delivery jobs, and taxi services for shallow and snippy super models. These missions are fairly sparse in the beginning, which forces you to explore the island looking for them. As your experience grows, you will find more and more of them available.

One of the goals of this quest for cash is the "improvement" of your character's lifestyle on the island. Apart from the cars and the houses, one can pick up an absurd amount of clothing and various other accoutrements that are supposed to make the little head that sticks out of the top of your car somehow look better. This extra stuff is rather pointless and serves only to expand on the whole "I'm a Player" thing the game tries to create for you. It is silly and we recommend you ignore it.

The only worthwhile use of your money in the game is the purchasing of cars. Apart from meeting the requirements of the game's various tiers of car classes, the acquisition of cars is a great feature of Unlimited because of the sheer number of cars available. The selection ranges from your budget rubber burners like Mustangs and Audis to the top of the line screamers like Lambos and Zondas. Don't even get us started on the classic cars and motorcycles. The range of available rides is quite mouth watering. Plus, they look great all gathered together in the large garages you obtain with some of the more sprawling homes available later in the game.

Speed is something that is mostly inherent in every car you find in Unlimited. Even your base model cars can move along at a good 100+ MPH clip. Obviously, as you move up the horsepower ladder, cars become even faster, with some like the Zonda pushing 200 MPH! Their handling is okay, for the most part. Realism is not a big element in Unlimited, so cars are not much of a challenge to control. Neither is their handling very realistic. Some cars are a bit slow to get into gear, and many have a tendency to slide about rather unpredictably, especially in the turns. There is an assist in the game that will give inexperienced drivers a hand, but turning it off is not going to give you anything approaching simulator-style handling.