Well, this one is designed to be more like a story than a full goal based thing. Like Diablo said, sections are tied together by story of dirving, skating etc . . . the cool thing about it is the amount of control you have over your character, your tricks, your parks, and the fact that you can make your own goals. I really like it (I picked it up for GC just like Diablo) and I think its on par, if not better than most of the other THPS games. Oh and Diablo, if your gonna write a review for it . . . guess I don't have to .