Got my copy this morning - Gameplay despatched early to avoid getting caught up in the postal strike.
Only managed to play over lunch, but so far so good - they've made it a lot easier for novices to get into the game in terms of the assists and the new "auto-tune" and "auto-upgrade" features. The new "Career Mode" seems to be a lot more varied as well.
My only criticism so far is the constant loading screens - not sure whether this is just my Xbox (I don't have much free space left on my puny 20gb HDD) or whether it'll be the same for everyone...
