Forgot about need for speed undercover too--so I decided to buy it
Took a few minutes to get it running (it says punkbuster is optional)--its not anymore if it was.
Driving is good except i'm getting some stutter, i'll have to try without G-Sync and unlimited FPS since its old af...but its still playable.
Generic controller only worked running Origin through Steam.
Its open world but you can just select an event to start, so its more mixed in the sense you can avoid open world pretty much entirely.
Game actually aged well and its pretty damn good. Nitrous approved. Even though i'm still trying to figure out how to use my nitrous unless the slow mode affect is what thats supposed to be...which is another useful new feature in any case.
EDIT:
I just got to choose a pink slip from all the cars in a race

of course I took the guys car who gave me shit the whole race. Camaro at that
Game just got alot more iconic.