Check the preview here, and the screenshots here.Car damage plays a part in your vehicle's performance. Rather than influencing all sorts of nuances to your performance, there are simply three levels to the damage that you can receive. Light and major damage affect your car's acceleration, top speed and handling in either minor or major ways, depending on what level you're at. These are full car effects, so no matter where the impact occurs, it'll affect you in the same ways. This is nice in that you always know exactly how much of a detriment a crash will be on your racing.
Beyond light and major damage, you can also total your car, which not only takes you out of the race but leaves your vehicle unusable until you get it fixed. With light and heavy damage, you can continue to take your car into races, though it'll perform at a less than ideal level. When it's totaled, you'll need to use a specific ticket that you can win in order to bring it back from the dead. Without said ticket, you'll have to rely on other vehicles until you pick one up.
Thanks to krazyammo & Tviper7 for spotting these.
Btw the game seems good. 
. . that will surely get you more skillz and voluntary adrenaline . . . . The grip events are gonna be really tough . . cause personally, I hate circuit races
like in carbon. They are long and boring. Computer is no challenge to me so I drive 95% of the race alone!! 
Thats why I'll rather drive speed challenge or drag than circuit.
Makes the cars look fake...
