I don't usually like racing games at ALL.
But that one was great! The controls were great once you fell into it, and the whole thing just felt good.
A few issues though. I found I had that "grabbed by a ghost" on some corners, colliding into walls when I was near the center of the track :( Might want to look at that. And I think twice my car just suddenly made a sharp turn to the left into a wall while going down a straightaway; normally I'd chalk that up to finger stupidity but just so you know there MAY be something actually buggy there.
Auto-pause...dude, you are a fricking genius. Madness Interactive could learn from this. I'm also one of those people who ends up hitting the right mouse button even though I know I shouldn't >_< And wonder of wonders, auto-pause saved me there too! Copyright that idea NOW :D