Just played for close to three hours, and things were fine. It was overwhelming at first, but I'm getting back into the hang of it and enjoying it more and more as I progress.
The lack of a path indicator is hard to get used to, as is having to go to lights. It's starting to come back though.
So, with the Remaster comes all of the DLC. I'm seeing lots of special cars, toy cars, bikes, cop cars, etc. Is it cheating to use the better cars early on? It seems like the game adapts, no? I used a sports car shortly after starting, then went back to one of the first cars you unlock and it was rough. Tried a cop car and a bike afterwards.