This game rivals and in many ways bests HCR2. It’s much more exploratory and in the upper levels is more difficult than HCR2. The issue everyone has is the first few hours are very basic and slow. Initially it feels made for a much younger crowd and is way too easy until you hit some harder courses and level up your vehicles. Eventually the difficulty is very high and you’ll spend several hours trying to obtain a single goal. In terms of gameplay, you’ll find yourself changing cars, mods, etc constantly in order to reach new chests or blueprints. It’s much more free world and the 1:1 racing is significantly less of a priority than HCR2.
In the name, HCR2 has Racing and LHCA has Adventure. If you enjoy HCR2’s adventure mode, setting distance records, and especially finding keys, you’ll find LHCA is the better and more robust game. If you mostly enjoy HCR2’s cups or team events, you’ll be disappointed by LHCA. If HCR2 is Mario, LHCA is Zelda.
Give it a try, but don’t stop in the first few hours due to lack of difficulty.