PAL (European) release of the game does not include Honda and Acura cars due to licensing issues, consequently the Type One car workshop, Honda dealership, 8 of the 40 roll up racers had to be removed leaving only 32 of them as well as 10 rival cars in career mode had to be replaced and the car at the introduction race will be a Toyota Supra instead of a Honda NSX.
Rivals from Fast & Furious universe and real world only appear in the form of cars and driver backgrounds, not physically.
It was the first game to introduce concept versions of Lexus LFA (LF-A Concept) and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (Concept-X).
One of the teams in the game "Kansai" is a reference to "RedSuns" team from famous anime Initial D: First Stage (1998) with two drivers "Kyosuke" and "Reisuke" being an obvious reference to the brothers Keisuke and Ryosuke Takahashi.