In my opinion, it does look better - but it’s not mindblowing.
Plus, how much of that will you actually be able to see and enjoy when you’re busy driving past/through it all in high speed? You’re more focused on the game at hand and driving the car.
racing remakes just dont make sense to me. For that reason. You are focused on speed and everything is a blur.
A remake that switched linear to open world or added new ingame content is differnt, but a straight up graphical enhancement just doesnt work in my eyes. I'd rather play the old one and enjoy the crazy FPS