Yup, it was a great game.
I really find it tough to believe that someone could finish that race first time round. It took me about 20 tries or so, before I got the hang of it. You can make up huge amounts of time on the little bend in the road before coming into the forest. The AI always slows down, whereas you can actually go full speed through it, maybe clipping the side of the road. Be sure to slow down after it though.
And speaking of Czech games, BIS have made a secret bit of their website here:
http://fun.bistudio.comThe username is the name of the badguy from the game, the password is his nickname