having got the game on the Xbox 360, it seems like fate or whatever has decided to punish me for indecision about which version to get. Apparently there are problems with the Xbox 360 servers and those who try to launch the game while connnected online to Xbox Live are getting stuck in the menu screens. This happened to me, i was able to get through by going offline with Xbox Live and launching the game, however as soon as i reconnected my Xbox Live connection it booted me back to the main menu.
When i finally have been able to get into the game, all of the online challenges are not available and all of the online features are not currently available.
kind of bad when a game that boasts its online connection is getting screwed up on day 1 of its release here in England. aside from that absolutely loving the game that i have managed to play so far. Just got my first licence and about to do some competition stuff.