Driving is better, I agree. It's still not a driving game, so when put up against something like Need For Speed: Most Wanted it's not as good, but it's serviceable and usually fun.
I've played about 3 hours and the only bad thing I can say is that Rockstar really likes giving annoying missions at times. I want to be running around doing awesome stuff but I got roped into a side quest to work as a tow truck driver which was quite frustrating.
lol ikr I just finished one of those. If that crackhead asks me to do it for a 3rd time I'm going to do the world a favor and introduce her to Mr. 9mm