Definitely, the game can be quite pretty. Especially when you consider the ridiculous size. Lots of nice little unexpected touches everywhere as well, even within the physics.
Yes. its very different from JC2. i wish it had a photomode. so much stuff going i don't have much time to screen grab lol. but its a lot of fun. no issues on my rig either. smooth except for the txa messes up and makes a blurry edge. downloading new drivers to see if that fixes that.