As an Italian, I feel entitled to consider myself rightly offended by this awfully stereotypical portrait of our-pfffft sorry couldn't keep a straight face, yes indeed, totally legit, driving in Southern Italy is total madness. Glad you came back in one piece.
It actually looks to be a trait weirdly related to latitude, the more you travel to the South the more you descend into the heart of darkness of "driving like it's Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome". I live in the North and it's already a messy affair, but compared to when I go for holidays in the center or south, my city feels like Oslo. And my city probably compares to Oslo like Naples compares to my city.
That said, the amount of times in Forza 4 I only noticed I was driving in the wrong lane when I was inches from a full frontal due to the force of abitude is, to be delicate, "embarassing"...
What an enjoyable game it is though. All those cars.
Those hilariously good graphics. A bit of a shame engine sounds didn't get the same love.