The chase sequence starts with an unskippable cinematic, has no checkpoints, and will force you to rewatch the cinematic every time you fail.

There’s other traffic in the chase sequence, but the traffic is randomized every time, so there’s no way to memorize any pattern.

The mission fails if the target gets too far away.
Any time you bump into anything, it slows you down enough that the target gets too far away.

This is also the first time you’ve driven a car in the game.