I guess you haven't read all their reports on the site before the release of the game.
They said they were putting back all the cars that were in the last game and that there would be 30-31 cars in total, meaning 10-11 cars which were going to be new, so why do you complain NOW that they put the old cars back in the game? (even though they did leave out the S2000 and the Integra).
As for SUV's, they were trying to add more variation to the game, and no matter what you say, SUV's play a major part in the tuner scene, a lot of the tuner scene is for image, not speed.
This is a fault though, they tried variation but they gave it a half-arsed attempt and should have spent more time to release the game in order to get licenses for more cars in the game, (50 cars would have resulted in a good blend of variation ranging from cars for speed and cars for looks)
Dude, how does free roaming and hidden races take it away from the street racing? Free roaming gives you a much more realistic feel, instead of just going to events. Just free roaming isn't what makes it great, but having the outrun challenges and hidden events makes it much more realistic, hidden events represent the races which people have to be in the know about, if the races weren't hidden, cops would know all about it (well quicker than normal). Circuits are gay, yes. They aren't part of the scene but I guess EA just want to keep a bit of tradition to their Need For Speed series.
There will always be people whinging about the cars in street racing games, if there were 50 cars, people would still complain about cars which play a major part in the scene in real life not being in the game. And with more cars being wanted, if they were to do it, it would take longer to make and most likely result in more cars, but less effort spent on them.
They made a lot of improvements on the game and the game is still very good, but yes there are still a lot of flaws with the game, as with many games. What it comes down to, would you be prepared to wait another year for the game to come out with these flaws gone or to get it now and just have fun out of all of what is available. Tuner games are really big atm, and there will be more titles coming out soon no doubt, so let's just see what they bring!
