Well, this has been a good discussion. I think we're all disagreeing on some key things:
a) How big is the "hardcore enthusiast" fanbase?
b) Does Prologue look better than this demo? (So far nobody has given me a link to prove otherwise)
c) Is the demo description misleading? How will casual racing gamers even know this current demo is, for some strange reason, merely a physics demo?
I probably won't be back here tonight, but I'll check my thread tomorrow. I'd love for someone to convince me I should actually care about this game based on my comparison to the other two games. I was getting somewhat pumped up to buy it until I played that time trial. Now I'm definitely not.