I don't know much about the new tracks in S2, but I would imagine that on a "regular" track the aerodynamical benefit would be negated by the worse handling characteristics caused by the rised front end.
If you really want to know, download a fast replay and see if the front is jacked up.
I thought there would be more than 975 licensees in Finland, actually.
I stopped "selling" licenses a year go, and I got up to £1404, which makes 117 x £12, so probably around a hundred separate people considering there weren't that many S2 licensees back then.
So I'm sorry if there are too many finns, you can blame me for around 10% of them
This would be somewhat complex and would add server load, but if the server "watermarked" one of the files in the ZIP to include information about who downloaded it, the devs could track down who originally downloaded the version that ended up in the P2P networks and suspend his/her account.
The 2X textures option has been removed from S2, apparently it's now always on. You'll need to show us a screenshot and tell us why exactly do you think it doesn't look as good as it should.