guys... s3 was anounced when? 7-8 years ago? in the meantime there was some progression but the technical standard of lfs compared to what is possible by now is no where close to what would somneone honestly consider to spend some more money on. and to bring out a game which fits the current state of the art, the dev team would need either around 100 devs/grafic designers/game designers/ 3d artists ... meaning a shit load of money, or TIME
i was a great fan of this game almost half a decade ago because it offered a lot for the buck. S3 was a dream back then, and by now it is still a dream. and imo it will be a dream in the future or a big disappointment to everybody who is used to great graphics, sound, accuracy and technical state of the art games.
sorry for being that realistic but guys, take the game as is: it is still fun, it has a shit load of tracks, cars and a big community it can offer a lot of fun, for a very cheap prize.
everything else is just not realistic anymore without a big publisher putting in some big numbers like EA or the Virgin guy starts to like this game