OK, it's been a long time now, and I don't think it's directly related to the VWS car, but some significant change to the internals to make the physics better, and perhaps the math that goes along with these changes is requiring more parameters per car be created and all of this is taking quite a while.
Still there are more "interesting" reasons for the long delays, not enough for a top ten reasons why progress is slow but in no specific order, so please add to the list.
The development team is still going through recovery from stds they picked up while on vacation at Rio.
The development team is still trying to purge the internet of any videos taken of them during their vacation at Rio.
The development is still working on visual customizations for their Honda Civic in NFS Underground 2. The sticking points seem to be what large decals to use, the vinyl colors, and what speakers to use in the trunk.
The development team is still trying to remove the stains on the seats (don't ask) in their loaner VW Scirocco before returning it.
The development team has been covertly doing consultant work for the NFS Shift team.
Still there are more "interesting" reasons for the long delays, not enough for a top ten reasons why progress is slow but in no specific order, so please add to the list.
The development team is still going through recovery from stds they picked up while on vacation at Rio.
The development team is still trying to purge the internet of any videos taken of them during their vacation at Rio.
The development is still working on visual customizations for their Honda Civic in NFS Underground 2. The sticking points seem to be what large decals to use, the vinyl colors, and what speakers to use in the trunk.
The development team is still trying to remove the stains on the seats (don't ask) in their loaner VW Scirocco before returning it.
The development team has been covertly doing consultant work for the NFS Shift team.