You don't punish 99% of people for something only 1% are doing. By doing that they increase piracy, because nobody feels at all guilty about it. The only reason they are so hard on piracy is because they are greedy, that's why piracy is so socially acceptable. I don't give a shit if I reduce somes profit margin slightly, they still make millions and treat their customers like criminals while doing so.
The fact is though, that there is more money to be had from console versions of games these days. The PC is not really the most popular choice for arcade racing games. I expect the delay is so they can actually do a proper PC version, rather than just a bad console port.