S1 on S2 list is a 'problem', and if Scawen wants to fix it I'm sure he will.
Why can't demo racers see skins? They can. They just don't benefit from the paid for auto-download service. Why should they?
Why are there cruise servers? Because LFS's Insim/Outsim stuff allows some pretty complex mods, and you can't blame Scawen for what it's ultimately used for. If LFS is popular to the sad lonely people who cruise, then that's THEIR problem, not ours. There are still racing servers, and there are still leagues. I very much doubt Scawen will ever start implementing things specifically for the cruise people, so thats okay.