Yea, I experienced slow downs with vinyls with Carbon as well.
Ea has done a good job with the closed courses , although they may feel very empty, that's how they are in real life ... haven't you seen formula d? the tracks look just like that!
IF I worked for EA, I would have included more human animations on the track. For example ... a crowd system that would react the the players driving style and photographers on the sidelines. I realize that prostreet has crowds, but somehow I'd like the tracks to be more tight with people behind the fences on the course .
That reminds me... I'd like to see more night tracks. The lighting from spotlights and the flash from photographers would be another element of game play.
here's a good idea of what I want the next NFS to be like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwA7KTUYVuEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbnGjO6cm8&feature=relatedI've seen some next gen screens, and I am disappointed about the ground textures... there needs to be more skid marks !
I really hope the NEXT nfs will be better... haha