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People's never ending obsession with realistic graphics meant that racing games without licensed cars were seen as "lessor" as time went on.

Car manufacturers don't want their cars getting damaged so the games naturally became more tame with time. Forza Horizon 1 has better damage than Forza Horizon 5, the bumper can actually fall off.

Need for Speed Unbound tried to add a little flair into it's presentation and people went into a meltdown. Even here people shit on it because it dared to attempt something a bit different.

At this point developers don't even know how to make an arcade style racer and if they did, the racing audience would relegate it an acquired taste.

Burnout 6 and Ridge Racer 8?

You mother fuckers don't deserve it.