The real question is, why not be honest about it? There is a poster in another thread who has contacted support multiple times about the issue. He was told by several people who should be in the know, that the server controlling auction house, storefronts and the like would be fixed and these functions would return. Why? What do Turn 10 or Microsoft gain by deception? Why not simply come clean and say ālook, the game is really old, and maintaining full functionality is not a priority for us any more.ā
For my part, I seldom play the 2009 game anymore, but I know Iād fire it up much more often if I could still trade cars, tuning setups, liveries, and vinyls. The racing is still head and shoulders above games like you get from EA Sports, Playstation etc. even though it is seven years old (and I know thatās ridiculously old for an online game these days!