if youre getting into a game about customizing cars and get in there and dont know how to do it, you shouldnt have came. Why to keep it alive is because there were people there who put time into learning how to make their cars suit their driving style, that buggy net code you speak of might have been an issue with your computer, MCO did do some evil things to you if it didnt like your video card. but despite the bugs, the people who did like this game helped support those who didn't do so well, like all things it takes time to figure a couple of things out, in a nutshell, you should have tried to learn what you were doing befoe saying it was biased. And to your final question, EA did not advertise MCO in any way shape or form, the community did take this into their own hands at times, those who took their cars to shows would print up an MCO banner and give info on it, since EA doesnt appreciate a loyal fan base, f**k em