Received this from Amazon today. Demo is an inappropriate term for what was offered to represent the game. From the first race with the Porsche, you can immediately discern how crap the demo was and how good the game is. Not better by comparison, just a great game. What wasn't evident from the demo, far from it, is how well Criterion captured the NFS:HP feel. Sure, it's not the older games, but it seems right. Horrible fuggin' demo.
This and GT5 have spoiled me for other racers. Hoping Dirt 3 returns to actual point-to-point rallying and I'll drown in drool with overwhelming happiness. Scratch that: if DICE was allowed to remake/update Rallisport, then I die happy.