In the first GRID 2 gameplay trailer Road Racing locations are well represented as cars including the BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution, Ford Mustang Mach 1 and Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RS SS 1970 race head-to-head on the California Coast. Track Racing is shown at Austria's Red Bull Ring, where the Ariel Atom 3, BAC Mono and KTM X-Bow R go flat out around this historic circuit.
Neither time nor carelessness were an issue. Hardware (processing power and memory) limitations were the issue. Codemasters knew people wanted it, but decided they wanted to have a better looking and better performing game without cockpit view.
Give it a rent maybe and see if you can get into it without the cockpit view.