Need for Speed Racing Games

I just got my copy of NSF Shift a week ago, and since than, I got lots and lots and lots of problems.

I have a PS3 slim.

First thing first, i put de Bluray in the PS3, and got prompted for an update. Did the update, installed the game, got to the first race (you know, the BMW M3 tutorial race, to set the racing settings).

In fact, I never got to this race, since the loading screen never ends !!!

I even tried to let it load during an hour !!! It just never ends !!!

I uninstalled, re-installed, applied patch, same thing.
I uninstalled, re-installed, doesn't applied the patch, and than it worked... for a day. After, it stopped working again, I've got the same never ending loading screen.
I uninstalled, re-installed, applied the patch, and magic ! It works !

I played a week long, until other problems comes.

First, when I browse cars, sometime the car on the screen doesn't change at all. Say I had the Honda S2000, and I selected the Nissan 350Z, I still got the S2000 on screen with the loading circle. It seems that NFS is having trouble loading car graphics.

That's small problem.

Now, when I want to customize the car (change color, tuning etc), the game crashes 50% of time. Yeah!! When it crashes, I don't see the car, nor the menu. All I have is the background and music !!

But that's not the worse.

I can't play Invitational event anymore !! I unlocked a BMW M3 (something like that) and the CCX vs Zonda invitationals. Every time I try to play them, first, there is no loading screen, only a black screen, I can hear the music though.

Than the race starts. If I press "start" during the race, the game crashes (I see the menu, but i can't move the selection, nor i can select any item. I have to close the game using the PS3 menu).

If I finishes the race, the game crashes. I see my car, but no menu, and I can't do s***. Again, I have to close manually the game.

Now, really, I start to get pissed. It is one thing to have glitches, it is another to * a unfinished game with bugs.

I love the NFS franchise, but I am feeling that EA is destroying it. Really, shame on you for shipping a game like that. I am seriously considering filling for refund. What's the point playing a game that has so many bugs !!!

My copy hangs at 34% when installing no matter what I do... Tried updated and non updated versions with no success.