It was a long and somewhat rambling post, but I think I get some of where he's coming from. Looking back at a less busy time is something that we all do, and be thankful you can because some people will never know any different to the now!
Motor City Online was the same way in beta. Racing was awesome, the community was brilliant, games were fun and everyone helped where they could. Then beta ended, the game went gold and more people piled in. And of course the whole community changed. Spammers were in, griefers and glitchers were in, a lot of it really went to pot. The game itself hadn't changed that much, but the atmosphere surrounding it had and that made it considerably less fun.
Times don't stop changing, that's the way of the world. People move on, things are developed, stuff gets patched. Sometimes you like it, sometimes you don't. If you don't, there's always an alternative out there.
I agree that sometimes drop-in servers go a little over the top with the InSim. Not everyone wants harassed with rules and points systems and stuff if you only want to play for a short time. Then again, nobody wants to end up getting hassled by wreckers if they happen to join the wrong server at the wrong time.
Welcome to the internet. Choice is near-endless but so is the supply of morons. If you're not enjoying it, the time has come to find something else.
I've not raced properly in months, but not because I don't want to - because I don't have a working wheel. I don't know if that makes me the right person to make this comment or so totally out of touch that it's just not funny. In fact, I've forgotten the point I was trying to make in the first place. Time to sign off.