All I can say is that you should keep on doing what you love, I started with pretty horrific skins as well but with every skin you make and put effort into definitely gets better. So don't settle and keep those skins coming (y)
But it still might attract more people to the game despite giving the wrong impression. I mean, if the video has achieved that many views then there's obviously something done right?!
To a certain degree I suppose it wouldn't be bad would it? I remember back in the days we used to use a lot of .vob mods (some S14s here and there), still got videos of them on the web I believe. This ''DRIFTING FROM HELL'' video has 600'000+ views on yT and has just .vob mods! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEWei15vqQk
Wrong. It was a long time ago when the server was up and even a longer time ago when it was at its prime. It's not smart to compare how it used to be back 7 years ago and now. Back then LFS actually had proper competition. Now? It's just become repetitive (regarding combos) and that's the reason why people complain about it being repetitive.
..hell, the game hasn't changed much since, has it? hmmm? It was something great back then in 2009 but since the game hasn't changed much how would you expect to still have the drive and passion for the game? Won't happen.