Paid DLC that also re-uses assets ORBX used for Flight sim X. It even replaces the models Asobo created with low textured ones. That part is getting fixed but the rest of the low res texture models are there to stay.

Why are teens reacting to something that came out 2 years ago? I thought the whole concept was to have them interact with things they wouldn’t have grown up with for comedic effect?

I’ve played 100 hours and have yet to run into a cheater. They exist but articles like these blow it out of proportion. That being said, it was advised by namco to back up your save just in case you run into one of the few cheaters that are doing the whole soft banning thing.