For me the game has frozen 3 times when I was receiving the prize for Bspec dream car championship, so I have to restart the game and I get nothing, just wondering if anyone else has been having the problem. (Wasn't consecutive)
You might want to get your BD drive checked out, perhaps clear out some dust from the inside of you PS3, and/or check the disc for scratches. This definitely sounds like a hardware issue.
Ive been having a problem similar to this.. its been happening recently on the 3rd or 4th track and after the driver wins the race he keeps going around track 49 mph.. I cant move my cursor or exit out the race I can only quit the game sucks ass
