But this happens a lot in racegames. Dev's making the models while negotiating with the car manufactures. Just to find out that they may not use the cars a few months before release.
It could be a possibility that NFS:Shift did have Ferrari's in the Beta/Alpha versions but they removed them because of licensing problems.
Remember pro street? People looked around the program files and found references to the veyron, s2000 and the other cars. Then they half ass released them.
Hoping and praying ... that they don't falsely advertise! They said the booster pack wuld give 12 new cars or whatever, and it only gave 2 for free and they sucked.
That game was just awful now i think about it ... but shift is alot better.
What's Ferrari's position on damage? As far as I know they sustain damage (of sorts) in Forza and GT5. But I'm pretty sure Ferrari's do not allow parts to be added to their cars; wings and side skirts etc.
They do, they only allow race mods though(as far as I have seen in racing games with customization and Ferrari's). This is pretty much the same with BMW.