Cockpit issue completely aside, do you actually believe what you wrote there?

Well, yeah, premium cars will look photorealistic. But, from the footage we've seen so far, the standard models won't. They're not on par with the other racing games out there right now. That's, of course, assuming that the standard cars have not been tremenduously changed from what we've seen so far. And at this point, I'm about to trust my own two eyes and my own two eyes only.
The standard cars may look good for what they are, refurbished stuff from more than five years ago, but if you really think they're great looking (when compared to premiums or GT5's competition), let alone photo realistic, you're either in some major denial or you should get a pair of glasses ASAP.