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Just mainly the community lots and the press it got is a big let down!
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I noticed that the view of the city is a bit different by graphics than in the Sims 2. This actually doesn't mean that it is more worst.
It is just another view mode. The neighborhood can be zoomed in and out without loading screens, you can move your camera freely inside of the city.
So for this feature, for the "open neighborhood" you have to sacrifice probably a bit of the view of details.
The water is in my opinion better than in Sims 2, trees and bushes are animated and there details are better than in Sims 2.
There are shadows on houses and objects.
So I don't see your point.
Probably the fading in and the fading out of Sims and cars is realized differently than in the Sims 2, but I think the designers know what has to be done for the "open neighborhood" that it works fluently.
The non-visibility of the animation details or contents of lots doesn't actually bother me that much, if I see the other good features.
And maybe in another EP or update will be improvements to this things too, who knows it yet.
I remember as I bought the Sims 2 without all EP's it wouldn't be comparable to what it now is after the last EP.
Even mods will not help you to polish a Sims 2 base game up that much.
And I'm happy to see more artificial intelligence of the Sims as characters.
In Sims 2 the Sims intelligence wasn't improved much with all the EP's
even. They're just like dolls, if all needs are fulfilled they'll play only on the computer or write diaries.
So be happy with the Sims 3, explore the game deeper before you judge
it by some common criticism what you've heard on the forums.
Maybe you also check your graphic device drivers on an update.
As I updated my NVidia graphics driver to the newest version, there was
another boost of details.
