what in the world...i have two accounts? just found that out now here. sorry for the double posting from different accounts.
just uninstalled origin and all my other games related to it and reinstalled it and NFSTR also. game still doesnt save. what is up? is there a manual save i need to do before i exit? menu says that i may lose progress if i dont save before quitting? if its an auto save, why that UI popup message? its misleading.
the autolog icon does show when loading a game. all options you mentioned in your posts are checked and verified.
here are some screenshots. this is after i deleted origin and reinstalled my games.
origin clearly knows ive played 2hrs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/kaitanium/1.jpg
here it is ingame. you can see that my level is back at 1. there is no option to continue where i left off. i must start a new game again. if i exit back to the main menu after playing the levels, i can come back to a "continue the run" menu option. however if i exit fully out to windows and then come back in, everything is reset.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/kaitanium/2.jpg
i know something other than my progress gets saved to the cloud because here it shows my completion time and confirmation of completion of the stage on the right side, yet on the left they are still locked as if ive never played before. ive completed west coast and national park and i should be able to replay them and select them but i cant.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/kaitanium/3.jpg