Yet another follow up. I called EA support again about this issue. Unlike my prior call in 2018, where support promised to try to fix the problem, support states that the game is no longer supported. The support person I was talking with, talked to an internal specialist that not only stated that the game was not supported, but claimed that there was a disclaimer on the Origin store listing for Shift 2 Unleashed that it was no longer supported, but while on the phone, I had the support person I was talking with check the Origin Store listing, and he confirmed that there was no disclaimer, and that Origin is still selling Shift 2 Unleashed for $19.99 as of the time I'm posting this.
Looking back on my notes from 2018 communication with support, the missing content on Limited Edition is due to the "entitlements" server no longer sending "entitlements" messages when logging into the Shift 2 Unleashed server (either from save information or user entered if a new save). When the "entitlements" messages were being sent, a player would see 3 to 5 pop-up messages for the cars unlocked by the "entitlements", the 3 Limited Edition cars, Silvia, Giulietta, LP 640, Dr Pepper Camaro (promotional code), and Porsche 911 GT3 RS Autobild Edition (promotional code).
I have a save with the Limited Edition content and Dr Pepper Camaro, but it's password is all lower case, and now invalid, and Shift 2 doesn't not provide any means to re-enter a password if it is invalid. At least I have access to the cars offline, but there's no way to redo career mode without losing the content, and no way to go online without losing the content.
Online retail stores are still selling the PC DVD version of Shift 2 Unleashed Limited Edition.
