UPDATE. after calling PS services and trying troubleshooting with them, it worked. With the customer service rep, he took me through logging in and out of my console, restoring gaame licenses, deleting the saved game info from my console something I tried to no avail myself. Ultimately the dude kept it real with me and suggested i delete the game and redownload it, which i did. after it redownloaded i played through the first few missions for the 3rd time, this time in the E30 (i chose the 180sx first, then the fastback). Assuming that the game was gonna freeze me again in the * garage, i stayed out in the day after that first race with Lucas and Dex, live tuned my car, smashed a few billboards and made more money, like 50k. After this i did the night race with Ana, and stayed out to do the other night race. Oddly enough i didnt get into a chase, but whatever. made it back to the garage cause i knew i couldn't slip by clean all night. the audio goes, "sorry for the runaround, here's that nos" but again it looks as if I'm locked in the garage and I can't exit the garage by hitting "O" for back, customize my car or even toggle between my ride and character. being my only option and OUT OF FRUSTRATION, I entered the performance options. seeing that everything was again locked, OUT OF RAGE QUIT FRUSTRATION, I flip through the options mashing buttons and hear a new sound, that IVE PURCHASED THE * NOS.
I don't forsure know what did it, but my best guess is that the nos was incorrectly marked as "locked" but clicking on it was still enabled. also, maybe me clicking through the options to the nos quickly really helped, it's possible that had an affect on the outcome as well.
@EABARRY
for me it was a real annoying, dumb as hell 2 days, for others like a week +, yall gotta do better. As a NFS fan since my first childhood games ever, this was THE MOST FRUSTRATED I HAVE EVER BEEN AT A NEED FOR SPEED GAME. even saying "we're working on the issue" when yall aint doin * is good, just say sumn, wtf.