I was initially glad to see them gone, however, GT made a bit of a hash of it in the end, so I don't think it would have been too bad a thing if TDR had done Fusion after all.

Still, at the end of the day (for me anyway) it would have been a bit like dressing up a pig in a Versace outfit... might have looked much prettier, but it would still be a pig underneath

(I use the above in reference to the craft handling, shortcuts and gimicky weapons... not the AI, course design and special effects... which were more like nice jewelry on said pig, but could not save it from being a pig.)