Ok, I installed Fraps aswell to see what frames I got. I'm running the game on a Core 2 Quad Q9550, 4 Gig RAM, XFX GTX 285, Vista Ultimate 64bit. While it is definately lower in menus compared to the actual driving, it is not as bad as yours. I get 15 fps in that last pic (the one where you get 5 frames).
I have honestly no idea why this happens. At first I thought it might be the video that plays in the background in the main menu but that can't be it because on that last pic of yours, there is no video, it's all in-game. I can understand that in your case, having to cope with 5 fps, gets to a point where it is unacceptable. Let's just hope the patch fixes this problem.
About the activation: while I think you can just contact 1C to get a new bunch of activations, I personally make copies of the registration entries (use regedit in windows) to make sure I can reinstall windows/the game as many times as I want.
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