I think they made it look good on some races and didn't really care that it was bad on others, so that people who were fanatical about having it match would race change as well.
misleading? i think the word your looking for is "shite".
Just thought I would jump back in and let people know refunds are possible. I opened up a ticket and they did it. I just got the red helm instead it is 1000% better than the frost one.
I bet these are rejected tier designs that they decided to sell off as an experiment.