Alright, this is possibly nearly uselsess bitching, but ... the asteroid belts are far too dense... and you can't destroy the asteroids like you could in the original. The asteroids also don't move in the direction you're travelling in... so you'll think you're in the clear, and suddenly you've got an asteroid travelling straight down from out of your field of vision and colliding with your shields.
Like I said, at least you could shoot them in the original...
Like I said, at least you could shoot them in the original...