I was going to ask this very same question!! I noticed it to, I even hiked up the resolution to 800X(something, cant remember the exact number)... but it still had the bar going across the top of the screen... my question is the same, is there anything that can be done about this?
Also, unlike the original, it seems that when I use my keyboard to turn right or left, it resists a little at first... in the first version, there was no resistance, it simply moved left/right with no hesitation... any way to fix this?