You betcha. This has been a trend for years actually. They keep raising the amount of space between the hood (or bonnet?) and the "hard" parts of the motor, ex. valve covers. They raised it by, or to, (can't remember) roughly 2 inches a few years back, and a lot of vehicles including the sort of newish (at the time) mini cooper S had to redesign alot of parts to comply. Luckily for Porsche, the engine is in the back so they can keep sexy low hoodlines. Nice!
Yes it's super gay, and none of these expensive complicated systems is going to replace intelligence. They're just required aids that nanny-states can cram down your throat. It's kinda like the 5mph crash bumpers that were standardized a long time ago, but far far less useful. I love my old audi battering ram bumpers, you can hit stuff and they pop right back!