"I should have kept my Ross switches and just dealt with the non uniformity of track on my layout."
if i knew then, what i know now...
when i started my layout in 2001, atlas 20th century track system was the new kid on the block. i was enticed by the look and by the variety of section types available and by the fact it had operating car sections and uncoupling sections. i was smart enough to replace the switch motors with DZ-1000's, but not smart enough to use Ross switches. i had lots of problems with the Atlas switches; all the ones documented for those first generation switches. i replaced one with a Ross switch and that is how i know i wish i had used them throughout.
i don't have a problem with the appearance of the track on the layout. i have never had anyone say that my track looks bad. i also don't get many modelers visiting the layout. 
c. sam, since you like scaletrax so much, why aren't you pushing MTH to retool? i suspect the change you want Atlas to make isn't as trivial as you make it out to be.
