Just finished a game, in coalition. the shattered America. I had 237 provinces, built 622 buildings (!), had an average morale of 92%. At least 148 of them were railroads. My economic production was over a million. So after all that building, I have 632 points. I even moved my Capitol to a central location. My other team players had 208 provinces/623 points and other with 95 provinces/274 points. There are 702 provinces, so we took 77% of the whole game and built like crazy.
We were barely able to get to the 1500 points. It seems like too much to ask. It was easier before, as I have been able to win solo, but there is no way I could possibly get 1000 points by myself. Is anybody else noticing a change thus?