Poor quality text on path after updating to CS6

I have an Illustrator document I created some time back, probably in CS4 (but could have been CS2). It shows a road map and has lots of road names that follow the path of the associated road. When I open this doc in Illustrator CS6 I am told that the legacy text must be updated before it can be edited.
If I open the file without updating the text then everything looks fine but if I choose to accept the offer to update all the text then my road names appear with irregular character spacing that looks very ugly.
Can anyone please explain how I can update the text to CS6 without messing up the appearance?
David

None of the paths in this case appear particularly challenging. The text is simply following relatively gentle curves in the road, so it is disappointing that CS6 does a poorer job than previous versions of Illustrator.
The problem affects one particular road name on my map more than any other. My original document had a tracking value of zero for all characters in this name and looks perfect. I can only get close to this in the updated CS6 document by applying very high tracking values (well over 200) to selected characters.
Thanks for taking the time to respond. If you as an MVP are struggling to find any relevant documentation then I don't feel so bad about failing to find it myself!
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