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The way things are I expect at least 3 ovals in Part 3. BUT, we have Daytona in Part 1. So that's 4 ovals minimum. Many US ovals actually have road courses in them. iRacing has really embraced that. Some of those road courses are really interesting. Honestly the Daytona Road Course is one of the more bland ones. The cynic in me says Daytona's rise to fame was its location in Florida where they could race in the winter. Same as Sebring. Two of the most famous endurance races in the world are in Florida. Epic tracks or just convenient geographic location!?

Here is a past example (now demolished unfortunately). There racing seems really interesting:

Also, I want to say, Indianapolis is coming one moment in time as an oval and Road Course, right? Perhaps also, incl. the 2007 Road Course!?



In addition to the current one:

 

I used to drive by that place all the time. It's just sad and kind of eerie knowing this massive complex will most likely never see a race again. A sad relic of the "cookie-cutter" NASCAR track formula during its peak.

 

Honestly, that's a good point about "rovals." They can provide some really interesting racing given the opportunities the long straights or banking give for sticking in the tow. I remember a good iRacing MX5 Cup endurance event I was part of where the top 3 clung on each other lap after lap. One person may have been faster in the road course section, but the draft would benefit the chasing cars, similar to Spa in a way.

That said, I'm still hoping we get something similar to iRacing's "small town" fictional ovals. They're a great way to get comfortable with short tracks I can just imagine how fun they'd be with a pack of Fuscas.

 

Personally I find it very hard to be hyped about any content any more as it all appears to have fallen into a black hole.

 

No one knows... Secretely hoping LMDH (or GTP as they want to call them now) is on the menu... After all 2023 is IMSA's revolution year... BMW. Porka and Cadillac incoming... Plus Peugeot and Fefe for some races...

 

Yeah i really hope it will be a thing. Reiza already have porsche, bmw and cadillac licences and i cant see why more cant come as well. We would want at least one LMH though.

 

Both...

 

Daytona's rise to fame was that Daytona Beach was the corporate headquarters of both NASCAR and IMSA. Because it was the corporate headquarters, NASCAR and IMSA both put on their richest (and therefore most important) races there.

 

Can we get an official update on when Spa Historic is likely to be released now?

 

Not meaning to be facetious (I genuinely don't know) but what's a semester? A quarter/half/third? I don't mind at all, I'm just curious. Googling it refers to school terms of 15-18 weeks and I know it from pregnancy references, where it's ~3 months, so those don't seem to be the same thing...

 

In non-academic terms, a semester is half a year. The latin origin (or etymology) means 6 months. Also we don't (technically) speak in terms of semesters for pregnancies, but rather about trimesters (3 months, which corresponds to 1/3rd of pregnancy period).

 

I will sum it up: not soon

 

Well, I'm glad we got that cleared up then. LOL

 

Here a term is how long a school period goes for between holidays, is generally 9-11 weeks for a 4 term year. In educational a semester essentially means a half year, so two semesters in a year

 

A quality off-topic. Must be end of the month

 

Some of us want a definitive idea about when the Spa historic will drop so not sure why its Off Topic. But getting anything of decent value is like pulling teeth. I guess I'll ask again next year.

 

I was referring to elaborate analysis of the term "semester" and touching on its etymology.

I'm waiting for historic Spa as much as anybody else, no need to get stroppy

 

It means between July and December (2nd half of the year). If I had to bet I would say August when the real GP will be close