Why worry about licensing just make some fictional oval tracks and even fictional cars. Modified or something NON nascar but oval race cars and tracks without the expense of licensing etc. Street Stocks Ovals Anything but put some ovals in the CS system.
Wish list revival. Consider this all, Devs and all. Market makers and promoters etc. OK, here is where this all comes from. Mathematically speaking there is a certain pool of sim drivers. Of this pool of existing drivers many/most seem to be at iRacing. It seems that the focus of rfactor,ACC and others are to attract NEW drivers that prefer "non-subscription" based racing and international/sport racing etc. I think this is a narrow focus for a target market when a huge pool of active sim racers already racing at iRacing. So it seems rFactor 2 excludes to compete with that target market perhaps due to cost, licensing etc. I have some idea/solutions for this based on overflow from iRacing Ovals to other road/street. Keeping in mind iRacing has no problem with participants in any series at almost any time including road/street etc. From what I can tell participation is not a problem. So it means we want them to be rFactor 2 Customers too. Let's elaborate: The attraction of iRacing drivers may stem from Ovals/Nascar to a degree. However because iRacers also end up racing road/street/dirt etc. Participation in all those series are plenty and thus it's not lack of interest necessarily but target market. The pool of sim racers is the market. The new entry sim racers is also a market but perhaps smaller and could loose participants to iRacing never to return. The thing is to offer something for iRacers to also be attracted to rFactor 2 Not considering this huge target market of already driving sim racers at iRacing is a little short. Sooo...... Here is what we know. CS system coming along generally people want to use it but it lacks features and content. LFM website has rating system/lic. There is a pretty larger participation in those races from about 11am est, - 3pm est times. (this shows that people want to race with these types of features in mind. Season standings, lic, safety ratings and match making etc.) What would attract from the pool of already drivers to rFactor is the real question. I think LFM is going great to bridge this idea. However, speculating that "IF" there were also oval series and "IF" it was even fictitious tracks, and "IF" there was a rating,standings,lic system in place. I think that iRacers and new drivers would all want to try it. Unique content not available on iRacing, and not licensed / copyright / COSTLY to introduce. EI if there were a single OVAL TRACK in CS or LFM with a different car to race on that track every week for Season1 for example. Then Season 2 would be a different track with a different car each week etc. This could be a concept for road too. Additionally........ *It takes time to know a track and get comfortable not wrecking every turn when you first start. So new drivers might see this as too much work to have fun. iRacers doing Ovals might see this as unfamiliar territory and bail out on the idea. We know change is hard and unfamiliar in general. Ovals however are familiar to most iRacers and jumping on the track and jumping in a scheduled race is elementary. Anyhow. JUST things to consider hope this helps.
One more overall idea as an example of what something like this might look like for "Easy and Convenient to Jump in a Race and participate that is familiar even to iRacers etc.". AND to simplify things so that you don't have to create fictitious oval tracks if that is too costly or consuming etc. Simplified with what exists already this might be an option of some type. Seasons with the following content and of course standings and driver ratings and/or lic etc. In the CS system or LFM etc. = single free track for entire season but with different free cars every week(familiarity and easy to participate every day/week.) = single paid track for entire season but with different free cars every week.(same as above but monetizing) = single paid track for entire season with combo of free and paid cars every week.(building participation and monetizing) = single paid track for entire season with all paid cars every week. (building participation and monetizing). LFM has covered a lot of shortages with ratings,lic strength ratings etc. However, attraction for iRacers might be ease of being familiar with a track in order to keep jumping into a road/street race that they would otherwise be unfamiliar and perhaps disinterested to learn because of the many many tracks and cars to learn in order to be competitive etc. This might bridge the gap and attract almost anyone including iRacers etc. But also new driver retention might be a thing that this could help too. Just my opinion but I think something like this could really help participation and bring new customers.
