Tony Gardner:
As usual dozens of things are in development and production, a portion of which will be in the next quarterly update.
We are about three weeks away from the update. We will not be releasing Global Rally Cross prior to that to answer that question. However, the graphics, modeling, physics, cars, tracks, new functionality are in very good shape and ready to go. We are still tweaking away on numerous minor details in certain areas like race control, spotter commands, etc. We have done plenty of testing, and we have received great real-world driver feedback which we have incorporated. To cut to the chase, there is a strong likelihood GRC will be in the coming build. This initial rollout should feature three tracks with one of the tracks being an iRacing free track and having two circuits. All of the GRC tracks are circuits within other tracks, so if you already own those, there is nothing to buy in regard to tracks. We are releasing two different GRC cars initially, with one car being free. To answer another question, Yes, feel free to take an F1 car or any car off a GRC jump, I’m sure the suspension will be just fine.
We also are planning on releasing heat racing in the next update. The plan is to have some official series setup for heat racing including GRC, dirt ovals and short pavement ovals. We are also striving to have heat racing ready for use in hosted racing, but there is still some web development left to do so there is no guarantee on that for the build. It is the goal, however.
We also are planning to release the new dirt oval and dirt road license types. In regard to the Dirt Road license, everyone will be starting from scratch as rookies, for the new dirt oval license, we came up with a different convention that I explained in a forum post a while ago that member seemed to like.
We also plan on releasing a new dirt midget car and a new dirt track, Knoxville, however still some shining up going on for both.
There has been a physics update on the stock cars which testers are really liking.
The plan is to release pit crew animation for all the high-level stock cars. It looks great. I think about 10 cars off the top of my head. Could also be further hand-over-hand animation as well for additional cars in this update.
A variety of upgrades and improvements to the new UI.
Well, these are some of the bigger items that are strong candidates for this build but there are also dozens of smaller items and details which sometimes people like the best.
There is certainly much more in the works. No, we have not forgotten about road cars (numerous cars in various stages of production) or tracks, oval content, improvements to existing content, day-to-night transitions, new damage model, physic upgrades and tire improvements, sound improvements, new and improved graphics and several other significant developments not yet mentioned. All those things and much more are in full development. Many more quarterly updates to come.
Thanks for all your support!
