I was in a hosted Late Model race earlier, and no less than 4 people I know from LFS joined and started small-talk about their recent LFS activity(or lack thereof).
Then piped up someone I didn't know, and they said, "is that game still Alpha?".
So it seems there are many people that spent alot of time loving this sim, but just grew tired of it for their own reasons. There really wasn't any trash talk, if anything simply a little disappointment.
So maybe we just wait, fingers crossed, 12 pounds in hand......
And Lizard explained it very well, as far as the difference in feel.
I can say without shame that a loose car to me in LFS spells disaster. But after a few weeks in iRacing, LFS seems to have almost too much grip. Strange how that works out.