having a nascar would drive me away from lfs, theres plenty of nascar sims around. yes there maybe only 1 oval track on lfs and i dont drive on it often as i get bored easy on that track. i think lfs should stick with motorsports like touring cars etc etc as they are more fun close racing.
Try and find video of the NASCAR Busch series race at Watkins Glen a couple of weeks ago. I'm not a big fan of oval racing either, but these cars on "road courses" look a lot of fun.
A Nascar like car would surely improve the use of the oval. My heart is filled with sorrow when I see BF1s go around the oval. So please include a Nascar like car so joy returns into my life.
I might even try oval driving myself if we had an appropiate car for oval racing.
look at the 2000 Winston 500. THAT is close racing. 27 cars were in the last lap able to win the race, dude! and the winner gained in the last 15 laps 17 places and won the race! now tell me this is NOT close racing.....
Just the fact that a late model stockcar is added doesn't mean you'd have to race it, nor that you'd have to race it on an oval. Your statement that adding one would drive you away from LFS, imo, tells us more about you than LFS.
Papy have done Nascars (very well) to death LFS need not bother with them, a V8 Supercars style car could be a better bet, slightly more sophisticated but still basic enough for the oval racers.
I think what would make it stand out, not just a V8 big car like the Supercars, but so long as it has a live axle, which would make the handling what we are after and the weight.
it could be an old " muscle car" those were raced in NASCAR of old, and even those were like the original Supercars... Torana any one? Galaxie 500?
Torino? Superbee? Charger?
superbee or charger would be nice )) but only if there is something like a drag-set for gearing/motor or so ) wanna see the front wheels going up on the dragstrip !
for nascar this would make something like vintage stock-car racing but yep. why not a compromise
Oh well in that case-
but giving in to a type of series or a specific car (four door- vs. tube frame)
the V8 supercars would certainly be in line with the GTR as far as style goes, the NASCAR type cars are tube frame monsters, which around a proper circuit can do rather well, i mean for example:at Watkins Glen Jeff Gordon, 1:10.798, 124.580 MPH, Cup series record
Scott Pruett, 1:12.861, 121.052 MPH Busch Series Record
Greg Biffle, 1:14.465, 118.445 MPH, 2000 in the craftsman trucks (wow aero drag! they run the same or similar motors to Busch cars!)
Daytona prototype Alex Gurney 1:07.496
GT (PTG BMW GTR!) Bill Auberlen 1:13.541
SO you see the Cup NASCAR typr car is certainly capable to fight the GT cars as we know the BMW GTR is no slouch. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ... with a lap time of one minute 25.581 (FZ5?)
[FONT=ARIAL,HELVETICA][SIZE=2]Pontiac GTO.R (a monaro) (i could not find a time help)
[FONT=ARIAL,HELVETICA][SIZE=2][FONT=ARIAL,HELVETICA][SIZE=2]A 1965 competition Austin Mini-Cooper (a flying shoebox!) did a 2:21. (UF1/UFR?)
I feel this show that perhaps any love axle specially made tube fram or live axle car can do the business with the best of them.
I think a compromise of these is the best, which perhaps a vintage style racer with a live axle (or a trans-am style racer) might do the best fit, non descript blocky type body, big torque few gears, and heavy. so any car of this type could be a welcome snarling addition to the LFS line up. [/SIZE][/FONT]
)) but only if there is something like a drag-set for gearing/motor or so