Not likely you'll change the track when 20 players are already having their race.
ASna is obviously popular, so I was putting a thread proposing one or two hosts running ASna Reverse.
I'd be quite annoyed if I was getting stuck into racing at ASnat standard and someone was insisting it should be changed for the reverse track. But using an empty server means you can do and choose what you want while waiting for others to join.
Did it twice, no one joined: path of least resistance is sticking to tracks you like/know/aren't racing alone on, is what most people want from a game such as lfs.
i don't have any other online experience than LFS, but imho it's a problem in any online game... people learn a few tracks/maps and play those and don't bother to learn any other... the only solution is to join a league...
I had some good racing on ASHistREV the other night. Some XFR and some FOX. A bit of F08 as well that was actually racing rather than noob wreckage. Most fun.