i note how you didnt touch on the physics aspect, which is the very core of the sim. I'm sorry but GT4 just sucks. Every car ndersteers like it's front wheel drive, and the only cars that handle neutrally are the ones that would oversteer heavily IRL. as an example take the lotus Elise. A very very responsive car, bordering on twitchy. In GT4, very easy to drive and far too forgiving. in Enthusia, you ned to pay attention to your grip much more, as each tyre's grip is handled separately, it's easy to lock a rear tyre and turn it around.
Theres no need for 40 different skyline versions from various years, the top grades of each body style would hav been perfectly acceptable and not made finding the car you actually WANT in your list of cars harder. 600 different cars that all fall into maybe 16 different categories is un neccisary.
Enthusia's lack of a cash system frees you from the "buy car -> earn money -> buy parts -> buy faster car" monotony of the GT series. due to the level up system its possible to stick withone car youre comfortable with for most of the game.
since this has gotten off topic i'm going to just make my next point and then go back on topic.
You've managed to defend GT4's "flavor" thats all, the physics engine and handling dynamics are dumbed down to the point of being laughable once youve experienced a real sim. Once you go LFS you dont go back.
Even though i dont think any of the beginners would drive on it, i think mount panorama would be a great track for the sim. Its a challenge for the more advanced players.
Of course, I've been thinknig about driving up to Lexington with a petition to try to get the management of Mid Ohio Sports Car Course to allow a reproduction of thier course.
Anyone any good at amking a petition web page so that i could print it all off at once?