I'm glad that S2 included many more cars and also that the VW Scirocco. The sim has a wide variety of cars. However I've been thinking about what style of car is missing from the sim.
We have several front wheel drive cars of different weights and power levels.
We have several rear wheel drive cars of different weights, engine locations, and power levels.
We have an all wheel drive car.
We have several different formula cars including a formula SAE car and F1 car and everything in between.
We have cars with many different suspension types.
We have cars with wings to provide down force or at least reduce lift and cars without wings at all.
However I noticed one style is missing. Its a style that has been in many forms of racing for a very long time. We don't have a solid axle front engined rear wheel drive car available in the sim. That style has been popular in various forms of racing Australia and North America for quite some time and also has seen some popularity in some European and worldwide series.
Anyone remember the old racing videos of the Mini Coopers and fiats racing against the 1960's Mustangs and Camaros? How about the Mustang winning the 1964 Tour de France international rally? The Australian Touring Car Championships in the 1970's had multiple wind by the Camaro. What about the Mustangs in the SCCA and Trans-Am series? What about the Mustangs in the IMSA GTO class and the SCCA Escort Endurance SSGT championship. The 24 hours of Daytona wins too! They also competed and won the Koni Challenge and Speed World Challenge GT Series. The Swedish Camaro Cup has been a popular series since the 1970's. The IMSA GT series is popular with the Camaro and Mustang. The Camaro was also the car used by the International Race of Champions for quite a few years. How about all those land speed records set by Camaros and Mustangs at the Bonneville Salt Flats over the years. They are also currently raced in the NASA American Iron series, which is quite popular. Also for you drift fans, the Mustang is a popular drift car. I haven't kept up with all of the Australian front engined, solid axle rear wheel drive cars over the years, but I remember some Ford and GM vehicles of that style being pretty popular in racing there in the past.
Also think of all the famous drivers that drove front engined rear wheel drive solid axle race cars. Parnelli Jones, Bob Johnson, Mark Donohue, Mickey Thompson, Roger Penske, Danny Ongais, Ray Brock, Bob Jane, George Follmer, Steve Saleen, and Lynn St. James just to name a few.
It would also add a new driving challenge because its a new style with different characteristics than the typical front engined rear wheel drive car with a 4 wheel independent suspension.
When I searched previous posts and about polls wanting a new type of car, I found that a V8 RWD sedan or coupe was pretty popular. Making it a solid axle V8 RWD car would make things new and interesting and also bring in a new style that has been popular in a wide variety of different forms of racing for many years.