Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27095714-20160310073425/@comment-26715739-20160312114834

A general tidy up so they can do something to reduce the install size would be good. They can't go too far with "additional storage" since Apple, and some of the Android suppliers don't do that - there's also the issue that people aren't "turning" their tablets as fast as they do their phones.

On facebook they've started trying to make the point that they've got some "great new non-NASCAR content coming soon" (which is presumably not just a reference to the Sesto).

As per my usual - here's my speculation on dates... Now that Sunoco is accounted for we know we could get a release as early as April 5th (which would make the release window 7 weeks, so on the longer end, but not too outrageous).

For mine, the longer release cycle says that they should be looking to make it a fairly significant release rather than the usual big/small that they do.

And from a marketing perspective, they probably need that too (lure back those NASCAR drove away, tempt the NASCAR-ites into the rest of the game).

Looking at calendars... Phillip Island (Australian V8s) is on that week (although that would be a bad move since the Chev SS is, so they tell me, a rebadged Holden Commodore - and while they're from Australia it's just not really "big market" thinking). Le Mans has a motorbike race that weekend - which would be a massive change (and again - is something they should do in a separate game, like they should have done NASCAR).
 * For a 5 April release we're looking at weekend 9/10 April

For mine, that's "no obvious real race cross-over" (although there is a Nordschleife "no limits" day on April 11 which could make an interesting tie-in).

there are just lots and lots and lots of events on that weekend.
 * For an April 12 release: or targeting a crossover with 16/17th...

For me the "standout" event on that weekend is F1 at Shanghai - this would be a great tie-in for them to target Asia (having just targeted the US with NASCAR) and also to please the Euro-based crowd by adding more F1.

Adding manufacturers like Alfa Romeo, Subaru, Lotus, Jaguar and Tesla (or other electric cars) would be nice as well.