Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27095714-20160706070519/@comment-5904736-20161101113135

Adamoyan wrote:

Jackimo1999 wrote: Nope, only Victoria have a public holiday today. NSW (where I live, and where Sydney is) is still at work. But when your public holidays include "Footy Grand Final Day" I think you're just looking for excuses to take a day off, so don't take the Melbourne Cup nickname too literally.

Also, Firemonkeys is based in Melbourne, about a two minute drive from Albert Park (hint, hint) so yes, they have the day off. Whether that's relevant or not I'd say is probably up for debate

Edit: When I went to fact-check the two minutes from Albert Park thing I couldn't find the source but I do very distinctly remember looking it up in the past. According to a media release from the Victorian Premier's department, Firemonkeys have recently moved to new offices in Melbourne's Docklands precinct. They used to be on St Kilda Road (one of the real streets featured in the Melbourne circuit).

Anyway, given I'm guilty for driving this thread off-topic (apologies all!), I'll try to steer in back:

I'm tipping a release in the morning (Eastern Australia Summer Time which is UTC+11). Damn it. I hope the extra eight minutes driving doesn't prevent them from adding the track that hosts the F1 season opener. Ten minutes is a long drive compared to three. I'd hate for that to prevent them from adding one of the most significant F1 circuits to the game.