As there are many negatives posts in this thread, I want to be more optimistic and positive for Simbin
No doubt that ACC is a milestone in simracing as was GTR2 in its time (who said ACC is its spiritual successor?), and I hope for ACC same success had GTR2. Nevertheless, there is a price for that, litterally first and second degree, as it is an elitist game which requires very high and expensive hardware to max out settings (nvidia rtx will be required for full spa 70 cars grid under rain at max settings !!!) exactly as was CRYSIS for babies (15-30 YO) or ORIGIN games for grannies (40-60 YO) like me (recall WING COMMANDER SAGA, STRIKE COMMANDER, etc...quite every Chris Roberts game was a masterpiece which required next gen computers).
So Simbin approach may be not that bad if more players can play with it and so buy it : I had always said that RaceRoom graphics were satisfying for me and I wouldn't say no to a GTR2 REBOOT with RaceRoom graphics as it will run fine on most pc with full grids and not only 15-20 cars which is kinda frustrating.
So I encourage Simbin/Sector3 to continue their great work and to ask more money to their producer/publisher in order to buy licenses : to me licensing should not be an option for GTR3 because this is DNA of GTR games. So please Simbin buy rights for great serie such as WEC (love 24h du mans), ALMS (love petit le mans), or FFSA GT (French GT championship is close to GTR spirit).
Another important point is physics : It is ok for me if you wanna add driving aids for kids and joypad players, but please Simbin keep harcore option at least at same level as RaceRoom !!!
Dear Simbin, you have decided to rebirth GTR serie, I am the first to be happy as I am a bit tired of updating GTR2 textures now, on the one hand that will certainly help you to sell more copies because there are still GTR1/2 lovers and nostalgics, but on the other hand you have more responsibility because we have high expectations as we ask for at least same features (24h races with day/night transition, pit animation, dynamic weather/track, driving school...and moddable
) and quality level as old GTR2 !!!
You have got still many months of work so I wish you good luck Simbin