I sense incoming moderation just for this guy's post.
Watch your language my friend, and I use that term "friend" lightly.
After reading your post, I am 100% certain you do not have the game or have played it. How on earth do videos posted online by someone who is still figuring out things in the game tell you what is 100% certain?
The part I put in bold, italicized and underlined is what I am about to reply to. Have you even played FM3 online? People drive like idiots all the time, there is no penalty for it there either and when you attempt to boot them, they try to kick someone else and you can't vote them out...know what you are speaking about before you start firing off, that way you won't look stupid having to retract statements.
People don't care about NASCAR? I want whatever you are smoking, in the US it is the biggest racing circuit on TV...where are you from by the way?
You post too much hearsay, nothing you have said came from first hand experience or at least credible outside sources, just hearsay.
I'm certain you didn't notice that there is a track generator, so you can make your own drag strip if you want, and you can make it 10km long too.
GT5 might be dead to you if a drag strip doesn't make it in???? Lol, I hope it's dead to you as of now, I surely do not want to come across you while playing online. You sound like those typical idiots who enter races and have a slow car but attempt to block faster opponents(the drag strip comment leads me to believe you can turn corners).
You like tuning and testing the cars out fully?
Then you would probably not test your car out on a drag strip as that is about 30% of what real driving is. Try the Nurb, or any course with lots of turns in succession, cars don't only go straight. You only gain knowledge on how you car performs in a sterile environment when actual driving/racing is all about dynamics. I own FM3 and I can tell you I don't use or have ever used the drag strip in that game, it's utterly pointless. Drag racing isn't something you can just toss in a game, Turn10 obviously thought it was. I fails hard, no warm ups, no burning out to get your tires ready...I don't follow drag racing but I can tell you that it's similarities to the one in FM3 end at having two cars and a straight 1/4mi piece of tarmac.
GT5 and FF13? You need to get out more, what on earth do these two have in common aside from the fact that they are both Japanese created games and thus have a great many fans worldwide? Lol, I know they both have names and end in numbers.