You mentioned one location of GTS here. I think all variants of Lago Maggiore, Kyoto, Dragon Trail, St. Croix, Alsace, BMB Infields offer more than enough clean passing opportunities.
TBH, of the new fantasy tracks, the only one I'm big on is Alsace. Probably because it isn't ruined by yards-wide runoff areas, and few clog points. It reminds me of a GT6 type track more than any other.
And the point I was making was comparing city tracks (seeing as we are discussing Monaco), of which GTS doesn't have ONE that isn't so much a smashfest, no-one will drive it that cares about their rating. R246, SSR5, Rome
and Madrid offered quite excellent clean racing, and only London had what I'd call the 'new' track philosophy.
But then again, that was back in the days before we all decided that an automated stewarding system was better than actual hosts who would actually kick the dirty drivers! So maybe my experience in clean or kick rooms in GT5/6 has colored my impression of those tracks... Who knows, under Sport Mode's 'anything goes if you can get away with it' approach, maybe those old GT6 city tracks would have been just as hated?!
I think the question, with regard to Monaco, is will the FIA allow PD to certify this track without paying the Principality the money that they no doubt want? There's a reason it has always been called Cote D'Azure, and it always revolved around the track not being licensed. The FIA might find themselves in the middle of something ugly if they endorse a track in the game, but it circumvents paying the actual track owners the money they are supposed to by changing the name, when they use the actual circuit for actual FIA races.
PC2 also does a pretty accurate Monaco, calls it Azure Circuit, but has no FIA tie-in. It's going to be interesting to see what happens.
