They don't need them at launch. Most of the effort is put into removing bugs and polishing the game. Their are still devs working on additional tracks and cars. But the focus is on releasing a good non buggy game.Considering the game did not launch on time, to avoid a flooded game buying season, the end of March is "later" enough. They need to get ovals and historical tracks in at launch. Unless they consider "later" a year after launch??? That's an obscene thought.
They do but the mass majority of races NASCAR runs at are ovals. 34 of 36 Cup races every year over the past 15 years have been ovals, and the reality is that in American motorsports in general, road course racing doesn't draw money or interest compared to ovals, which cost less to operate and have room for more people.Stockcars do race at other venues besides ovals. I'm still taking it for a spin even though I don't intend to get the oval DLC, just because it's a '90s model like in Daytona USA. That game had other track layouts too.
@DaveTheStalker -- The delay hasn't necessarily given SMS enough time to complete more stuff than what they already couldn't finish by November...