For the most part, I have no problem with that last post. It's largely fair enough. But it is more about HD being like the original games isn't it, and less about the actual barrel rolls? If they release an expansion with 2097 ships that don't do barrel rolls, then, when you play online, people will still be doing barrel rolls all around you if they're using the HD ships that can do barrel rolls. So, on the basis of your earlier post, wouldn't you still be where you were before? Wouldn't the only was to not be exposed to barrel rolls when racing others online be to have a race only with 2097 ships, or turning BRs off? Otherwise bears will be crapping all around you.

I'm not trying to say it couldn't work, but just in terms of barrel rolls being a part of the game, wouldn't they still be? How would you see it being implemented as an expansion? Wouldn't it be better as a new iteration, a new game, as Frances_Penfold suggested earlier? Otherwise, taking the game as a whole, barrel rolls will still be a big part of it.