Definitely another season. SO3 will probably come out early in the New Year and if the SO2 release is anything to go by a lot of sanity testing will probably ensue.

There were plenty of unforseen bugs in the initial version of SO2 which took anywhere up to 3 months to properly iron out. The breeding bug was one key issue.

I can see a few here undertaking roles as beta testers for the next release as we know SO1 & SO2 inside out. There will probably be a heap of testing done before an official release. Even though an anticipated date on Jan/Feb has been proposed, it could be later than that when a version that has successfully undergone a thorough UAT process gets released. I am sure Mark would be more interested in getting as bug free a product on the market rather than getting it out as early as possible.

Would be great if he got it out there for Christmas but even a release date of that it will still take a good couple of months for trainers to build their stables up.

Season 8 is a good idea as most trainers will be able to fill their stables even this far out with the horses they have. After Now Mau, Nemesis Now and Cities in the Dust, I am wondering what Padraig has in store for us next season