More about this topic guys....
I have noticed the same thing - cars disappear, just before end of lap and just after the start. But one thing I notice is that if I am more than about 200 metres behind a car, they disappear after the start finish line, but if I am very close i.e. at the start of the race off the grid, they don't disappear.
So it seems that distance between the current camera view - whether that's onboard or TV cam, and the car(s) in shot is a factor...
Hopefully a new DAT will soon fix this - great track though!
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