I don't know why you think "Backwards-compatibility is fiscally absurd", I can play ps and ps2 games on my pc with one free program, why can't they do emulation? I can run 10 different os's on one machine with virtual machines. For less than $50 in software. It is easy and cheap. The simple answer is, they can't…

The San Luis Valley in Colorado. CO 17 is 48 miles of straight. Also hwy 285 has a 45 mile long straight, but it passes through Monte Vista. Both are dead flat as well. If you check it out on Google maps, street view is available.