I am begging you to have two versions on the go. One for lesser specifications (ie one of the older versions?) as well as the current one. It is not just older hardware that won't run Supertuxkart now, but most new hardware as well - other than the most expensive on the market or gaming pc's. Up to 3 or 4 years ago we were playing it on a 900 Mhz eee pc. Now you need Nvidia graphics! This rules out the vast majority of under 12 years old kids, the vast majority of ordinary PC users and the vast majority of mainstream hardware - including Macbooks and Macbook Airs, Microsoft Go, most 11" 2 in 1s. So we're talking minimum £1000 PC to run it comfortably.
I am currently looking for a genera laptop or 2 in 1 for an 11 year old and there are a lot of good models in the £500 to £800 range but none will run Supertuxkart. It feels like a big loss! We are not talking about ancient hardware but needing NVidia Graphics or high level graphics which don't come on sub £1,000 PC's or smaller PC's.
So having a two tier option (as some linux distros do) would be absolutely brilliant. I can completely understand going 64 bit only - that is fine, but it needs to be able to run on a much wider variety of hardware and for a much wider variety of users - not just adults with top notch gaming machines.
I hope this will be considered. Thank you.