Unfortunaletly yes,this is true
What will they do in this 8 month?test it?

I think they are playing,playing...then get bored,so they add some extra thing,then play again...then get bored again,fix a little thing...like this
8 months is really much.It should be 5-6months

Learning the release date made us very disappointed than delaying the previous release date i think.Now,wait for 8 months with getting hurt by this RnR pain but this won't make the release date pulled back so we have no choice different than waiting other games like EURO TS and Headlight demo