I am very glad to here about several of the new option settings being planned for 1.03.
Here is an idea for a possible large game research option. Increase the number of new research facilities required for each subsequent level:
Level total
level 1 +1 1
level 2 +2 3
level 3 +3 6
level 4 +4 10
level 5 +5 15
etc
