Capturing data yourself at a track is surely more a preference and luxury rather than a requirement.
Laser scans can be carried out by contracted companies and many tracks surely these days already have the data ready to sell to whoever wants it. Then for reference images of the scenery you can either use any one of thousands of images and video that already exist or again contract someone locally at the track to do it for you.
For that reason I can't see covid having as much an impact on real tracks, they just might be slightly less detailed in the environment or slightly out of date.
Laser scans can be carried out by contracted companies and many tracks surely these days already have the data ready to sell to whoever wants it. Then for reference images of the scenery you can either use any one of thousands of images and video that already exist or again contract someone locally at the track to do it for you.
For that reason I can't see covid having as much an impact on real tracks, they just might be slightly less detailed in the environment or slightly out of date.