First I want to start off with your switching plan. You need 2 way switches in a lot of these 4 areas zoning each area will help you a lot instead of mappin them as one large room.

The other room looks like it has a door so you would want to be able to turn the lights off/on from either side of the room

The bar area should have a dimmer switch by the bar. you need to be able to have control when you are in that area.

The pool table is very overlit as well as the living room, where is the tv going? heck they all are.

Thanks! TV will go on the right side of the den. The smaller room is a gym.

If I take some lights out, we end up with spacing of >5 feet between fixtures. Is that reasonable or will the basement be too dark.

Im also interested to know why there are no hanging lights? like over the bar and pool table.

What is the other room used for

Where does the tv go

how tall are ceilings?

Also consider living spaces have lamps, and especially in rooms where overhead lighting isnt the greatest for the function of a space, like TV watching or rathering, no one wants blinding lights shining down on them. a lot of the time dimmers are going to really help, but often for movie watching etc you will want just a table lamp or two on. light travels further than people give credit, a wide angle beam from 8-9 feet is going to spread out about that much. The gym looks to have a window and a door? so does the pool area. I would also imagine the gym will have a mirror or 2 they will reflect light.

https://www.brunswickbilliards.com/room-size-requirements

The pool room looks crowded to me. If you're new to pool tables, this might help.

Thanks very much! The ceiling height is 8’8”. The TV in the den will be on the wall on the right.

We may put a hanging light above the pool table but wanted to keep the space flexible in the event we decide to get rid of the pool table.

@RL Relocation LLC here's an update. I will change the switching plan per your suggestion as well.

IMO you absolutely need a fixture over the pool table and ideally with 3 lights and your space is too small for that size pool table you need 5' all around a pool table

Put switches by bar and pool table. and you do need center light over pool table.

The gist of what I was saying in the other thread is to have a uniform grid for flexibility, since you have a few options for furniture arrangement and you seem malleable on layout at this point. If you think about it, the joist spacing is uniform above, so you also have that hardpoint which sometimes make a uniform grid necessary (wafer lights disregarded). If my math is right, then this layout of 4" recessed gives you about 5.5' spacing with about 3' from walls, which isn't too much. Everything, of course, is impingent on ductwork/plumbing and structure, and some assumptions about soffits were made here. I also thought you had moved the tv to over the FP, so I did a couple furniture layouts to illustrate flexibility.

@3onthetree @RL Relocation LLC thank you very much for your thoughtful input. Here's an update - feeling good about this!

what is beside the fireplace wood shelves? with the pool table, I would reduce to 4 now that you are adding a light above. and I would still put a switch by the bar.

I would still spread the general lighting out further. A 4" recessed with standard baffle from a range of 3'-4'ish would be good light for a kitchen function. Spreading them out to 5'-6'ish will have less overlapping throws. And consider your joist spacing is probably 16"o.c., so 48", 64" are increments. Hence why I went with about 5.5' between fixtures.

If you are confident now in your pool table size and clearances, then you can reduce the recessed lights above it/even eliminate them depending on hanging fixture chosen. You could do some accent wall lighting instead, especially if you have artwork or dartboard, etc.