Favourite North American Circuit

Before I begin, this is not a wish list or related in anyway to AC content.

So, I was watching the MotoGP at the weekend at COTA and it got me thinking, North America has some really decent race circuits. I'm not a fan of COTA but I'm interested in hearing what others favourite tracks are. So just for fun, post up your favourite 3 and if you want to explain why then go ahead. Mine are,

1. Sebring - Not sure why I love Sebring as its pretty flat but the look, feel and bumps just do it for me. The last corner is just so brilliant. In some ways it has a street circuit feel about it in places with the concrete walls being so close and tight corners. Always enjoyed driving this circuit in various sims.

2. Long Beach - I love street circuits and this ticks all the boxes. The last sequence of corners is great as is the long curved main straight into the tight left hand turn 1.

3. Sonoma Raceway - Such a rollercoaster of a circuit and so challenging. I love how it climbs at the start, the back end is twisty but its still a fast circuit.

 

Road Atlanta, Road America, Barber, Homesteads road configs are actually really good, Mid Ohio, Mosport and obviously Watkins Glen and VIR
All these are pretty awesome tracks to be honest. And almost non of them are completely FIA nudered so theres lots of grass and gravel in run off areas

Most of them are just very fun to drive and very fast tracks with a unique set of corners at each of them. Oak tree at VIR, the kink at Road America, Mosport and pretty much every one of the corners, ...
In regards to VIR and Mid Ohio, they're just pure technical tracks but are great tracks once you know them.

 

Watkins Glen
VIR
Laguna Seca
COTA
Sebring
Mid-Ohio
Road Atlanta
Road America
Lime Rock
Sonoma
Barber
Mosport
Daytona Road Course


No idea how I would pick a favorite or even top three out of those.

 

In no particular order: Sebring, Laguna Seca, COTA.

Have good memories on iracing at Sebring and Laguna Seca. Both fun tracks with good possibilities to overtake. Unlike many so it seems I do like COTA which has all kinds of interesting type of corners, and I don't care if it has similar corners to other circuits. I also like Long Beach and Road Atlanta but would prefer the above mentioned circuits.

 

I have a soft spot for Portland International Raceway. Unfortunately it’s underrepresented in sim racing with the exception of Automobilista.
Would love to see it in other sims.



However I would take every other north american circuit as they are all very nice.

 

This + Belle Isle

 

Road America, Watkins Glen, Sebring. I'm genuinely surprised no legit mods of Watkins and Sebring exist in AC, if I were a track modder those are some of the first tracks I'd go after. We have a lot of random mod tracks that very few people have heard of but these legends are nowhere to be found.

 

@LilSki is working on a Watkins so we will have the next best thing to a vanilla scanned version.

 

Watkins Glen
VIR
Road America
Daytona Road Course

 

I'm ashamed to admit it, but other than VIR, I don't really know American tracks very well (I am American). I got into sim driving with the Simbin offerings. I remember a few mods of Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca (and a fairly inaccurate VIR) etc, but that's about it. So right now, VIR and Lilki's 3 tracks are the only ones I know well enough.

Looking forward to LilSki's Watkens Glen and Kunos' Laguna Seca so I can get familiar with those.

 

Sears point
Infineon
Sonoma

 

Road America.

 

Watkins glen, we badly need a mod version on assetto..

Sonoma like op says it's a rollercoaster..

Would be a split for third with cota and road America..

But given only one choice Watkins glen would be my pick..

 

Right, but knowing how long it takes to make a track I'm not anticipating a release anytime soon (hopefully I'm wrong!). Certainly looking forward to it though, if anyone can do it right he can.

 

In no particular order:

• Mid Ohio
• Circuit Mont-Tremblant
• Westwood Motorsport Park
• Putnam Park

 

These 3:
Barber MSP
Watkins Glen
Lime Rock
and these 3:
Mosport
NJMP (Lightning)
Sonoma
and these 3:
Bridgehampton
RIR
Palmer MSP
and these 3:
Road Atlanta
VIR
Mont Tremblant
and many other 3's as well... there are/were some fantastic tracks in North America!

 

Watkins because of the historic F1 connection. Elkhart Lake as it's a classic track that's managed somehow to keep its layout almost unchanged.

For F1 Montreal Notre Dame Island is a great venue and COTA has some interesting features for an FIA grade 1 track.

 

Possibly Calabogie, will let you know in a month

 

Watkins Glen, Road Atlanta, and Daytona Road Course. It would be nice to simulate race tracks that I've attended.

sidenote: the race at Watkins Glen was called "The Bud at the Glen" (Budweiser). It rained hard for 2 days before the race and somebody marked through the B on Bud on a large sign entering the infield and made it an M, so it was "The Mud at the Glen". The infield and camping were swamps so it was very appropriate. so sorry...just one of my (fun) raceday memories that's hard to forget.

 

Barber is amazing. It reminds me a lot of Bilsterberg just larger with a greater range of elevation changes. Road Atlanta is really fast with a nice flow

Road Atlanta
Barber Motorsports Park
Lime Rock
Watkins Glen
Road America
Sonoma
Laguna Seca

Mid Ohio - wow what a great track. Just drove it for the first time. So many great turns on such a small course