1. Circuit De La Sarthe (both layouts) - High speeds and high thrills, lol. I love it almost entirely for the Porsche curves and Indianapolis corner, getting those right with a Group C car at 100mph+ just feels awesome. The whole track is just setup for high speed but not so fast that it feels too easy like High Speed Ring or others.
2. El Capitan - Another high speed circuit and i love it for the same reasons, some great corners where I can fly at high speed and keep going without it feeling really easy.
3. Suzuka Circuit - Come to love it after racing it so many times now on GT5P, not necessarily a fast track, but a very testing one that I find great for working out tunes with, due it showcasing how good your turning, acceleration and speed abilites are.
4. Midfield Raceway - A nicely flowing standard race track, thats all the reasoning I need.
5. Apricot Hill Raceway - Also a nicely flowing standard race track, it has a similar feel to Suzuka in many ways but without the tight chicane or 130R.
6. Red Rock Valley - I haven't raced it in a very long time, probably since 2000 or 2001 and I can't remember the layout completely, but I do remember really liking it, especially for the progressively tightening and dropping corner.
As you can see, I like my fast race circuits, I would add the Nurburgring as well, but I'm not sure whether I really love it. I love to drive it for sure, but it doesn't really connect with me. Dunno why.
I also love the really tight circuits too, but I suppose I'm just in the mood for faster circuits right now while typing this list. I bet next week this list might be different.
Anyway, if I was going to mention tight circuits I love too: Monaco, Citi Di Aria, Costa di Amalfi, Rome Circuit, Eiger Nordwand and Hong Kong.
The thing I don't like about Nurburgring is the track is too thin. You barely even need a racing line to be relatively quick there, and hot lapping is nigh on impossible there because it's so easy to lose 0.5sec in one corner. I don't like restarting a 7min lap because I messed up just a little bit 5mins in. Overtaking will also be very hard without accidental contact when we get it online.
Haha, a hotlappers nightmare. I suppose it's best to have a tune already sorted out before you go to the Nurburgring rather than going to it for a tune. If we get it online, it won't be so bad when we have 16 racers.
Also, although everyone seem's to go on about how hard it is, I dont personally find the Nurburgring that hard, I mean, ok, its easy to lose your consistency somewhere in the lap, but you have the rest of the lap to make it up. Also, I dont normally screw up a lot on it really, you tend to drive low to medium speeds for a large amount of it.
I can see how the narrow track could be annoying online, but if I can find mulitple ways around with the AI, I can find some with players. I just hope we have private rooms for it though, because I can imagine the people who block all the time being highly annoying.