[WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE LIST BELOW] Hey guys! Just a couple of things I wanted to address after reading your many comments. Firstly, really cool to hear all of your thoughts when it comes to these tracks. Of course everyone has different views, which I anticipated, but I was also surprised to see so many people agree with what I expected to be some of my less-popular opinions (including what I put at #1…) Either way, it all goes to show that many of us really do care about these tracks and - even if you don’t concur with my list - that’s something that we can all agree on. The second thing is when it comes to showing maps for each track. Why didn’t I do this? Well the simple answer is that I wanted to originally, but decided against it since I couldn’t get decent looking track maps for every circuit. Seriously, for some tracks all I could find was the one on their GT Wiki page which look like they’ve been traced by hand in MS Paint… In this case I prioritised clean visuals over convenience and I appreciate that many people would’ve preferred that I included them anyway. To make up for that, here’s a link to the GT Wiki list of every circuit in Gran Turismo (gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Gran_Turismo_courses). If you want a refresher on the layout of each track, find their name in the list and click on the link to take you to their main page. It’s not ideal, but still easier than having to fire up each game and look for yourselves. And the final thing is that I got a few comments assuming this would be a tier list. Of course that was what I was going for with the design of the thumbnail, but I chose to rank each circuit individually because I think that’s more interesting. However, as part of the process of making this video, I initially separated each track into 6 tiers and then ranked them to make the process easier. So, what I thought would be cool is if I labelled these tiers and shared them with you as well! S - Tier: Citta di Aria, Deep Forest, Rome-Night, El Capitan, Circuito de la Sierra, Costa di Amalfi, SSR11, SSR5, Cape Ring, Mid-field Raceway, Matterhorn, Trial Mountain, Dragon Trail - Seaside, Grand Valley Speedway, Autodrome Maggiore, Smokey Mountain North, Apricot Hill, Grindelwald A - Tier: Circuit de Sainte-Croix, Red Rock Valley, Seattle Circuit, Tokyo R246, Eiger Nordwand Short, Rome Circuit (GT5 & GT6), Rome Circuit (GT2 & GT3), Kyoto Driving Park, Complex String, Tahiti Maze, Grand Valley Highway, Tokyo Expressway Central, Tokyo Expressway South, Cathedral Rocks, Swiss Alps B - Tier: Circuito de Madrid, Tokyo Expressway East, Dragon Trail - Gardens, Eiger Nordwand Rally Trails, Grand Canyon, High Speed Ring, Autumn Ring, Alsace, Sardegna - Road Track, Motorland, Opera Paris C - Tier: New York, Hong Kong, Fishermans Ranch, SSR7, Kart Space, Sardegna - Windmills, Lake Louise, Toscana, Tahiti Dirt Route 3, Colorado Springs, Tahiti Road, Seoul Central, George V Paris D - Tier: Chamonix (GT4), Chamonix (GT5 & GT6), Green Forest Roadway, Smokey Mountain South, Broad Bean, Gran Turismo Arena, London, Blue Moon Bay, SSRX, Super Speedway E - Tier: Motor Sports Land, Northern Isle Speedway, Ice Arena, Pod Race, Test Course (GT3 & GT4), Test Course (GT1 & GT2), Beginner Course, Grand Canyon Short Track
Outstanding work. Thanks for the love and dedication you put into this. I'm also glad you addressed the lack of maps with this comment here. Double thumbs up.
yeah, it's kinda hard to conceptualize how the track flows and how the sectors tie together without the track layout as reference. A track like the NYC Street Circuit and Tsukuba tell you so much just from how the layout looks. The commentary ends up being too vague for me. IDK maybe I'm stupid
I visited Assisi in 2023 and had the strangest feeling of “I have been to this place before” and told my wife about my game experience after I realized I was in Citti di Aria.
@@clevinstorm947 it was simultaneously surreal and exciting. I had made no efforts to visit the the city aside from being in Umbria and staying within an hour of the city. I read it was culturally significant and thought it was worth a visit. I didn’t make the connection until I was inside the city.
Little known thing about broad bean is that it's a shortened version of the real life Trenton Speedway in New Jersey. The circuit was demolished in the 90s, but it had that very distinct kink on the back stretch.
Trenton’s kink was less severe, and it didn’t have a 90 degree left turn. There is another demolished track in Iowa called Greenwood Roadway, its layout looked very similar to Deep Forest Raceway but that was more coincidence than direct inspiration.
Hong Kong has a special place in my heart. Its my favorite of all, the lighting, the narrow corners and just the vibe are doing a phenomal job to create a feeling that you're actually there. I love it.
Yes! I don't see why some people dislike it. It's top ten on my list of original tracks because the aesthetic is so awesome and the layout I think is actually pretty good.
Not mentioning the death dive from the start of the Citta di Aria reverse all the way down to the hairpin is criminal. Nailing that thing in anything with 300+hp makes you feel straight up superhuman
Fun fact: The Rome Circuit from GT5/6 has actually appeared in two obscure racing games prior to 2010, Supercar Street Challenge (2001) and Lamborghini (2003 unreleased) The former is basically the same layout as presented in GT, though it runs in anti-clockwise; While the latter is a shorter version that have a different location to the start/finish line
The thing that really made Chamonix from GT4 memorable for me is how it has a lower and higher part and when you get to that higher part you can see the lower part where you start, which I don't think you can do in any other track in the series. It is a shame that photo mode doesn't let you look down there.
I'm still saddened that the short layout of Seattle got abandoned after GT2. Also, if GT6 was still online, I'd probably still be hosting cruise lobbies on Sierra. It's such a great and interesting track and I especially liked the parking spaces for the cruise lobbies
I'm pretty sure SSRX's location and visuals was inspired from the intro of GT Concept Tokyo-Geneva. The jumbo jet in both the intro and the one that flies over SSRX confirms it in my eyes along with the general scenery in the intro
Thank you for mentioning Citta di Aria as your number one. It was my number one track as well. I remember driving countless hours on that track with various cars like RE Amemiya RX-7, GT40, Delta S4, and, if i wanted to get crazy enough, group C cars like R92CP and Minolta 88C-V, as well as many other cars.
The editing of this video reminds me so much of 100R's compilation of the pre GTSport-GT7 Era of GT circuits and I really love this, I find this video moving in a way with his background music choices for certain tracks. Banger video as always Roffle keep it up !
53:40 the closest thing to a real life "Death Chicane" Is the charlotte motor speedway, which has a road course which used to have a high speed chicane on the backstretch. Lots of cars got torn up because they went too fast and hit a tire barrier which was supposed to stop corner cutting at that part of the circuit. After that disaster of an inaugural Charlotte Roval race in 2018 for NASCAR, the chicane was revamped in 2019.
Used to run a online time trial/auto cross event back in gt2 on gtplanet forums using only motorsports land. Countless of hours spent on that short track setting up low hp cars to go around it as fast as possible. I was 15 years old and I think digital cameras were still new at the time. I'm now 37 and feel old as hell watching this 😂
@@mrdorifto I don't remember if he used it in his GT7 critiques, I usually have the videos playing while I'm working in a shop so it might have escaped me.
Kyoto Driving Park is a stealth remake of Apricot Hill, to the point that people keep thinking that PD are teasing Apricot Hill whenever they use the Kyoto map in graphics.
Spoiler warning for anyone who hasnt watched the video Thank you so much for putting citta di aria at 1, its my favorite track especially when driving rally cars, based opinion
I've only driven on Rome-Night proper while playing the A-Spec mod recently, and got surprised by how instantly memorable and fun it was! Really happy to see it so high on the list.
Sat watching this and I thought I'd absolutely lost my mind. I thought no way does someone else enjoy Citta Di Aria as much as I did to rank it number 1. I was convinced I'd made the track up. What a trip down memory lane for some of those
For 67, the two appearances are slightly different. 3 is more based on Motegi's oval, but 2, with the completed stands and canopy in turns 3 and 4, are based on the early dirt days of the Darlington Speedway over here in the States. After all, Darlington was the direct inspiration for Motegi's oval and even got NASCAR to race on it for a pair of postseason races in the late 90s.
Would have been nice to have tiny little minimaps on the corner of the screen for each track. Haven't played 7 and didn't quite remember a lot of the older tracks so it would have helped with knowing what you were talking about.
Cape Ring is so underrated, it's actually a decently hard track thanks to its somewhat unpredictable corners and the spiral on it adds to the fun, it's just very underused in GT5 & 6 sadly. And La Sierra is really nice aswell
I generally agree with this ranking. I personally enjoy just about all of Gran Turismo’s original circuits. There are a couple of them that irk me somewhat, but I don’t really hate any of them. My absolute favorite course in Gran Turismo is Trial Mountain Circuit, not only for its fast, flowing, and fun layout and picturesque views (most notably for me in GT & GT2), but it’s also the circuit I look back on most fondly. My late father introduced me to Gran Turismo and video games in general when I was but a toddler, and driving on Trial Mountain Circuit is one my earliest memories of life. To say I have a soft spot for Trial Mountain Circuit would be a massive understatement. I’ve probably driven more laps of it than I have the Nurburgring, another one of my favorites from Gran Turismo. I’m 24 now, and I still remember driving this course in the Mazda RX-7 Type RB in Arcade Mode in the original Gran Turismo when I was a kid, which in recent years has even started a trend of me driving a Mazda RX-7 on Trial Mountain Circuit whenever I can in every Gran Turismo game I play now. And I have my father to thank for all of it. If only he was still around to see how far I’ve come in the series since we last played together roughly 20 years ago…
Alright, so I wanted to comment on my opinion / experiences on some of the tracks on your list... I'll just write each circuit's "rank" instead of the name of the actual circuit to prevent spoilers. Likewise, this is my PERSONAL opinion, I grew up with GT1 and GT2, with my most played GT to date being GT4, and never really got into GT5 or GT6 in any serious capacity, and haven't tried Sport / GT7 yet, your mileage may vary. And I personally put a lot of weight on scenery... sometimes above the actual driving to be honest. With that out of the way... 70 (6:34) : I feel like this one is kind of built half-hearted, in a way, it's too flat and too narrow to be enjoyable, and of course like you mentioned, the prehistoric penalty system imposed by the game just killed it. 67 (8:50) : Personally, I liked the GT2 version better, the canopy made all the difference. Young me always wanted to visit the track in "real life" and spectate from under it, like how you wanted to do the same with no.49. The track just felt so much more lively in GT2. 66 (9:29) : I'd really put this one much higher if I were making this kind of list. Yeah, it's pretty much glorified no. 73... but the views were just breathtaking. I love it. The ocean pier setting reminded me of that one track (Out of Blue) from R4 so much... It's a solid top 10 for me. Speaking of R4... that music at no. 62 really got me. 60 (13:49) : Like I said I grew up with GT2 and I have no memories of this track even existing. Literally, destined to never be well-remembered. 58 (15:21) : There's something about this one that made me really like it. I have fond memories of racing on this track in GTPSP with the ST185 Celica Rally Car. I'd probably place this a bit higher... if only for the sentimental reasons... 57 (16:10) : I'm a sucker for nighttime tracks. I genuinely would put this above the no.44 version... 48 (22:24) : SUPER UNPOPULAR opinion. I'm not going to lie, I can't pinpoint my finger on why, but this one... has a special place in my heart. It's a top 10 if not outright top 5, and it's featured in game(s) I never really played seriously. It's the circuit that made me fall in love with fireworks. And like you mentioned, the online aspect. 46 (24:06) : It's my favourite "original city track that's clearly based on a real life location" in GT4. And it's purely for aesthetic reasons. It's perhaps top 20 or 15 easy for me. 40 (28:20) : Funnily enough it's one of my favourites, had great memories of trying to get fastest times among my relatives back in PS1. The sight of a green FTO jumping through the apex will be forever seared on my mind. And the fact it gets more gorgeous as the series progresses is just the cherry on top. 38 (30:04) : This one is the very first GT4 track I drove back in... 2005 or 2006, I think? And it BLEW my young mind. Those "live" spectators and photographers running on and off the track felt so real. It's the track that made me fall in love with GT4, and even though I don't really like racing on it (or GT rallying in general), I'm willing to rank this one a bit higher. 35, 31, and 30 (32:33) (35:46) (36:26) : I never played Sport or GT7 so can't comment much, yes, but I've watched enough "car preview" YT videos that featured this circuit to put "driving on this part of the expressway in real life" in my bucket list. 25 (41:30) : I despise this track, but that's just me. Young me had horrible memories of spending 8 hours trying to win that one race in GT2 that I can't remember anymore with a faithful recreation of my neighbour's Mazda 323. I'd probably put this on the bottom out of spite. 22 (43:57) : I admit I never liked racing on this circuit... but I love just cruising around enjoying the view. I know, wrong game to do it, but it is what it is. 21 (44:51) : I have a very strong opinion on this one from my time in GT2 but I'd be in trouble if I speak. 20 (45:38) : There's something about this circuit that made it such a bliss to drive. Easy top 10 for me. The last few corners are always a gamble that makes it so much fun... You can drive through them carefully for a slower but more consistent lap time, or if you really need to gain some ground, blast through with minimal / no braking and hope the god of physics is on yours side. 18 (47:16) : One little story I have about this circuit is there's a wooden house midway through the track, and my dad used to say that his great-grandfather lived there "waking up each morning from the sound of Lancer Evos going past". Young me thought that's such an awesome way to live. Somehow it slipped my mind that his great-grandfather had passed away decades before Lancer Evos were a thing. 14 (51:44) : This track is so unabashedly "Gran Turismo" it's a top 10 for me. Same goes for no. 12. 8 (58:19) : While no. 38 is the circuit that got me in love with GT4, THIS one made me love GT for the first time. I know, heavy bias towards nighttime circuits. It's unfortunate people don't seem to remember this track much... I actually liked it a bit more than the no.7. When I was a kid, I always wanted to visit it in "real life" and watch the races from the grandstands. Back when my dreams were so much simpler... 3 (1:04:17) : Why haven't I heard this one before? All those years playing GT2. MattJ better have a video covering this. 2 (1:06:27) : I'm going to get pelted with rocks for this... but personally, I'm more of a no.12 kind of guy. 1 (1:07:57) : Agreed. When I realised that the video's going to be in "number rank" format instead of the "S, A, B tier" one, I thought that if I were making this kind of video, I'd put the no.1 on my... no.1. I love this circuit so much. I remember I made a something akin to Top Gear's "Power Lap" where I tested hundreds of different cars on this circuit to see which one was the fastest around the track in GT4 (and GTPSP). Considering I did like 5 "practice laps" with each car before doing the timed lap, along with all the retries I did whenever things didn't go well, combined with playing all the events that featured this circuit, safe to say I did THOUSANDS of laps of this track throughout my years of playing GT4 and GTPSP. It's kind of crazy how we both have the same opinion on this little narrow circuit... That being said, for me though : Best for Racing : no. 20 Most Creative : no. 38 Most Visually Impressive : no. 66 This is such a great video, I really love it. Looking forward for your next rankings...
A pretty fun video. Though, I'd say that for future videos like this you should also include an image of the track's layout so it'd be easier for viewers to recall them
Great video. I think a ranking of all of the "original GT cars", like the VGTs and the fictional racing variants of real life cars would be a lot of work, but really interesting aswell.
I absolutely love that Aria is at the top of your list, cuz it's at the top of mine as well. Hell, I even briefly attempted to bring it back to life as a modded track for Assetto Corsa
Agree with the placement of cape ring. Seems like one of the more forgotten tracks but damn i spent a lot of time both racing and drifting on that one. Special Stage route 5 is the first track that comes to mind when people talk about gran turismo, also enjoy route 11. Rome - Night felt like a Nfs underground prologue track, it had that proper street race feel to it.
Getting to the end and thinking, why haven’t you put Citta yet, then you rank it 1. Thank you, I totally agree this track was amazing and well deserves the top spot. I hope they bring it back one day.
I used to do 1v1 races with my brother on Eiger Nordwand. Usually around 10 laps and we would agree that each of us had to go through that bizarre pit lane once or twice just for the sake of its unusuality being a cool addition. Fantastic video as always Roffwaffle 🙌
8:30 Don't hate on Motor Sports Land! A GT2 UA-camr I watch called The Real Emile is benchmarking every car in the game on this track and it's a pretty good series
Broad Bean Raceway seems to be very VERY loosely based on Trenton Speedway in Trenton, New Jersey. It was even nicknamed "The Kidney Bean Oval". It hosted events such as AAA/USAC/CART events as well as NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup events on and off up until it closed in 1980.
I play a lot of Assetto Corsa, and it's only today that I realize just how well both AC modders and GT did in recreating the Shutoko Expressway. While watching your footage I legit recognized some of the areas and knew the flow of the corners due to my time driving on the Shutoko Revival Project on AC. Just really cool to be able to see the similarities between the layouts.
trial mountain, i love the rocks, I love the tunnel and the treeline, i love the flip last corner, i love the left hand and ascension after the back straight, i love the big drop in the last sector, i love the blimp
Great video.a lot of nostalgia for me. My favorites will always be midfield, trial mountain, r246, special stage 5 and seattle. Put in a lot of hours on those tracks in gt3
I'm very glad you thought of Grand Valley short. In my mind, this track, out of all dirt courses from the GT series could make the best use of a redo: Make the track a little wider, insert a jump after the first corner, add a banking to the last corner, insert a tabletop at the right-hander, pave start/finish and insert a joker lap somewhere. Voilá, we had a simple but serviceable rallycross track to use Group B cars on!
Fun fact about Madrid Circuit: That would indeed be the real track layout, because they scanned that area. You can even see the Fanta ad banners from the era around the circuit, and several businesses and advertisement panels on the rooftops match the ones that were there by that time. Every single street length, orientation and elevation change exists, and every single corner could be executed as is, if someone had the balls to pull it off. Nowadays you cannot reach Puerta del Sol (the hairpin area) by car because it is restricted to pedestrian use only, but you were able to do it when they released it. I think they made a huge effot to be realistic with it and that is something I like a lot. Maybe it happens to other original circuits but this one is about my city (even my neighbourhood, i went to school a copule blocks away from the easternmost part of the circuit) so i'm able to fully appreciate it
As an andalusian myself I feel very proud to see the Circuito de la Sierra in the top 5 of your list. I agree that the circuit was very long but the memories completing those special rally events and the stunning visuals made the circuit feels very unique and memorable. Great video as always, Rofl! 👋
It's criminal that Aria and Amalfi never made it past GT4. The new games obviously moved away from city tracks it seems. It's a lot of art busywork for each of them but Amalfi and Aria were truly exceptional and worth the effort especially since they aren't quite as crowded as Paris or London.
I still miss SSR7. I got my PS3 (with 12GB) at Christmas 2011 and I was blown away by the Visuals since I have been playing GT4 since 2008 for hours on end. The first race I ever drove was on SSR7 with the GR by Citroën in the rain. I couldnt believe my eyes when I got into cockpit view. It was the best christmas ever for me and one of my fav memories
I have a soft spot for 246 because I made the best move ever during a race there. Drafting by the lead driver down the front straight in a Saleen S7. He nudges my bumper and spins me out. I correct the car and drive backwards into the braking zone, whipping a flawless Rockford Files 180 at 200 mph and take the lead. I only wish I could have recorded that.
I don't know if they're supposed to be located there or whether it's a naming coincidence of sorts, but the Smoky Mountains is a real mountain range in the United States.
GT3 is the game that introduced me to the series when I was a kid, and I used to think Smokey Mountain was set in THE Smoky Mountains in the US, not far from where we lived.
25:26 "...Forza did it better" Never thought I'd hear that from someone like Rofflwaffle Some minutes more into video, I actually quite confused, doesn't Tokyo Expressway supposed to have a real location and real road? I think all the layout used in this track is based on real expressway there, especially the Central layout (if you play WMMT, it has one same layout to C1 section highway, with same tunnel also)
I was literally going crazy with the memory of this tight but past paced street circuit with a long heart pounding downhill section. I was thinking that Id had some kind of mandela effect where I was remembering sections of a course that didnt exist. Because you went all the way to #2 without it ever coming up. Then it turned out my hallucinations were real and you just waited until #1 to prank me. Thanks for that.
Citta di Aria is the track that when you race on you will curse it all the way to its source code, but once you look at it you just cant fathom at how brilliant it looks.
Oh I love the Deep Forest Raceway, Special Stage Route 5, Tokyo R246 those are the tracks I consider regenerative when it comes to cornering momentum and that's what tracks like those is what I love about them.
Cote D'Azur is not just a facsimile, it's the actual name of the circuit where the Monaco Grand Prix is raced at, just like the Grand Prix of Belgium is raced at Spa.
I adore Citta Di Aria. Fantastic choice for number one. The closeness of the buildings when you are barreling through, I think adds to the sensation of speed.
Really fun video, but I really think it would be much better if the video showed off full track layout images. Since, you know, it's a video about TRACKS/CIRCUITS! 😄 Anyway, big thanks ❤
OMG! I cant believe your top rated track is also my favorite! Great list and my only point of contention is that Seattle and Midfields ranks should be swapped as the one which is currently lower ranked in your video (trying not to spoil it) is IMO more fun to drive on. You also forgot to mention Seattle Mini which was a fun course for drifting and small cars.
Thanks for this video! Love the fact you went through them all with your own take on it. Of course even I would disagree with some but that’s not the point. I think nostalgia takes a bit part in the list I would make which may be fair or unfair depending on how you look at it. I played every game in the years they were available and a lot of gt1 and 2 had some tracks that I really miss in their original design, I even prefer the earlier grand valley speedway in the earlier designs to the later. I’d love to make my own video like this but I’m not exactly a UA-camr per se. I’m wondering what videos you’ll come out with next?
I thought for sure you were gonna forget Rome Night, but top 3???? It’s good but above R246 or Seattle Street Circuits? Wild choice, maybe a PS2 glow up would have helped it. Top 3 for me: Midfield, R246, Deep Forest.
8:51 I think the Super Speedway is like a better and more harmony version of Motegi, also the track map remembers me a lot of Darlington Speedway they are very similar.
8:00 funnily enough, the concept of using Northern Isle's infield isn't an original idea either. Bristol also uses the infield for Stadium Super Trucks and Supercross when the Oval isn't being used
Awesome list. I can't fault it too much, but I think you're a madman for putting Citta di Aria anywhere near the top. It's a scenic marvel, but its crushingly unforgiving layout, coupled with its restriction to 2-car battles, makes it a hard sell as a race track. I also think you've done a disservice to the oval courses. They can provide some entertaining battles in the right environment. Not so much the long ones like Special Stage Route X or Test Course, but Broad Bean Raceway and Blue Moon Speedway are fun in their own right. While I'm on the subject, seeing so many of GT2's tracks not appearing in any sequels really hurts. My all-time favourite, Mid-Field Raceway, came back a few times, but Red Rock Valley, Grindelwald, Rome Night and even Tahiti Road would be a pleasure to drive with modern physics (and what the hell are you doing with that exclusive Pikes Peak license, Polyphony?).
I still get PTSD grinding Gold on Tahiti Maze in GT3's license tests. R6 is probably the only gold that is harder on NA, and is one of the hardest in GT history
Also I think the prestige/reputation of a track weighs on how good people think it is. For me, the OG Grand Valley is top 5. Not just because of it's layout, it also feels very important. It's almost like the Daytona of GT1 and GT2. Every event there is a big deal. In the GT300 Championship on GT2, you race on the East version of it, almost like a prelude and a warm up event to the big event in the GT500 Championship. The endurance races it has as well. A lot of the newer tracks just don't have that weight. There are no big events in new GT games because they just aren't challenging and focus shifted away from the single player experience. These newer tracks don't build prestige or reputation for their importance to the universe they're in, they're just "Insert this track into the multiplayer rotation for this season". This is why when Polyphony completely redid Grand Valley it upset me so much because it was THE Golden Goose big name track just by reputation alone and it was like they were just shitting on it. I have no reason to give the slightest shit about GVH or any of the newer tracks introduced in the series, it's like they're just there to pad out content in a game that already doesn't fully utilize the content it has to offer.
I discovered / realized citta d'aria was based in Assisi when i first visited it, to much disappointment of my travel companions. That circuit really takes every building there and put it into the game, the thing that snapped me to the realization was when i was in the plaza where the start finish line in the game is
I was waiting for Cita di Aria, and I'm glad to see it as #1. Me and one of my best friends, and I always played this course splitscreen vs. each other using only group C Le Mans cars. Usually the Minolta or Sauber C9. Huge respect for picking this course.
Seattle Circuit is personally my #1 as I live near the city. Hell, my dad worked in a building for many years that resides on the back stretch before the stadiums. Recently while killing time waiting to pick up my friend from the bus station late one night, I ended up driving a majority of the circuit unintentionally.
Lago Maggiore East in Reverse is a really challenging track that begs you to try it flat out in a high downforce car from the first hairpin, through the esses and ending in the second hairpin. You should really try it, it's awesome.
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Hey guys! Just a couple of things I wanted to address after reading your many comments. Firstly, really cool to hear all of your thoughts when it comes to these tracks. Of course everyone has different views, which I anticipated, but I was also surprised to see so many people agree with what I expected to be some of my less-popular opinions (including what I put at #1…) Either way, it all goes to show that many of us really do care about these tracks and - even if you don’t concur with my list - that’s something that we can all agree on.
The second thing is when it comes to showing maps for each track. Why didn’t I do this? Well the simple answer is that I wanted to originally, but decided against it since I couldn’t get decent looking track maps for every circuit. Seriously, for some tracks all I could find was the one on their GT Wiki page which look like they’ve been traced by hand in MS Paint…
In this case I prioritised clean visuals over convenience and I appreciate that many people would’ve preferred that I included them anyway. To make up for that, here’s a link to the GT Wiki list of every circuit in Gran Turismo (gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Gran_Turismo_courses). If you want a refresher on the layout of each track, find their name in the list and click on the link to take you to their main page. It’s not ideal, but still easier than having to fire up each game and look for yourselves.
And the final thing is that I got a few comments assuming this would be a tier list. Of course that was what I was going for with the design of the thumbnail, but I chose to rank each circuit individually because I think that’s more interesting. However, as part of the process of making this video, I initially separated each track into 6 tiers and then ranked them to make the process easier. So, what I thought would be cool is if I labelled these tiers and shared them with you as well!
S - Tier: Citta di Aria, Deep Forest, Rome-Night, El Capitan, Circuito de la Sierra, Costa di Amalfi, SSR11, SSR5, Cape Ring, Mid-field Raceway, Matterhorn, Trial Mountain, Dragon Trail - Seaside, Grand Valley Speedway, Autodrome Maggiore, Smokey Mountain North, Apricot Hill, Grindelwald
A - Tier: Circuit de Sainte-Croix, Red Rock Valley, Seattle Circuit, Tokyo R246, Eiger Nordwand Short, Rome Circuit (GT5 & GT6), Rome Circuit (GT2 & GT3), Kyoto Driving Park, Complex String, Tahiti Maze, Grand Valley Highway, Tokyo Expressway Central, Tokyo Expressway South, Cathedral Rocks, Swiss Alps
B - Tier: Circuito de Madrid, Tokyo Expressway East, Dragon Trail - Gardens, Eiger Nordwand Rally Trails, Grand Canyon, High Speed Ring, Autumn Ring, Alsace, Sardegna - Road Track, Motorland, Opera Paris
C - Tier: New York, Hong Kong, Fishermans Ranch, SSR7, Kart Space, Sardegna - Windmills, Lake Louise, Toscana, Tahiti Dirt Route 3, Colorado Springs, Tahiti Road, Seoul Central, George V Paris
D - Tier: Chamonix (GT4), Chamonix (GT5 & GT6), Green Forest Roadway, Smokey Mountain South, Broad Bean, Gran Turismo Arena, London, Blue Moon Bay, SSRX, Super Speedway
E - Tier: Motor Sports Land, Northern Isle Speedway, Ice Arena, Pod Race, Test Course (GT3 & GT4), Test Course (GT1 & GT2), Beginner Course, Grand Canyon Short Track
Outstanding work. Thanks for the love and dedication you put into this. I'm also glad you addressed the lack of maps with this comment here. Double thumbs up.
You should included the track maps lol
Not having a picture of the track layout is a big miss unfortunately
yeah, it's kinda hard to conceptualize how the track flows and how the sectors tie together without the track layout as reference.
A track like the NYC Street Circuit and Tsukuba tell you so much just from how the layout looks.
The commentary ends up being too vague for me.
IDK maybe I'm stupid
💯. Sux too for how much went into it, and how well it's done otherwise.
agreed. I remember them by their shape
A minimal would be a game changer however the effort put in is amazing as always
I visited Assisi in 2023 and had the strangest feeling of “I have been to this place before” and told my wife about my game experience after I realized I was in Citti di Aria.
Must have been an awesome feeling when you finally realized
@@clevinstorm947 it was simultaneously surreal and exciting. I had made no efforts to visit the the city aside from being in Umbria and staying within an hour of the city. I read it was culturally significant and thought it was worth a visit. I didn’t make the connection until I was inside the city.
Roflwaffle is the type of guy to make a 1 hour video about a small thing
That's why I love his content
And here I am watching it lmao
@@ryonatkinson6637 your pfp is nostalgic
The vids not about your pp?
That's why I love his channel.
Little known thing about broad bean is that it's a shortened version of the real life Trenton Speedway in New Jersey. The circuit was demolished in the 90s, but it had that very distinct kink on the back stretch.
Trenton’s kink was less severe, and it didn’t have a 90 degree left turn. There is another demolished track in Iowa called Greenwood Roadway, its layout looked very similar to Deep Forest Raceway but that was more coincidence than direct inspiration.
@@skraegorn7317 Greenwood was incredible, RIP
Wow, never knew that.
Never would have known that, thanks mate
Trenton was nicknamed the Kidney Bean too so hence the name Broad Bean.
1:09:10 "Stupid penalty system" at Citta di Aria, we all been there aren't we haha
Dodge Viper moment.
you could race without penalty at Grand turismo PSP
"Everyone should experience the stupid penalty system at Citta di Aria at least once"
CITTA DI ARIA MENTIONED!!! WTF IS OVERTAKING WITHOUT CRASHING?!?!🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️
Gran Turismo's Monaco
Tokyo R246 is one of the tracks I want to see be added next in GT7 or the next installment
To repeat Roflwaffle's joke, i dread that it whould become *Detroit* Route 246.
After Eiger Nordwand got added, don't stop hoping it will get added.
@Armageddon_71 Yeah, shame that Sony is no longer being held by a Japanese person, and their HQ office isn't in that area of Tokyo R246 anymore.
I miss Tokyo and Seattle so bad
Each time they do that they ruin it, so I think it's better if they don't
Here's my ranking based on 100% facts (that I made up):
1. Smokey Mountain
2. Smokey Mountain (Reverse)
3. Everything else
4. Complex String
Get a load of this guy
Dustin.
I didn't expect to see you here.
Fellow Smokey Mountain enjoyer (handshake emoji)
22:24 i see what you did there
27:32 Al's WHAT!?
47:01 subtitles on
Hong Kong has a special place in my heart. Its my favorite of all, the lighting, the narrow corners and just the vibe are doing a phenomal job to create a feeling that you're actually there. I love it.
Yes! I don't see why some people dislike it. It's top ten on my list of original tracks because the aesthetic is so awesome and the layout I think is actually pretty good.
Not mentioning the death dive from the start of the Citta di Aria reverse all the way down to the hairpin is criminal. Nailing that thing in anything with 300+hp makes you feel straight up superhuman
5:43 the biggest Polyphony Digital troll is the GT3 10 rounds Vitz Race. Its so stupid. I love it.
Fun fact: The Rome Circuit from GT5/6 has actually appeared in two obscure racing games prior to 2010, Supercar Street Challenge (2001) and Lamborghini (2003 unreleased)
The former is basically the same layout as presented in GT, though it runs in anti-clockwise; While the latter is a shorter version that have a different location to the start/finish line
SSC I remember being really challenging as a kid. Also I really liked the build your car mechanic!
Also in Juiced 2, except you drive *through* the Colosseum instead of around it
The thing that really made Chamonix from GT4 memorable for me is how it has a lower and higher part and when you get to that higher part you can see the lower part where you start, which I don't think you can do in any other track in the series. It is a shame that photo mode doesn't let you look down there.
I'm still saddened that the short layout of Seattle got abandoned after GT2.
Also, if GT6 was still online, I'd probably still be hosting cruise lobbies on Sierra. It's such a great and interesting track and I especially liked the parking spaces for the cruise lobbies
I'm pretty sure SSRX's location and visuals was inspired from the intro of GT Concept Tokyo-Geneva. The jumbo jet in both the intro and the one that flies over SSRX confirms it in my eyes along with the general scenery in the intro
Dragontrail Seaside better be S tier
The Death Chicane >>>>
I prefer the reverse version, good point tho
I love that track, wish it was real
Almost
A-tier
Thank you for mentioning Citta di Aria as your number one. It was my number one track as well. I remember driving countless hours on that track with various cars like RE Amemiya RX-7, GT40, Delta S4, and, if i wanted to get crazy enough, group C cars like R92CP and Minolta 88C-V, as well as many other cars.
I still miss red rock valley after all these years
That's is S tier GT UA-camr
The editing of this video reminds me so much of 100R's compilation of the pre GTSport-GT7 Era of GT circuits and I really love this, I find this video moving in a way with his background music choices for certain tracks.
Banger video as always Roffle keep it up !
53:40 the closest thing to a real life "Death Chicane" Is the charlotte motor speedway, which has a road course which used to have a high speed chicane on the backstretch. Lots of cars got torn up because they went too fast and hit a tire barrier which was supposed to stop corner cutting at that part of the circuit. After that disaster of an inaugural Charlotte Roval race in 2018 for NASCAR, the chicane was revamped in 2019.
Used to run a online time trial/auto cross event back in gt2 on gtplanet forums using only motorsports land. Countless of hours spent on that short track setting up low hp cars to go around it as fast as possible. I was 15 years old and I think digital cameras were still new at the time. I'm now 37 and feel old as hell watching this 😂
I'm about to turn 38, yeah them were the days. The car list in GT2 still has to be one of, if not the biggest in the series.
Did i just get coconut mall'd in a roflwaffle video?
It's not the first time he does this lol
@@mrdorifto I don't remember if he used it in his GT7 critiques, I usually have the videos playing while I'm working in a shop so it might have escaped me.
my top 3 in no particular order:
Tokyo Route 246
Seattle Circuit
Trial Mountain
Kyoto Driving Park is a stealth remake of Apricot Hill, to the point that people keep thinking that PD are teasing Apricot Hill whenever they use the Kyoto map in graphics.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. While they are technically not the same they definitely have a similar flow
@@TNumbers if you look at the maps of the two tracks you can see a number of the same turns on both tracks.
I think the GT original race cars would be cool to rank next especially with all the unique LM cars they made over the years
If I become a Billionarie, Red Rock Valley will be built in real life.
Fav OG track hands down
Alternate route: befriend Hermann Tilke enough to entrust you with heading circuit plans.
Spoiler warning for anyone who hasnt watched the video
Thank you so much for putting citta di aria at 1, its my favorite track especially when driving rally cars, based opinion
Project A-Spec dev spotted
I concur totally with Rome Night. I would love to see Rome Night in a new version.
I've only driven on Rome-Night proper while playing the A-Spec mod recently, and got surprised by how instantly memorable and fun it was! Really happy to see it so high on the list.
Sat watching this and I thought I'd absolutely lost my mind. I thought no way does someone else enjoy Citta Di Aria as much as I did to rank it number 1. I was convinced I'd made the track up.
What a trip down memory lane for some of those
For 67, the two appearances are slightly different. 3 is more based on Motegi's oval, but 2, with the completed stands and canopy in turns 3 and 4, are based on the early dirt days of the Darlington Speedway over here in the States. After all, Darlington was the direct inspiration for Motegi's oval and even got NASCAR to race on it for a pair of postseason races in the late 90s.
Would have been nice to have tiny little minimaps on the corner of the screen for each track. Haven't played 7 and didn't quite remember a lot of the older tracks so it would have helped with knowing what you were talking about.
Cape Ring is so underrated, it's actually a decently hard track thanks to its somewhat unpredictable corners and the spiral on it adds to the fun, it's just very underused in GT5 & 6 sadly.
And La Sierra is really nice aswell
it's my all time favorite track...
I generally agree with this ranking. I personally enjoy just about all of Gran Turismo’s original circuits. There are a couple of them that irk me somewhat, but I don’t really hate any of them. My absolute favorite course in Gran Turismo is Trial Mountain Circuit, not only for its fast, flowing, and fun layout and picturesque views (most notably for me in GT & GT2), but it’s also the circuit I look back on most fondly.
My late father introduced me to Gran Turismo and video games in general when I was but a toddler, and driving on Trial Mountain Circuit is one my earliest memories of life. To say I have a soft spot for Trial Mountain Circuit would be a massive understatement. I’ve probably driven more laps of it than I have the Nurburgring, another one of my favorites from Gran Turismo.
I’m 24 now, and I still remember driving this course in the Mazda RX-7 Type RB in Arcade Mode in the original Gran Turismo when I was a kid, which in recent years has even started a trend of me driving a Mazda RX-7 on Trial Mountain Circuit whenever I can in every Gran Turismo game I play now. And I have my father to thank for all of it.
If only he was still around to see how far I’ve come in the series since we last played together roughly 20 years ago…
Alright, so I wanted to comment on my opinion / experiences on some of the tracks on your list... I'll just write each circuit's "rank" instead of the name of the actual circuit to prevent spoilers. Likewise, this is my PERSONAL opinion, I grew up with GT1 and GT2, with my most played GT to date being GT4, and never really got into GT5 or GT6 in any serious capacity, and haven't tried Sport / GT7 yet, your mileage may vary. And I personally put a lot of weight on scenery... sometimes above the actual driving to be honest.
With that out of the way...
70 (6:34) : I feel like this one is kind of built half-hearted, in a way, it's too flat and too narrow to be enjoyable, and of course like you mentioned, the prehistoric penalty system imposed by the game just killed it.
67 (8:50) : Personally, I liked the GT2 version better, the canopy made all the difference. Young me always wanted to visit the track in "real life" and spectate from under it, like how you wanted to do the same with no.49. The track just felt so much more lively in GT2.
66 (9:29) : I'd really put this one much higher if I were making this kind of list. Yeah, it's pretty much glorified no. 73... but the views were just breathtaking. I love it. The ocean pier setting reminded me of that one track (Out of Blue) from R4 so much... It's a solid top 10 for me. Speaking of R4... that music at no. 62 really got me.
60 (13:49) : Like I said I grew up with GT2 and I have no memories of this track even existing. Literally, destined to never be well-remembered.
58 (15:21) : There's something about this one that made me really like it. I have fond memories of racing on this track in GTPSP with the ST185 Celica Rally Car. I'd probably place this a bit higher... if only for the sentimental reasons...
57 (16:10) : I'm a sucker for nighttime tracks. I genuinely would put this above the no.44 version...
48 (22:24) : SUPER UNPOPULAR opinion. I'm not going to lie, I can't pinpoint my finger on why, but this one... has a special place in my heart. It's a top 10 if not outright top 5, and it's featured in game(s) I never really played seriously. It's the circuit that made me fall in love with fireworks. And like you mentioned, the online aspect.
46 (24:06) : It's my favourite "original city track that's clearly based on a real life location" in GT4. And it's purely for aesthetic reasons. It's perhaps top 20 or 15 easy for me.
40 (28:20) : Funnily enough it's one of my favourites, had great memories of trying to get fastest times among my relatives back in PS1. The sight of a green FTO jumping through the apex will be forever seared on my mind. And the fact it gets more gorgeous as the series progresses is just the cherry on top.
38 (30:04) : This one is the very first GT4 track I drove back in... 2005 or 2006, I think? And it BLEW my young mind. Those "live" spectators and photographers running on and off the track felt so real. It's the track that made me fall in love with GT4, and even though I don't really like racing on it (or GT rallying in general), I'm willing to rank this one a bit higher.
35, 31, and 30 (32:33) (35:46) (36:26) : I never played Sport or GT7 so can't comment much, yes, but I've watched enough "car preview" YT videos that featured this circuit to put "driving on this part of the expressway in real life" in my bucket list.
25 (41:30) : I despise this track, but that's just me. Young me had horrible memories of spending 8 hours trying to win that one race in GT2 that I can't remember anymore with a faithful recreation of my neighbour's Mazda 323. I'd probably put this on the bottom out of spite.
22 (43:57) : I admit I never liked racing on this circuit... but I love just cruising around enjoying the view. I know, wrong game to do it, but it is what it is.
21 (44:51) : I have a very strong opinion on this one from my time in GT2 but I'd be in trouble if I speak.
20 (45:38) : There's something about this circuit that made it such a bliss to drive. Easy top 10 for me. The last few corners are always a gamble that makes it so much fun... You can drive through them carefully for a slower but more consistent lap time, or if you really need to gain some ground, blast through with minimal / no braking and hope the god of physics is on yours side.
18 (47:16) : One little story I have about this circuit is there's a wooden house midway through the track, and my dad used to say that his great-grandfather lived there "waking up each morning from the sound of Lancer Evos going past". Young me thought that's such an awesome way to live. Somehow it slipped my mind that his great-grandfather had passed away decades before Lancer Evos were a thing.
14 (51:44) : This track is so unabashedly "Gran Turismo" it's a top 10 for me. Same goes for no. 12.
8 (58:19) : While no. 38 is the circuit that got me in love with GT4, THIS one made me love GT for the first time. I know, heavy bias towards nighttime circuits. It's unfortunate people don't seem to remember this track much... I actually liked it a bit more than the no.7. When I was a kid, I always wanted to visit it in "real life" and watch the races from the grandstands. Back when my dreams were so much simpler...
3 (1:04:17) : Why haven't I heard this one before? All those years playing GT2. MattJ better have a video covering this.
2 (1:06:27) : I'm going to get pelted with rocks for this... but personally, I'm more of a no.12 kind of guy.
1 (1:07:57) : Agreed.
When I realised that the video's going to be in "number rank" format instead of the "S, A, B tier" one, I thought that if I were making this kind of video, I'd put the no.1 on my... no.1. I love this circuit so much. I remember I made a something akin to Top Gear's "Power Lap" where I tested hundreds of different cars on this circuit to see which one was the fastest around the track in GT4 (and GTPSP). Considering I did like 5 "practice laps" with each car before doing the timed lap, along with all the retries I did whenever things didn't go well, combined with playing all the events that featured this circuit, safe to say I did THOUSANDS of laps of this track throughout my years of playing GT4 and GTPSP. It's kind of crazy how we both have the same opinion on this little narrow circuit...
That being said, for me though :
Best for Racing : no. 20
Most Creative : no. 38
Most Visually Impressive : no. 66
This is such a great video, I really love it. Looking forward for your next rankings...
A pretty fun video. Though, I'd say that for future videos like this you should also include an image of the track's layout so it'd be easier for viewers to recall them
As someone trying to 100% GT2 Plus I've played Rome-Night quite a few times
Great video. I think a ranking of all of the "original GT cars", like the VGTs and the fictional racing variants of real life cars would be a lot of work, but really interesting aswell.
he did make a video speaking about how he hates VGT.
I absolutely love that Aria is at the top of your list, cuz it's at the top of mine as well. Hell, I even briefly attempted to bring it back to life as a modded track for Assetto Corsa
Agree with the placement of cape ring. Seems like one of the more forgotten tracks but damn i spent a lot of time both racing and drifting on that one. Special Stage route 5 is the first track that comes to mind when people talk about gran turismo, also enjoy route 11. Rome - Night felt like a Nfs underground prologue track, it had that proper street race feel to it.
Drifting the entire bowl on cape ring was great fun 😊
Getting to the end and thinking, why haven’t you put Citta yet, then you rank it 1. Thank you, I totally agree this track was amazing and well deserves the top spot. I hope they bring it back one day.
I used to do 1v1 races with my brother on Eiger Nordwand. Usually around 10 laps and we would agree that each of us had to go through that bizarre pit lane once or twice just for the sake of its unusuality being a cool addition.
Fantastic video as always Roffwaffle 🙌
Someone has to edit every Roflwaffle video to make it only when he says "Gran Turismo".
8:30 Don't hate on Motor Sports Land! A GT2 UA-camr I watch called The Real Emile is benchmarking every car in the game on this track and it's a pretty good series
imagine a lap around complex string in the polyphony001 as the final license test
Broad Bean Raceway seems to be very VERY loosely based on Trenton Speedway in Trenton, New Jersey. It was even nicknamed "The Kidney Bean Oval". It hosted events such as AAA/USAC/CART events as well as NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup events on and off up until it closed in 1980.
cool video
I would have liked to see a track layout overlay in the beginning of each segment.
ik you mostly do GT videos but i’d enjoy seeing you rank original forza tracks too
Forza's tracks can't even compare to GT's. It's a bit hard to explain. You have to drive on the tracks to understand.
I play a lot of Assetto Corsa, and it's only today that I realize just how well both AC modders and GT did in recreating the Shutoko Expressway. While watching your footage I legit recognized some of the areas and knew the flow of the corners due to my time driving on the Shutoko Revival Project on AC. Just really cool to be able to see the similarities between the layouts.
Man what a job. Great ranking.
Costa Di Amalfi is the best visual track for me.
trial mountain, i love the rocks, I love the tunnel and the treeline, i love the flip last corner, i love the left hand and ascension after the back straight, i love the big drop in the last sector, i love the blimp
When I played the Sierra time rally with my brand new wheel, its just completes the Outrun experience!
Great video.a lot of nostalgia for me. My favorites will always be midfield, trial mountain, r246, special stage 5 and seattle. Put in a lot of hours on those tracks in gt3
I'm very glad you thought of Grand Valley short. In my mind, this track, out of all dirt courses from the GT series could make the best use of a redo:
Make the track a little wider, insert a jump after the first corner, add a banking to the last corner, insert a tabletop at the right-hander, pave start/finish and insert a joker lap somewhere. Voilá, we had a simple but serviceable rallycross track to use Group B cars on!
Fun fact about Madrid Circuit: That would indeed be the real track layout, because they scanned that area. You can even see the Fanta ad banners from the era around the circuit, and several businesses and advertisement panels on the rooftops match the ones that were there by that time. Every single street length, orientation and elevation change exists, and every single corner could be executed as is, if someone had the balls to pull it off. Nowadays you cannot reach Puerta del Sol (the hairpin area) by car because it is restricted to pedestrian use only, but you were able to do it when they released it.
I think they made a huge effot to be realistic with it and that is something I like a lot. Maybe it happens to other original circuits but this one is about my city (even my neighbourhood, i went to school a copule blocks away from the easternmost part of the circuit) so i'm able to fully appreciate it
I absolutely agree on Rome-Night. And its so frustrating that the track isnt featured in any race. Its so good, so fun.
Nothing beats the grand valley speedway and special stage r11, they are the best tracks whose view is so much better when racing during day and night.
GT1 to GT6 GVS that is!
GT7 GVS was a really unnecessary change, most likely to promote Commiefornia
53:20
we need like half of those locations back, not counting those we already have in GT7.
and all of the top 10
As an andalusian myself I feel very proud to see the Circuito de la Sierra in the top 5 of your list. I agree that the circuit was very long but the memories completing those special rally events and the stunning visuals made the circuit feels very unique and memorable. Great video as always, Rofl! 👋
Glad to see such a long gt video after a long time
It's criminal that Aria and Amalfi never made it past GT4. The new games obviously moved away from city tracks it seems. It's a lot of art busywork for each of them but Amalfi and Aria were truly exceptional and worth the effort especially since they aren't quite as crowded as Paris or London.
I still miss SSR7. I got my PS3 (with 12GB) at Christmas 2011 and I was blown away by the Visuals since I have been playing GT4 since 2008 for hours on end. The first race I ever drove was on SSR7 with the GR by Citroën in the rain. I couldnt believe my eyes when I got into cockpit view. It was the best christmas ever for me and one of my fav memories
Would of loved to see a picture of the track layout while explaining ur reasonings
I have a soft spot for 246 because I made the best move ever during a race there. Drafting by the lead driver down the front straight in a Saleen S7. He nudges my bumper and spins me out. I correct the car and drive backwards into the braking zone, whipping a flawless Rockford Files 180 at 200 mph and take the lead. I only wish I could have recorded that.
I don't know if they're supposed to be located there or whether it's a naming coincidence of sorts, but the Smoky Mountains is a real mountain range in the United States.
GT3 is the game that introduced me to the series when I was a kid, and I used to think Smokey Mountain was set in THE Smoky Mountains in the US, not far from where we lived.
25:26 "...Forza did it better"
Never thought I'd hear that from someone like Rofflwaffle
Some minutes more into video, I actually quite confused, doesn't Tokyo Expressway supposed to have a real location and real road? I think all the layout used in this track is based on real expressway there, especially the Central layout (if you play WMMT, it has one same layout to C1 section highway, with same tunnel also)
Imagine literally anybody hearing that out of context in modern day haha
I was literally going crazy with the memory of this tight but past paced street circuit with a long heart pounding downhill section. I was thinking that Id had some kind of mandela effect where I was remembering sections of a course that didnt exist. Because you went all the way to #2 without it ever coming up.
Then it turned out my hallucinations were real and you just waited until #1 to prank me.
Thanks for that.
Citta di Aria is the track that when you race on you will curse it all the way to its source code, but once you look at it you just cant fathom at how brilliant it looks.
Oh I love the Deep Forest Raceway, Special Stage Route 5, Tokyo R246 those are the tracks I consider regenerative when it comes to cornering momentum and that's what tracks like those is what I love about them.
Citta di aria and El Capitan are my favorites
I will love to see a layout and length of the track
Great video, enjoyed that! As a suggestion for another ranking, how about ranking the licences across games, either by fun factor or difficulty?
good suggestion
Cote D'Azur is not just a facsimile, it's the actual name of the circuit where the Monaco Grand Prix is raced at, just like the Grand Prix of Belgium is raced at Spa.
I adore Citta Di Aria. Fantastic choice for number one. The closeness of the buildings when you are barreling through, I think adds to the sensation of speed.
Really fun video, but I really think it would be much better if the video showed off full track layout images. Since, you know, it's a video about TRACKS/CIRCUITS! 😄
Anyway, big thanks ❤
OMG! I cant believe your top rated track is also my favorite!
Great list and my only point of contention is that Seattle and Midfields ranks should be swapped as the one which is currently lower ranked in your video (trying not to spoil it) is IMO more fun to drive on. You also forgot to mention Seattle Mini which was a fun course for drifting and small cars.
Thanks for this video! Love the fact you went through them all with your own take on it.
Of course even I would disagree with some but that’s not the point. I think nostalgia takes a bit part in the list I would make which may be fair or unfair depending on how you look at it.
I played every game in the years they were available and a lot of gt1 and 2 had some tracks that I really miss in their original design, I even prefer the earlier grand valley speedway in the earlier designs to the later.
I’d love to make my own video like this but I’m not exactly a UA-camr per se. I’m wondering what videos you’ll come out with next?
I thought for sure you were gonna forget Rome Night, but top 3???? It’s good but above R246 or Seattle Street Circuits? Wild choice, maybe a PS2 glow up would have helped it. Top 3 for me: Midfield, R246, Deep Forest.
Midfield, Apricot Hill and Deep Forest are incredible. You can lap all day in anything from a Mini to an Audi R8 and you’ll always have fun.
8:51 I think the Super Speedway is like a better and more harmony version of Motegi, also the track map remembers me a lot of Darlington Speedway they are very similar.
He did it. The mad lad did it
Fun fact: Road bean heavily resembles Trenton Speedway
8:00 funnily enough, the concept of using Northern Isle's infield isn't an original idea either. Bristol also uses the infield for Stadium Super Trucks and Supercross when the Oval isn't being used
Awesome list. I can't fault it too much, but I think you're a madman for putting Citta di Aria anywhere near the top. It's a scenic marvel, but its crushingly unforgiving layout, coupled with its restriction to 2-car battles, makes it a hard sell as a race track. I also think you've done a disservice to the oval courses. They can provide some entertaining battles in the right environment. Not so much the long ones like Special Stage Route X or Test Course, but Broad Bean Raceway and Blue Moon Speedway are fun in their own right.
While I'm on the subject, seeing so many of GT2's tracks not appearing in any sequels really hurts. My all-time favourite, Mid-Field Raceway, came back a few times, but Red Rock Valley, Grindelwald, Rome Night and even Tahiti Road would be a pleasure to drive with modern physics (and what the hell are you doing with that exclusive Pikes Peak license, Polyphony?).
DP Motorland was also in GT5 and GTPSP, had some very funny online races on GT5 here. Great video👍
I still get PTSD grinding Gold on Tahiti Maze in GT3's license tests. R6 is probably the only gold that is harder on NA, and is one of the hardest in GT history
Interesting, I never did a lot of rally in GT2, but I remember the "Green forest roadway" as I used to test my cars there.
Also I think the prestige/reputation of a track weighs on how good people think it is. For me, the OG Grand Valley is top 5. Not just because of it's layout, it also feels very important. It's almost like the Daytona of GT1 and GT2. Every event there is a big deal. In the GT300 Championship on GT2, you race on the East version of it, almost like a prelude and a warm up event to the big event in the GT500 Championship. The endurance races it has as well. A lot of the newer tracks just don't have that weight. There are no big events in new GT games because they just aren't challenging and focus shifted away from the single player experience. These newer tracks don't build prestige or reputation for their importance to the universe they're in, they're just "Insert this track into the multiplayer rotation for this season". This is why when Polyphony completely redid Grand Valley it upset me so much because it was THE Golden Goose big name track just by reputation alone and it was like they were just shitting on it. I have no reason to give the slightest shit about GVH or any of the newer tracks introduced in the series, it's like they're just there to pad out content in a game that already doesn't fully utilize the content it has to offer.
I liked apricot hill on gt 5&6. Layout was cool and could be driven under lights
I discovered / realized citta d'aria was based in Assisi when i first visited it, to much disappointment of my travel companions. That circuit really takes every building there and put it into the game, the thing that snapped me to the realization was when i was in the plaza where the start finish line in the game is
One hour of Roflwaffle! Loading up the snacks 😊 Always love your videos, thank you for making them!
I was waiting for Cita di Aria, and I'm glad to see it as #1.
Me and one of my best friends, and I always played this course splitscreen vs. each other using only group C Le Mans cars. Usually the Minolta or Sauber C9.
Huge respect for picking this course.
Autumn Ring at #40 is pure scandal
29:17 An extra note on this, a layout of High Speed Ring was in Motor Toon Grand Prix II, as Toon Island.
Seattle Circuit is personally my #1 as I live near the city. Hell, my dad worked in a building for many years that resides on the back stretch before the stadiums. Recently while killing time waiting to pick up my friend from the bus station late one night, I ended up driving a majority of the circuit unintentionally.
Lago Maggiore East in Reverse is a really challenging track that begs you to try it flat out in a high downforce car from the first hairpin, through the esses and ending in the second hairpin. You should really try it, it's awesome.