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Hi all,

I love drawing racetracks in my spare time, or in class, or any time I have a pen and paper. Personally, I think my tracks look pretty good, but I wonder what fellow fans think of my designs.

This one I’m particularly proud of. Please have a look and I’m looking forward to any feedback. http://i41.tinypic.com/wbarfo.jpg

@Kingshark isn’t that just Bahrain but a bit ‘blockier’? :L

I did a nice redesign of Lydden Hill circuit (for any national motorsport fans) when I was about 12. Will put a pic up sometime :)

@Kingshark Mine is a scanned pencil drawing. Sometimes, when I feel like it, I draw a pline over it in AutoCAD and add everything else, like kerbs, runoffs, pits, marshall posts, contour lines etc. in seperate layers. But that requires a lot of time and some skill as well.

Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez indeed, even though my main inspirations were Suzuka, Spa and Interlagos.

@Kingshark Well, honestly, I’m not a big fan of fixed radius corners. That’s the reason I draw my tracks by hand, so I can design flowing tracks, like in the old days.

@Kingshark You obviously have a different design philosophy than me. Basically mine is: if it looks good, it drives good. I try not to overthink the track design. Instead I make it fun for the drivers and if they’re having fun, they will provide exciting racing. If one lesson can be learned from Tilkedomes, it is this.

@prisoner-monkeys Love the old school way of thinking. Like I said, looking at all the great race tracks, you can judge how good they are pretty well just by their shape.

That Dubai course is truly epic, ridiculously fast!

That Dubai course is truly epic, ridiculously fast!

I know it says 8.5km, but I imagine it would be about 5.5km instead.

I’m not a fan. A lot of the corners look the same or very similar.