Street courses: Coolest thing ever or a great way to bend stuff? | Video

Do we count hill climbs as a street circuit?

I think street circuits are cool, but unfortunately I've never had the chance to drive a proper "in the city" one.

Colin Wood said:

We vintage raced at the Mpls Trans Am.  Those walls separate the ribbon clerks from the racers  

 Frankly I was a ribbon clerk  

 

Sure, street circuits sound exciting when it comes to spectators, but those narrow courses, high walls and surfaces not built for race cars seem a lot more formidable from inside the cockpit.

These views come from the SRO GT America race during the recent Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

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I love the visuals of a street course, but when it came to driving them in video games, they always gave me the most trouble 

Man I'd love to drive a street circuit. 

I recently found out in 86/87 there was a Grand Prix race held here in Tacoma just a mile or so from my house. So cool.

Heck, the OG Grand Turismo had a street Seattle Circuit that I raced religiously.

In reply to BA5 :

Good question. Hill climbs are pretty close, aren't they?

I'd say they are similar in difficulty, at least.

In reply to aw614 :

The street circuits in games were the ones I always wanted to be good at, but never quite got the hang of.

In reply to BA5 :

Good question: Does a hill climb count as a street course?

Kinda, right? And now put everyone on the course at once. 

The answer is both; they have a cool vibe but they tend to be hard on cars.

Super fun street course for vintage - Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix - truly on city streets, real racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe_UTe9cV4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXHCEvebi-c

And I'd love to see the World Challenge of Tampa come back–racing around the Tampa Fairgrounds. (I have seen Maiden, Priest and several others there.)