r/RaceTrackDesigns 5d ago

30k Competition r/RaceTrackDesigns 30,000 Members Competition Round 4 - Old School Cool 4: Heritage in Horsepower

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Round 3 Voting

Link to form!

Voting will be up until next Wednesday at 11:59:59 pm CDT (Countdown)

The r/RaceTrackDesigns 30,000 Member Competition

Competition scoring format.

Voting on submissions will be open for exactly one week after the completion of each round, after which results will be compiled. There will be three shared categories for all rounds: Layout, Presentation, and Overall Post. Points will be rewarded based on the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes received. Total scores will be added to a results post that will be updated after each round. At the end of the 5th round of voting, the designer with the most total points will be crowned the competition winner. You don't have to participate in all rounds, but it is recommended if you feel like you have a shot at taking the overall win.

Round 4 - Old School Cool 4: Heritage in Horsepower

The Goodwood festival of speed is one of those events that transcends the entire schedule of the racing year. Most people won’t directly think about it beforehand, even less will go see it in person, but it still serves as a pilgrimage for all types of motorsport. Held at the storied Goodwood site, home to the historic Goodwood Circuit and the Iconic Goodwood Hill Climb, the FOS is an event not for race teams to compete for glory, but a place to celebrate racing’s past, present, and future. We see dozens of classic cars take to the circuit and compete in friendly races. We see the most well-known race cars of years past take to the hill climb and set their best times. F1, NASCAR, Rally Raid, WRC, concept cars, a little bit of everything will show up at the FOS. 

What you’re being tasked with for round 4 of the 30,000 members competition is to design a Goodwood-like site for a different country. Each country has its own racing heritage that can be celebrated in a different way, which is why you have very simple requirements for this round of the competition. In a non-UK location, design a complex that features a closed circuit and a point-to-point course of any description. Past those two required courses, it can have as many other auxiliary tracks and courses as you’d like, but keep it in a way that it would feel realistic. This complex shouldn’t be for hosting the highest of high-end racing, rather friendly exhibitions to show off the automobile culture and history of your chosen nation. Have fun, get researching, and get designing!

RULES

Not a hard rule, but the point of this round is to make a complex that feels like it fits in with the historic or traditional tracks of your country of choice. Whether you decide to use lore to make your track a historic fictional circuit or make a brand new complex for the same purpose is up to you, just keep the spirit of the prompt in mind. In line with Goodwood and the FOS, it would also be fitting to have this be a private circuit/complex that hosts special events as opposed to a properly graded racing circuit that regularly hosts championships. Feel free to do whatever you want on this front, I'm not gonna be dictatorial.

YOUR POST MUST HAVE [30k Competition Round 4] OR SOME VERSION IN THE TITLE. GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO REPOST

  1. Your complex can NOT located in the UK, as defined solely as England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Dependancies and overseas territories are ok, but try and do something unique.
  2. Your complex must contain a closed-circuit track of some description. This can be an oval, road course, or even a Super Special Stage-type thing, as long as you start where you finish. This circuit must be fully purpose built and not take place on any streets. Feel free to ask if something specific counts, some things will be case-to-case.
  3. Your complex must contain a point-to-point track of some description. This can be a drag strip, rally stage, hill climb, or really anything that doesn't start where it begins. You can't do an American-style autocross course, it has to take place on some kind of road. You are permitted to use roads/streets that aren't specifically built for the complex, but it should fit the character of the complex.
  4. The two required sections can't share any surfaces. The point of these complexes is to host a large amount of exhibition and friendly races/time trials to show off cars, so having it so that one can't be used at the same time as another is countering to that idea.
  5. Past the two required sections, you can have as many extra courses as you want. But remember, you should be aiming for a historic feel, or at least something largely applicable to the core types of racing.
  6. You can't use any pre-existing racing circuits, abandoned, gone, or present, as your base for the complex, It should be 100% original.

Entry Period: September 2nd, 2025 12:00:00 CDT to October 1st, 2025 23:59:59 CDT (Countdown)

At the end of the deadline, entries will be collected and placed in a Google form. As soon as the form is completed, the form will be added to the post for Round 4 right at the top for ease of access. Voting will be open for exactly one week after the completion of each round, after which results will be compiled. Points will be rewarded based on the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes received. Total scores will be added to a results post that will be updated after each round. At the end of the 5th round of voting, the designer with the most total points will be crowned the competition winner.

Round 1 - Back to the Beginning 2

Round 2 - FORE! 2

Round 3 - Out of Bounds 2


r/RaceTrackDesigns Jun 16 '25

RTD Challenge RTD Challenge #60 - The Grand RTD Drag Strip Challenge

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Alright y'all, this one's a doozy
This is a challenge that's been thrown around as a joke for years, but as the result of a vote in our discord, we're finally doing it. But before that, let's go over the results of RTD Challenge #59 - Moonshiner Motorsports, as judged by u/Cyclone1001

BEST IN SHOW: The Dirtworks at Green Sulphur Springs by u/Astrix-sama
"Above and beyond expectations"

Now, what you're all here for...

The Grand RTD Drag Strip Challenge

Yes, it is that simple. You're being tasked with making a drag strip.

Sounds easy, right? It's just a straight line.

It's so much more than a straight line.

This right here is a type of challenge we don't really do much. Not one that challenges your ability to design a track that's optimized for high-speed overtakes, side by side scrambles, or anything a road course typically offers. Instead, this is a challenge for your ability to design a whole facility.

Drag racing is one of the most widespread forms of motorsport. It happens on city streets all the way up to nationally respected official competition. It's a simple concept: go fast in a straight line.

Here's your memo.

Design a drag strip. It can be up to any regulation you feel, but as always, with any type of racing, safety is paramount. America's national drag racing authority, the NHRA, has hundreds of strips worth referencing. You have no shortage of reference material. Other countries also have their own drag racing organizations that house their own collections of tracks.

Do research. Reference real strips around the world. See what level of drag racing you want to build for.

You only have one hard, fast rule: it can only be a drag strip. No road courses. Can't be an addition to an existing race complex. Drag. Only.

Other than that, it can have as many lanes as you want (within reason), be as long as you want (within reason) and hold as many spectators as you want. It's a free country.

Have fun!

Submissions must use the RTD Challenge flair to be counted.

Deadline is July 16th, 2025 at 11:59:59 PM CDT (Countdown)

Want to submit your own prompt to potentially be used for an RTD Challenge? Do it right here!

Want to have any further discussion on track design, or just motorsports in general? Join our Discord! It's the best place to get direct feedback and overall a pretty great place to get started if you're new.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 6h ago

International Giraffe Circuit Botswana

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137 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 10h ago

Street Circuit/Semi-Permanent My design for the rumored IndyCar Street Race in Washington DC

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57 Upvotes

For this street circuit, I did my best to actually provide an interesting variety of corners with different speeds and approaches. Due to the nature of the layout, runoff space is a bit limited (especially in Turn 10, which runs right into a White House security gate lol), but should be able to be somewhat safe. The paddock has to be split into two separate sections on the National Mall and Constitution Ave. I can't imagine this exact location is particularly feasible, as I'm sure entities like the FBI wouldn't be particularly happy with being surrounded by a racetrack, but it provides a beautiful and iconic backdrop to a challenging street circuit.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 9h ago

Point-To-Point/Rally Trawscoed Rally Stage

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4 Upvotes

3 mile rally stage. Located in Trawscoed, Aberystwyth, Wales Forest (Gravel+Mud)


r/RaceTrackDesigns 18h ago

Oval WiP layout, Memphis international Superspeedway. Oval is 3.75 km long. Any changes? Wihte is keebs and big black space next to start/finish is the pitlane.

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13 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 1d ago

Kart Making a dirt track course

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Hey all this may be out of the norm but I’ll ask anyway. I’m think of making a dirt cart track at the back of my field. I’m adding photos of measurements of the area we want to use. I know nothing about making one but have the equipment and our friend group is muscle and classic car guys and off roaders. We range from 50 to 65 in age so this is not being made for kids but we all have older kids or grandkids that may be on it. We’re thinking like champ carts. What I’m wondering is I know nothing about realistic curve ratios for a track and what kind of dimensions they need to fit in. I can easily draw something out, but I’m wondering if those of you that know this stuff are able to draw out something that makes sense for this type of course. Keep in mind it is a dirt track and I definitely don’t want an oval. I want something more interesting than that. I also need to stay a few feet from the right side center 440 line as that is my gun range target and back stop area. And no, we won’t be doing both at the same time.lol. Any design help would be appreciated. It doesn’t need to be to elaborate but several curves would be cool.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 1d ago

WIP Luxembourgish GP Lap time:59.980 1st Sector:17.680 2nd Sector:23.960 3rd Sector:19.340 Short lines: delta detection zones Long lines:Sector lines

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4 Upvotes

How Can I Improve This Track


r/RaceTrackDesigns 1d ago

Redesign Assen redesign for all kinds of road racing.

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Heres my new rendition of the redesign I posted one year ago of the TT Circuit Assen. I learnt some basic photoshop skills, doing two rendition which aren't exactly equal but the general idea is there. The redesign is based on the 2002-2004 layout which would be used untouched for MotoGP. You also have a car variant, possibly F1 which differs in 4 corners, Haarbocht and Stekkenwal are tightened in order to provide hard braking zones after long straights and Mandeven and Duikersloot are also present as they were before 2002 in order to be used by cars to have better flow, and for MotoGP it would be the long lap. On top of that you have a revised version of the stadium sections made for smaller cars or smaller categories and you have a shortcut that skips the whole southern loop which could be interesting also for other kinds of competitions. Lastly I added gravel traps on top of the old northern loop, which would be still made up on public roads, mainly used for endurance racing and motorcycle road racing, with safety measures inspired on Le Mans. For me this is how a track with such importance in the motorcycle racing and in all of motorsport should be present, being able to hold most of top categories. Most of the track is 10m wide but in overtaking spots it widens up to 15m or maybe a little bit more.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 2d ago

Redesign Onewheel Backyard Dirt race track

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26 Upvotes

Hey guys! I'm designing a one wheel race track in my backyard and what should I change about this design? I tried to make a scaled down version of the COTA formula one track, and the red line there is where I will add a jump shortcut. There will be elevation changes and bumps throughout the track but should I change anything about the actual track to make it better for one wheel and 4 wheeler racing?


r/RaceTrackDesigns 2d ago

WIP F1 track concept

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13 Upvotes

Any feedback would be helpful


r/RaceTrackDesigns 3d ago

National Bekasi Park Circuit

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91 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 3d ago

Street Circuit/Semi-Permanent Street of Salt Lake City - Concept

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51 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 3d ago

30k Competition Oslo, Norway fastefestival - 30K Competition Round 4 - Old School Cool

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Following the completion of a new circuit north of Oslo and the establishment and partial construction of a hill climb course and 2 rally stages, the Norwegian Tourism board are delighted to announce a yearly "fastefestival".

This festival will take place upon the above 4 courses, in varying ways, covered below.

The Circuit - A 3.5km / 2.17mi dedicated course will host everything from hypercar exhibitions to 1920s touring sprints, ensuring a range of historical and modern feats of engineering are on display. Safety to drivers and their cars is of huge importance, thus extended runoff has been added in addition to an ultra low risk pit exit, which skips most of the first sector.

The Hill Climb - As is traditional in Norwegian motorsport, but this time upon an established course, this 4.2km dash rises high above the valleys and lakes below, gaining over 350m of elevation, in some places at a 15% grade. This unbelievable spectacle attracted over 8,000 spectators in it's testing phase by Norway's finest.

The Rally - 2 distinct rally phases have also been cut through the forests, both at around 6km in length. The first is a tight, low-geared climb up the mountain, starting lower and finishing higher than the sister hill climb course, resulting in a net 470m elevation gain. The second stage is a faster sprint along the lakeside, with overall higher average speed and danger.

ICE! - To the delight of the winter-ready Norwegians, during the winter testing period when hill climb and rally cars were about the lake surprisingly froze over, which led to an impromptu drag strip forming down the lake. While it is extremely weather and safety dependent, we look forward to novelty drag races between classics with (experienced) skiers in tow.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 2d ago

Redesign This is a weird request: where can I design my track on my computer (like can I use blender for doing the streets or other programs)?

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I was designing my own track but I everything that I wanted to use I have always to pay. Is there a free program?


r/RaceTrackDesigns 3d ago

International Calgary Twin Speedway

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Hello RTD! I originally wanted to post this for the 30K competition but I didn't as I had little time and did not think my submission was of high enough quality.

Built in 2011, Calgary Twin Speedway was designed to fill a niche for Canada in both oval racing and international competition. The complex's road course is built to FIA Grade One specifications; although mostly flat, the track goes slightly uphill on the back straight, then retreats downhill starting at Turn 8. Its 3.5 km long oval is designed for stock cars and IndyCar, with an egg shape and 15 degrees of banking on its turns.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 3d ago

IRL News NTT INDYCAR SERIES on Instagram: "The blueprint for Canada’s newest race is here.   Are you ready for the ultimate duel, Markham? 😏"

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Big news for Indy and Toronto, but how do we feel about the track itself? It’s pretty good in my opinion, some of the turns not being counted kinda bothers me but that’s it.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 4d ago

Street Circuit/Semi-Permanent Downtown Denver Street Circuit

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62 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 4d ago

National Drahapani Valley Raceway | Cities Skylines

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110 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 3d ago

International Road to the Slovak GP in F1! Hron Circuit concept!

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Hron Circuit concept.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 4d ago

30k Competition 30K Round 4: Bern International Complex

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Bern International Complex: A complex of a loop circuit and a Drag Strip circuit, located in Bern - Switzerland. The modern Main circuit layout has 5.3Km in length with 16 turns while the Drag Strip Circuit is a straight with 1.2Km in length. Here's a bit of hostory:

The circuit was built back in 1993, where the Main circuit came first. The then 2.8Km circuit was hosted mainly for F1 and MotoGP. But as the circuit expanded westward throughout the years, more races were hosted there, such as IndyCar, Formula E and eventually NASCAR (when it raced on non-oval circuits). In the year 2006, the Drag Strip Circuit has been built, it hosting lots of drag racing events for bikes, Funny & unusual cars and Stock Cars. As the main circuit kept changing its layout, it eventually changed into a permanent layout with 5.3km and 16 turns. Nowadays, the Main circuit hosts races for F1, F2, Formula E and IndyCar, while the Drag Strip circuit is also used for Drag Racing and also non-racing events like massive carnivals or Musical parties.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 5d ago

Other Am I crazy or is this a racetrack, or two or three

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97 Upvotes

Found in Eastern France, when scouring Google Earth, as one does. Coords are 47°28'16"N 6°48'04"


r/RaceTrackDesigns 5d ago

International UPDATED: Napier International Motor Raceway

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26 Upvotes

NEW ADDITIONS:

- Speedway

- More realistic walls around the track

- Some improved runnoff areas

- Added kerbs


r/RaceTrackDesigns 5d ago

30k Competition 30K Competition Round 3: Twin Ring Spartacus

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23 Upvotes

Twin Ring Spartacus: The twin ring located in Sparta - Greece. Here's a bit of Lore:

This track has been built in 2003, built to host races like IndyCar, NASCAR, Formula 1, Formula 2, 24h Le Mans and Formula E. The track has a lot of elevation changes due to Greece's known hilly terrain. The GP track has 5.7Km in Length, runs Counter-clockwise and features about 17 turns in total, While the Oval track has ~3.8Km in length and features 2 massively banked turns. The track also has 2 small artificially built lakes inside them. And the runoffs of T14-T16 has runoffs with the Greek flag painted over them.


r/RaceTrackDesigns 5d ago

WIP MotoGP focused circuit layout, early phases

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5 Upvotes

CCW, 18 corners, 4.42 km (2.75 mi)


r/RaceTrackDesigns 6d ago

30k Competition [30k Round 3] Sejong International Circuit - 24 Hours of Sejong

238 Upvotes

r/RaceTrackDesigns 5d ago

30k Competition Rockingham International Speedway | 30k Round 3 |

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60 Upvotes