Top Five Toughest Video Game Racing Tracks of All Time

[RunN1st]

Where is Monte Carlo?

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by mniner2003

Where is Monte Carlo?

Good call............Monte Carlo has to be one of the top 3 toughest tracks. We have raced all different forms of vehicles on that track, and there isnt one thats easy. It really ever lets up, and hardly has any stretches that let you exhale

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[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS

Good call............Monte Carlo has to be one of the top 3 toughest tracks. We have raced all different forms of vehicles on that track, and there isnt one thats easy. It really ever lets up, and hardly has any stretches that let you exhale

That's true....there is zero room for mistakes there and I can't think of any palce where you can exhale. Maybe on the back...if you do it quickly?

[douggoud]

i say Isle of Man, lol, that track, well, on nr2003, its a track that can be added, i havent got past turn 9 without hitting a wall yet, i gave up, and you know what? its probably got 100 + more turns, its right up there with nurburgring, except i cant remember there being any straightaways, not to mention it took the AI 18 minutes to complete a lap, and they were nascars, lol, its just way to hard a track to race on IMO, i've done nurburgring a few times, but Isle of Man is by far more difficult, seeing as its made for motorcycles, not nascars, lol, well, its made for cars, but not for racing cars atleast

[JayhawkerStL]

I wish I could remember the name, but there was a five lap race in NFS: High Stakes that was ridiculous. the race was at night in the rain. It was hard enough to keep up as it was, but eventually you would hit a road sign or two and suddenly have no headlights. You had to drive so careful that it was nearly impossible to overtake anyone.

The game still goes down as my favorite racer of all-time. It had bot ha great career mode, and all of the hot pursuit modes.

[bcruise]

Somehow I just knew Nurburgring would be on there, and it will likely land on a lot more lists when GT5 drops.

Rainbow Road caught me by surprise, but it certainly deserves to be there. Wasn't the SNES one the only one without walls though? I'm pretty sure the N64 on had walls, although they could often be missed if you weren't perfectly lined up during a steep drop. I don't know about any of them beyond the 64 version though.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Good read...but what Bahnzo said about Laguna Seca is spot on. That is a very challenging track on any game you come across it.

[randombrother]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

I have to disagree here with the writer. Maybe his idea of what makes a great track is different than mine, but Rally di Positano from Forza 3 is garbage. Just because a track is tough doesn't make it "great", which it appears is the criteria for this list. I don't know the Mario Cart track he talks about, but Rally di Positano is a poor track...it's 8 miles long and tight and doesn't flow at all. It's a terrible track for racing on.

I disagree with this. First off I don't particularly care for Positano myself. I let out an "ughh" when I see it pop up in career or in races with friends. BUT, I think for what it is it's an excellent piece of road. Notice I didn't say track. It fits the locale and time period for what it is perfectly. If you've watched any old foreign movies back in the 60's and 50's then this would be a number one locale for one. Add to it that it's modeled as a road that was never meant to be a "track" but for lower horse powered cars (those around the time period the road was supposedly made) that handled well and the "track" is a perfect recreation of what it's supposed to be. Take your sub 100HP car with decent handles on this track and good times are to be had, I guess.