5 Track and Car Combinations To Try in Automobilista 2

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AMS2 has improved over the last year, with a studio that seems to squeeze everything they can out of the Madness Engine.

If you haven't given AMS2 a go yet, or haven’t jumped back in for a while - these are the tracks and cars we recommend you trying.

Daytona Road Course - MetalMoro MRX Durated P2​

With a 65 year history and located in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Daytona International Speedway is a fantastic circuit with plenty of history. Yes, turn 1 may be one of the hardest corners to get right, but the rest of the circuit rewards you with precise and super smooth driving. We recommend the P2 MetalMoro, which has 35bhp and weighs in at 800kg. This car is so fun to drive, and rewards you for driving on the very edge.

Spa-Francorchamps - Chevrolet Cruz Stock car ‘20​

There’s nothing like taking Eau Rouge and Raidillon to the absolute limit and so I recommend the Chevrolet Cruz Stock car ‘20. With a naturally aspirated 6.8l V8, the Cruz Stock Car sounds and drives great!” If you nail it, (with the right conditions and setup) you can make it to the crest of Radillion flat out and what a feeling!! Spa is an incredibly rewarding track that provides plenty of opportunities to improve on your best laps times.

Long Beach - Porsche 911 RSR-19​

Bumpy, slippy, tight turns, and walls everywhere - ready to ruin your race, on paper Long Beach should not be a fun track to drive at all. But my oh my it is! Yes it will screw you up and spit you out at any minute, but that’s half the fun! The Porsche 911 RSR-19 is the perfect car to race around Long Beach, first off it sounds beautiful and has the right amount of grip vs power to be an incredibly fun and rewarding car to drive.

Nordschleife - Mercedes-Benz CLK LM​

The Green Hell, yes any recommended track list should always include Nords. With 154 corners and measuring 21 kilometres in length, you need to have a car that goes around corners and has the top end speed for the long straights. My recommendation for Nords is the Mercedes-Benz CLK LM in AMS2, this GT1 car is a beast with 600bhp and is so fun to drive with a sequential shifter.

Oulton Park - Ginetta G40 Cup​

Blind crests and tight corners are two of the many reasons why Oulton Park is a fantastic circuit to drive. We recommend the Ginetta G40 Cup, it only has 143bhp but Ginetta racing can be some of the closest most competitive racing you will see! Also one of the corners at Oulton Park is Knickerbrook corner, named after a courting couple (no joke).

Which car and track combo's would you recommend to the rest of the community?
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@Johnr777 Yep, I prefer the NA tracks to the Europeans as they seem to be more free flowing and less chicanes - whereas I find the AMS SA tracks to be an interesting alternative to the B tracks in the UK (and faster).

Edit: Another article; NA tracks v European tracks "What's your preference and why?" I think I'll stick to the day job...
 
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I'll repeat myself from the tread of 1.3.3.1 hotfix version:

GT Classics 1974 Porsche 911 RSR @ Road America Bend-version
Both as hotlapper, and GT Classics race with the Chevy C3-R as competitor as well as combined with other Classic series, both as 20 min sprint races and 90 min races.
And all AIDS ofcouse OFF and tuning FFB to heavy strength.

This is so stimulating and IMO gets the very best out of AMS2.
 
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studio that seems to squeeze everything they can out of the Madness Engine
haha love it so true

CART cars at Portland Vanport
:rolleyes:
ok that was a joke. maybe... sometimes... :whistling:

CART at Long Beach for me. changeable conditions. cockpit view. sweet baby jesus :inlove:
hard but so damn immersive.
I'm simple guy, just love CART cars, more than half of time I'm in those beauties and I prefer real life tracks, places where they were actually racing back then, so beside LB also Laguna Seca, Cleveland and Rio. some semi oval love here.
 
Copa Trucks @ Hokenheim 1977.
Perfect track to push these beasts.
They are fast (and heavy) !
 
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720S GT3 @ Road America.

And @Johnr777 what do u think about this version of Road America as I loved the AC mod one
 
Also
6. SprintCars + Cascavel
7. McLaren m23 + Kyalami 76
8. Fusca + Taruma
9. Ultima + Velopark
Cascavel is a really enjoyable track, short but with interesting corners.

Also Stock cars 2020-2021 at Curitiba or Cascavel or Campo Grande;
F1 Classics Gen 2 at Jacarepagua historic 1988;
F1 Retro Gen 1 at Imola historic 1972
F1 retro Gen 1 at Silverstone historic 1975
 
Cascavel is a really enjoyable track, short but with interesting corners.

Also Stock cars 2020-2021 at Curitiba or Cascavel or Campo Grande;
F1 Classics Gen 2 at Jacarepagua historic 1988;
F1 Retro Gen 1 at Imola historic 1972
F1 retro Gen 1 at Silverstone historic 1975
Jacarepagua 1988 is one of the most underrated tracks. It's great fun in 80s F1s but also with more modern cars
 
Spa Francorchamps - Formula V10v2 or Ginetta G58
Interlagos - Stock Cars 2019
Spa 1993 - GT1 911
Monza 1991 - F-classic G2 M2/3
Road America - Ultima GTR
Kansai - Dallara F309
Oulton park - GT1 911
Kyalami 76 - F-Classic G1 M2
Hockenheim(old version) - Porsche 962C
Donington/Brands Hatch - P3 / P4
Jerez - Porsche Cup car 4.0
Daytona - DPI
Imola historic - BMW M1 Procar
Montreal - BMW M8 GTE / Porsche RSR GTE
Laguna Seca - Brabham BT46B
Imola - Porsche GT3
Santa Cruz Do Sul - Ginetta G55 Supercup
Spielburg - Mercedes-Benz 190E EVO 2 DTM
Taruma - Caterham Superlight
Cascais - Caterham 620R
Ibarra - Ultima GTR Race

And try all that in VR with a DD wheel and when you can: online because it's more fun and we need more racers online.

Unbeatable experience!

All thanks to the great Reiza!
 
Some great car and track combos in this thread so far. Lately I have been having a blast with the Formula Retro Gen3 Turbo car at Hockenheim 1977. The turbo car is a lot of fun here. Trying to keep the turbo spooled up in the stadium section is a challenge. Using all the cars horsepower on the long straits is a lot of fun too.
 
@Pazop

They overheat after a couple of laps and totally fade losing all stopping bite...reported and known issues on the Reiza forms
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I think it just comes down to knowing these tracks in real life... either TV or attending events. I'm way more interested in NA venues than European or South America ones (Interlagos an exception)... maybe because I've been to a few, been watching IMSA races for a long time, etc. I'm sure brazilian stock car is great, I'm just not as exposed to it.
You're right, I live in Europe, in France, but I know the Spa-Francorchamps circuit very well in real life (my parents-in-law live 20 km away, in Belgium and also the small and large Nurburgring, it's in Germany but not very far from Spa in the end. It is above all on the European circuits that I get my kicks, it's my DNA, but I still like a lot of American circuits because they are part of my old past as a player of simulation cars, circuits in South America are unknown to me, except Interlagos, I hardly ever drive on them. I think it's a mistake, but there are so many fantastic things to do on AMS2!
 
Well, I live just a few kilometers away from the Hockenheim ciruit.
Visited the track first time in the early 70's. Oh yes I am a pretty old sim gamer and real motorsports lover.
Could not get away the wheel in my hands all the time.
I was driving myself in Hockenheim with many cars in private sessions from early 90' until today,
and in the beginning 90's with some Clio racecars in real life.

It's so big fun to re-visit my homebase track in AMS2 with so many nice combos on the historic track layouts.

My personal favorite at the moment is racing on the 2001 layout with the new Carts vs. the historic F1 V10 cars.
Tried to challenge the F1's what endet up in a messs...
 

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