iRacing: Choosing the Best Tracks to Buy

There’s one question every virtual racer asks at some point in their digital driving career:

Which tracks are actually worth buying in iRacing?

And the answer, like everything in life from marriages to electric hatchbacks is: it depends.

It depends on what you drive, your budget, how many times you’ve sworn not to spend more money on digital content… and how many times you’ve broken that promise.

The Holy Grail of Asphalt

If you’re the kind of person who smells virtual fuel in the morning, there are names you simply can’t ignore.

• Spa-Francorchamps, for instance. If you don’t have it, you’re not in iRacing. It’s the track. Long, technical, and with more drama than a family dinner. Eau Rouge remains the roller coaster of motorsport, only without popcorn or emotional seatbelts.
• Daytona is another gem. The main straight feels like it was designed by someone who thought, “What if, instead of corners, we just added a catapult?” But when you’re there, running a GT3 at dawn, you feel that endurance-racing magic that click that says, “yes, this is why I’m here.”
• And of course, Sebring. A circuit made of concrete and bad intentions. Every lap feels like driving over a washing machine on spin cycle but damn, it’s glorious.
• Road Atlanta, Road America, Monza, Le Mans, and Watkins Glen complete the sacred list.

These are the circuits that show up every season, and therefore, should show up in your collection too.

The Supporting Cast

Then you have the tracks that you might call the talented side characters.

Interlagos, Suzuka, Nürburgring GP, Road Atlanta, VIR, Red Bull Ring each has something to offer, from sweat-inducing corners to postcard-worthy scenery that smells faintly of burnt rubber.

The Nürburgring Nordschleife, however, deserves its own paragraph. Because it’s not a track. It’s a monster. A green jungle where mistakes cost you time, dignity, and sometimes, hardware. But when you finally put together a clean lap, you feel like you deserve a diploma, a medal, and an ice-cold German beer.

The Economics of a Digital Racer

Let’s talk about the elephant in the pit lane: money.

Buying tracks in iRacing can become a financial black hole. You start with the innocent idea of buying just what you need, and end up with a collection that could rival a small real estate portfolio.

But there’s logic to it: after a certain number of purchases, you get discounts. Or, as every racer justifies it: “I’m not spending more I’m saving.”

Eventually, you reach that point where you simply flip your wallet upside down, shake it, and say, “whatever the simulator wants, the simulator gets.”

The truth is, there’s no universal list of “tracks worth buying.”

If you race GT3 or GT4, buy the ones most common in those series. If you’re into formula cars, go for tracks that make you feel like you’re teetering on the edge of nervous collapse.

And if you run the MX5 or GR86, just buy everything with “grip” in the name and prepare to battle people who seem to drive with cybernetic reflexes.

Buy with Your Heart, Not Your Logic

I could tell you to plan carefully, check season schedules, and calculate track frequency.

But let’s be honest: nobody joins iRacing to save money.You join to feel like you’re doing 300 km/h without the risk of dying in a fireball. You join to mess up at Le Mans, to cry at Spa, to survive Sebring.

So stop overthinking it, fire up the engine, and buy that track.

• Remember, you can join iRacing clicking here.

See you on the track!