List of illuminated tracks that are safe to drive at night

Many cars in AMS2 don't have headlights. Sometimes you can end up in situations where you suddenly find yourself having to drive such a car at night -- a session set to 00:00 by accident, misjudging dawn/dusk times due to a season change, miscalculated time acceleration settings, et cetera. In such cases, it would be nice to know what tracks that are still safe to drive on at night even with a car that doesn't have headlights. That's why I made a list of these tracks below.

Safe:

• Azure
• Buskerud
• Cleveland
• Daytona (chicane a bit dark)
• Granja Viana
• Hockenheim (modern GP only)
• Kansai
• Londrina Kart tracks
• Long Beach
• Road America
• Speedland
• Watkins Glen

Manageable with good displays (e.g. VR) and some concentration:

• Galeão
• Interlagos Kart tracks - soft light, and dark tires are used as barriers
• Jerez - soft light, 3 corners are dark but drivable if you know the track
• Ortona - soft light, pit exit can be difficult

Honorable mentions that could be playable with some fixes:

• Adelaide - some areas such as the final corners and chicane are pitch black
• Interlagos GP - pit exit is dark, and although apexes are illuminated, you must know the track well
• Montreal - 2 corners in Sector 1 are pitch black
• Nürburgring GP and shorter layouts - section from Schumacher-S to chicane is dark
• Tarumã - Curva Tala Larga is pitch black

Note that I'm only referring to how well-lit a track is, not other aspects such as performance hits due to all the light sources.

Tested by driving a Superkart at 02:00 in Overcast conditions, in VR using low graphics settings and shadows off. Let me know if I made any errors or if I missed anything.

 

In general, I find that the circuits lack light during the night. If I compare with Project Cars 2, it's quite obvious (look at Snetterton, Red Bull Ring, Nurburgring...). And I find that a shame because personally, I find that night races with Formula 1 cars bring something else special.
Take a snowy night circuit on Project Cars 2, it's magic. Visually, it's stunning.
I hope Reiza looks at this point and also brings the Snow season.

 

I think long beach is amazing at night. The street lights around not-Monaco are too dim. F1 game does a better job of this

 

yes I agree: Long Beach at night is very pretty. Concerning Monaco, Project Cars 2 does much better so the madness engine is capable. Adelaide, Montreal have Street Light concerns as well. But not just street circuits. Reiza really needs to watch this light concern because it ruins the party. And when it's done, add the Singapore circuit please.

 

Good initiative, but it would be even better if the game gives a warning.

You can add Donington to the unsafe tracks.

 

yes you are right about Donington. Is Reiza aware of these light issues? Are there plans for improvement in the future? There are other things to fix, I know but it would be good to know if it will be done.

 

I agree with you if the original circuit has no lighting. I'm mainly talking about the lack of lights on circuits like Monaco, Montreal, Adelaide. Lighting in Monaco, for example, does not illuminate enough or at least, much less than in reality. Will there be a change at this level in the future?

 

I have yet to do Monaco at night so I can't give my opinion, but I do want to ask then if it is indeed less illuminated than what we see in the video below (granted it's a bit old already)? I know we shouldn't expect floodlights like in Bahrain or Singapore so I wonder what level of illumination you expect.

 

I let you do the test yourself and you tell me. In my opinion, the intensity of Monaco's urban light is too low. The same is true for Adelaide and Montreal. And for the other non-urban circuits, I do not complain that there is no lighting. It is when it is present, it is of too low intensity. Daytona and Long Beach are ok.

 

At the car select screen, within the specs, there is a headlight simple "yes/no" field.

Maybe Reiza could add at the track description how well it's illuminated.