Automobilista 2: Alternative Circuits to Fill an IndyCar Season

The 2025 Indycar season is now well underway and with several American circuits, Automobilista 2 is one of the best games to recreate the series. Here are some top alternative venues to fill missing slots on the 2025 calendar.

Here on the OverTake website, Automobilista 2 livery packs are quite the popular resource. Just take a look at our vast guide for historical Formula One seasons.

But that is not the only single seater series full of annual seasons to recreate as the Brazilian title is also available with a livery pack for the 2025 Indycar season utilising the - totally not an IndyCar - Formula USA 2023. Though to truly make the most of a skin pack, you also need a year's worth of venues and whilst AMS2 fails at perfectly recreating the more niche North American circuits, here are some venues you can use as alternate 2025 IndyCar racetracks.

2025 Indycar Calendar​

Before jumping into all the circuits in Automobilista 2 that could fill gaps in the title's IndyCar simulation, it is worth noting what those gaps are. Across 16 races, the 2025 season visits a total of 14 circuits - only five of which are available to race in Automobilista 2.


The popular sim racing title has many North American circuits following last year's release of the IMSA track pack. But not all of them feature in IndyCar. In fact, of the 14 venues, only Long Beach, Indianapolis, Gateway (WWTC), Road America and Laguna Seca exist in-game.

Indycar's Street Circuits in Automobilista 2​

Much like every year, the 2025 Indycar season kicks off with a street circuit, the St Pete Grand Prix. Sadly, we don't get the half street, half runway venue in AMS2. But its mix of different locations does mean you have different 'vibes' to aim for for a replacement. Be it a street track like Adelaide, airport runway like Cleveland or, as we prefer a concrete paradise like the shortened Sebring School layout.

Sure, this is not a street track, but we feel it best replicates the essence of the St Pete GP, especially being another Floridian location on bumpy concrete surrounded by planes. Run this simple layout for around 90 laps and you should reach the same distance as the true season opener.


Bumpy concrete of an airfield - Sebring School is our 2025 Indycar St Pete replacement. Image: Reiza Studios

Long Beach is a street circuit that does feature inAMS2, meaning its 90 laps are accurate to the real thing. But the next street circuit, Detroit, is yet to be seen in sim racing. Thankfully. Matching the frustration of this annoying little layout (editor's note: as you can tell, track preferences are extremel subjective) is the Salvador Street Circuit which, whilst faster than the right-angle-filled Detroit, is narrow and free of passing zones. A 1.7-mile course, 100 laps will run further than the Detroit race's century, but lap times are far shorter due to the circuit's higher speeds and so we recommend sticking to that lap count.

The final street circuit IndyCar races on is Toronto and once again, it is relatively rare in the sim racing world. With faster sections and tighter sectors, we would suggest that this venue resembles Australia's Adelaide, a circuit many enjoy. And so, for a bit of fun, why not add a round Down Under into your fictional recreation of the 2025 Indycar calendar in Automobilista 2. The jewel in the Aussie V8 crown, Adelaide is a 2-mile circuit meaning that 80 laps will perfectly add up to Toronto's 160-mile race distance. Besides, many IndyCar fans still miss Surfers Paradise as the series' Aussie venue.

IndyCar Alternative Ovals in AMS2​

With limited selection, finding alternatives for this year's oval races is probably the trickiest task. Though luckily, both Gateway and the home of the Indy 500 are available to run as is. So missing are the super short Iowa Speedway, tight Milwaukee Mile and super fast Nashville.


Autoclub Fontana replaces Nashville in our 2025 AMS2 Indycar season. Image: Reiza Studios

Firstly, the latter as, whilst far larger, we see the AutoClub Speedway, otherwise known as Fontana as the best replacement with its relatively flat nature and concrete look. For the 1.3-mile track, Indycar runs a 300-mile race equating to 225 laps. So whilst 150 laps would make sense for Fontana being a 2-mile speedway, we recommend retaining the longer event length and by extension, making for greater strategic possibilities.

When IndyCar was still racing at Fontana - which many argue the series never should have ceased to do - the distance was usually 200 laps for a 500-mile race. The last time IndyCar visited the Speedway that is now converted into a short track was 2015.

As for the smaller circuits of Iowa and Milwaukee, we would recommend re-using the World Wide Technology Raceway, or Gateway, for its tighter personality. However, it is a fair bit longer than the real world venues and so to match the 250-mile race distances these circuits run, 155 laps at Gateway should do the trick.

2025 IndyCar Road Courses​

As you will tell from the following alternative tracks for the likes of Mid-Ohio and Barber, we have stumbled on these excellent replacements through research for our Top 5 South American Tracks list in AMS2. Click the link to find more hidden gems.


The triple chicane in Velo Citta reminds us of Barber. Image: Reiza Studios

In fact, with its severe elevation, tricky chicane and flowing sections, the full Velo Citta course is the perfect replacement for Barber Motorsports Park in our opinion. It offers a similar mix of low and high speed turns, many of which feature great elevation change that reminds us of the often forgotten North American layout.

Moving back to the second round of the season though, an odd addition to the calendar is Thermal Club with its barren landscape and combination of hairpin turns. There are no venues that properly replicate the Californian concrete fest, plus it is no doubt the most hated circuit on the Indycar calendar. Therefore, why not have some fun and head to Curvelo - a similar layout with many-a switchback, but in more glorious scenery.

The next IndyCar road course missing in AMS2 is Mid-Ohio, a fun circuit pairing a fast first half with a tight and twisty middle section. Take one look at its track map and Ibarra will immediately remind you of the Midwestern circuit. Funnily enough, the two circuits also both sit around the 2.3-mile mark meaning that you can run a similar 90-lap race for the same race distance.


Except for the mountains, Ibarra could very much be Mid-Ohio. Image: Reiza Studios

The iconic Laguna Seca of Round 14 is thankfully available in AMS2 as no other circuit can rival the mighty Corkscrew, but then the trip up to Oregon's Portland leaves sim racers wanting more. We find that the longer of the two Velopark layouts matches PiR's overall brief nature along with its combination of tight, almost temporary corners and long straights. However a far shorter circuit versus PiR, you will have to add to the lap count to make the 215-odd mile race distance.

Our 2025 IndyCar Calendar in Automobilista 2​

With all that said and done, here are the circuits and race distances we would suggest for an immersive full 2025 Indycar season. You may well have your own suggestions for alternative venues and so be sure to mention those in the comments.


Whilst we are recommending lap umbers in order to best fit the real world race distance, these are a mere guide. As we touched on in our endurance race scaling guide, adding a 2X fuel and tyre multiplier will allow you to reduce the lap numbers by half if you are in search of a more manageable race distance.

Will you be attempting to recreate the 2025 Indycar season in Automobilista 2? Let us know how it goes in the comments and join the discussion in our AMS2 forum!