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Originally Posted by kgalgas
While this is not the track and it may be safer on the track, I do not know if I would want to drive 2 hours to the middle of the desert, to go around in circle (track), where I can decide to take a run, in 5-10 minutes be in the canyon, get some of the best views of the ocean, scenery, and mountains. The "top of the world" still by far has the best view I have seen anywhere.
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Personally, I think you are spot on. There's really nowhere on public roads -- especially in SoCal -- where you can be using a lot of brake and gas and be reasonably safe (and by that, I mean, not making big assumptions that "hopefully there's no one on a bike or a slow car around that corner"). And you can really enjoy what's around you at what I would consider a sane pace.
That said, the on-track experience is different. Not better, perhaps, but different. But it's definitely more focused. At Thunderhill I've come in after a session and had people ask "did you see that crop duster go overhead?" and I'm like "uhm, no, I was a little focused on what my car was doing and where I was going to be sightseeing!"
Steve