Craning over the Armenia track: the Armenia racing game

Armenian Grand Prix

Armenia Racing GameRace a 4.3 km circuit drawn from Armenia's outline

Length: 4.3km
Turns: 14
Main straight: 620m
Slowest corner: 81km/h
Climb: 49m
Setting: Old-school

Mount Ararat comes and goes through the mist as you lap. The Armenia racing game sets the Armenian Grand Prix on a track drawn from Armenia's border, 4.3 km with 14 corners named for the regions and towns it traces. Armavir comes first, then Shirak and Gyumri, Tavush and Ijevan, Gegharkunik and Syunik further round, and Yeghegnadzor and Vayots Dzor to close the loop.

It's an old-school circuit with 49 metres of climb in the highlands, and the mist rarely lifts.

The Armenia circuit map

The racing line (orange) inside Armenia's outline; ○ is the start and finish. Open the map

T1Armavir
T2Shirak
T3Gyumri
T4Geghmik
T5Tavush
T6Argelasar
T7Ijevan
T8Gegharkunik
T9Alsar Lerr
T10Khach’i Khut’
T11Syunik
T12Chambak
T13Yeghegnadzor
T14Vayots Dzor

Each corner is named after the place on Armenia's outline it traces.

Screenshots from the Armenia circuit

Through the slowest corner, Gyumri

On the grid for the Armenian Grand Prix: Armenia racing game screenshot — On the grid for the Armenian Grand Prix

The climb to the hairpin, Armenia: Armenia racing game screenshot — The climb to the hairpin, Armenia

The helicopter over the Armenia circuit: Armenia racing game screenshot — The helicopter over the Armenia circuit

Chasing through a corner in Armenia: Armenia racing game screenshot — Chasing through a corner in Armenia

Over the crest, Armenia: Armenia racing game screenshot — Over the crest, Armenia

Around the Armenia track

Khor Virap monastery sits in the foreground with Mount Ararat rising behind it, the big view of the lap. Khachkar cross-stones, carved and upright, stand along the verges. The town by the track is Soviet-era apartment blocks, with Ladas and cars parked outside. Mist hangs over the highland. A banner reads Բարի գալուստ, and the boards name Gyumri, Sevan, Ararat, Vanadzor, Dilijan and Yerevan.

Mount Ararat and Khor Virap monastery
Mount Ararat
Khachkar cross-stones

How to drive the Armenia circuit

From the 620-metre main straight, brake for Armavir at turn 1. Gyumri arrives two corners later and is the slowest of the lap at 81 km/h. After that it's flowing old-school corners through the hills, with 49 metres of climb and mist making the far corners hard to read.