Disagree 99% and here's why ...
at the MACRO level a track is "known".
BUT when running at the limits then every small difference in grip, difference in the way the tyre has deformed at the point it is making contact makes a HUGE difference to grip.
A difference that a driver makes a "judgement call" on each time they go through.
and as said , without major signal transmission systems to position vehicles it comes to VISUAL IMAGING and at high speed.
So , a lot closer to the DARPA challenge challenges that it is at first scan.
WHere DARPA vehicles fail to traverse at 40 mph because a foot difference screws them then an inch will screw a racing car cornering at 150
and as said, NO scope for "nearly right" coz the recovery is via a barrier
Besides, Scalextric invented the kind of racing it would become already