For as wildly borderline-bullshit the physics can get as you get into the higher classes, Shift 2 Unleashed has been surprisingly alright now I picked it up again.
Track variety is right up my alley, even just in real-world venues:
your Spa/Brands Hatch/Laguna Seca/Monza/Silverstone "yep games has remotely sim tendancies chuck it in" tier
your Donington Park/Autopolis "that's a pleasant surprise"
your Dijon-Prenois/Suzuka West/Rouen "wait what I'm so in"
Seriously, I'd like it if Suzuka West was in more sims because there's only so many times I can do Suzuka East for a shorter course there.