I can't speak for the other petrol heads, but I for one would not mind some scenery.
Years ago I saw a track which had faux kerbs and racing lines painted on and painted run off areas too, with really detailed barriers beyond (behind which we would need to place our out-of-scale clear ones I think. It looked the nuts.
Some portable sections like that, with the track 'embedded' so it would be click and play would, I think, go down well with all the nationa racers.
Let me see what pictures I can find...