Tail of the Dragon (US 129) Assetto Corsa track mod in the United States
Tail of the Dragon (US 129) is a real road in the United States — 1.9 km of it, rebuilt as an Assetto Corsa track you can download and drive: the actual asphalt traced from aerial imagery, real elevation and camber, and the scenery of the place around it.
Free account: two library downloads a week, then $0.99 each. Plans download without a limit.
About Tail of the Dragon (US 129)
The Tail of the Dragon is the stretch of US 129 that crosses Deals Gap on the North Carolina and Tennessee line, famous for packing 318 curves into 11 miles. Motorcyclists and sports-car drivers come from all over the country for it, and it's one of the most searched real roads in sim racing.
This build starts right at Deals Gap and runs north into the opening section, the tight, constant run of bends the road is named for.
Driving it in Assetto Corsa
- No straights worth the name: one bend flows into the next, so it's all about rhythm and weight transfer.
- Narrow two-lane road with trees right at the edge, so a mistake costs you.
- Short enough to run again and again while you learn it.
Drive it in the sim only, never on the real road.
Tail of the Dragon (US 129) track facts
- Road
- Tail of the Dragon (US 129)
- Country
- United States
- Built length
- 1.9 km
- Hairpins
- 1
- Sharp corners
- 3
- Built
- Sep 2, 2026
- Format
- Assetto Corsa track (zip)
Tail of the Dragon (US 129) is one of the real roads in the Drift Maps track library, in the United States. This build covers 1.9 km of the road and was finished on Sep 2, 2026. The traced route of Tail of the Dragon (US 129) has 3 sharp corners, 1 hairpin among them.
The track is generated from the road's aerial imagery: the pavement is traced from what's actually on the ground, elevation and camber come from survey data, and the surrounding terrain, buildings and vegetation are placed from the same imagery.
How to install Tail of the Dragon (US 129) in Assetto Corsa
- Download the zip with the button above. You need a free Drift Maps account; it signs you in and brings you back here.
- Open Content Manager and drag the zip onto its window, then confirm the install. Without Content Manager, unzip it into
assettocorsa/content/tracks/. - Pick the track in Drive → Quick Drive: search the track list for “Tail of the Dragon (US 129)”, choose a car and go.
Tail of the Dragon (US 129): questions
Is Tail of the Dragon (US 129) available in Assetto Corsa?
Yes. Tail of the Dragon (US 129) is an Assetto Corsa track mod built by Drift Maps from the real road in the United States, 1.9 km long. Download it from this page.
Is this the real Tail of the Dragon?
Yes. It's built from the real US 129 at Deals Gap: the road line from OpenStreetMap, real elevation and the forest around it, not a hand-drawn copy.
How do I install Tail of the Dragon (US 129) in Assetto Corsa?
Download the zip, then drag it onto the Content Manager window and confirm the install, or unzip it into content/tracks/ inside your Assetto Corsa folder. The track then shows up in Content Manager like any other track mod.
Is the Tail of the Dragon (US 129) track mod free?
A free Drift Maps account includes two library downloads a week. After that each extra download is $0.99, and every paid plan downloads from the library without a limit.
How many hairpins does Tail of the Dragon (US 129) have?
The traced route of Tail of the Dragon (US 129) has 3 sharp corners, 1 hairpin among them. A hairpin here is a turn of 150° or more within 80 m; a sharp corner is 80° or more within 50 m.
Can I get a longer or different section of this road?
Yes. Drift Maps builds any stretch of real road between two points you pick on the map — including a longer or different cut of Tail of the Dragon (US 129), or any other road on Earth.