Track Style Preferences!

I prefer longertracks with a mix of twisty roads and straights.I just find them nicer to drive on.

If there was a perfect middle ground between short and middle I'd have voted for that but there isn't so I went for medium.
As an F1 fan I've grown up watching short/medium technical tracks so naturally that is what I prefer to race on. I still love longer tracks, Spa, Nordschleife, Bathurst, Sarthe (Le Mans) are just a few examples of amazing circuits but modern F1 doesn't have that many long tracks apart from Spa and I much prefer the technicalities of a smaller street style circuit.
I find it very satisfying battling for position through consecutive corners (which are most likely to appear on a smaller circuit), thinking ahead and trying to outsmart your opponent over the course of a few corners where one wrong line at the start of the section will mean you're out of position going into the next. It's a nice game of chess...only with monstrous engines at your command

Edit: Nice choice in topic by the way! I'm very interested to see other peoples thoughts as well 

I like longer laps with unforgiving and dangerous sections that reward concentration. I do still love the LSGP for what it is but nothing compares to cruising through Blaine County on the open winding roads. Seeing as longer city races are rare, I'll post my version of Silverstone for the PS3, it is fast and long (2:30 lap time) but works best with 4+ laps.
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I'm really a mixed bag as far as this goes. I enjoy large and open tracks and how they never fail to put me in a good mood, but I also have a certain disdain for them, which I'll explain below.

So in case any of you didn't know, I have no motorsport background; I'm more of a skiing/mountain biking/kayaking kind of guy. In all those sports, movement is key; the terrain around you is constantly changing and if you don't adapt, you end up in the snow, dirt, or water. I've always felt that GTA racing is a safe comparison to these since you are doing the same things in game: adapting to terrain, getting to know your equipment better, and in general just pushing yourself to be more able in the sport. This, unfortunately, leads to me thinking harshly of open tracks because they feel comparable to a green run, a grassy field, or calm water. They are easy to do good on, and while I know I could improve on them, I already feel as though I am well enough suited to handle any open and non-technical track people can throw my way. To me the tracks feel uninspired, dragged out, and at times flat out boring. Now what I said is true about how the tracks do give me joy, but that is often through scenery, much like what Renegade1911 said. However great the view, at the end of the day it can't keep me entertained forever.

This is where the tight and compact races enter, and why I absolutely love them. They are GTA's version of the double black diamonds; the aerial features; the white water. They have a feeling of high stakes. They pass by so quickly even if you're moving half as fast. They give that excitement I want because there's always something new happening, and if you don't adapt, you get left on the sidelines. To me, they hold an atmosphere of tension and competition, and because they have the chicanes, the hairpins, the crossroads and more stuffed into a two kilometer track, they truly live up to the name I give them. In my mind, the short tracks are truly skillful because between the cornering combinations, speed variation, and common features, there is always something to keep you entertained. That is what I want from a run/hill/river/track: constant excitement.

I'd say short tracks