I think it's quite important to get some sort of plan drawn up - just to everyone has something to work to begin with?
From racing on numerous circuits this year I suggest several features are designed, eg the straight, banked corner, jumps, table tops, and those put in place.
Then, allow the rest of the track to be flexible around those features, so we can create tracks, and modify them around the permanent features.
For me one of the best permanent features is a 4 sided table top roughly in the middle of the layout. Then, you can work the track into it from various directions as you wish. Going across the corner of them is really good, you can even use them twice in the layout.
And, marshalling points is no biggie, they can be decided after the track is designed, they don't have to be permanent, far from it.
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