Are you weirdly good/bad at certain tracks?

[Islaygaz]

Not really good at any in particular but awful at Alsace! Especially the reverse layout!

 

[vonMarshall]

I lam pretty fast at Monza, Brands and Magiorre although I had a stinky race at Brands last night. I pitted early and as I came past the pit exit and cut across onto my racing line, the 2 cars I was hoping to undercut, suddenly materialised out of thin air and nerfed me off my line and into the gravel.

Suszuka is great but I almost never get Spoon right so never set great times.

I have grown to hate the Nurburg GP. It's all stop start and too hairpinny for my taste and my lack of speed backs that up.

Interlagos is my bogey track. I love it but I am very very slow!

 

[JacksHerer]

Weirdly I'm good better on tracks that I have played on hundreds or thousands of times over the years vs fantasy tracks I can't even be bothered to learn to race on. This is why I want real world tracks, I don't have gaming time to learn the different cars on the tracks, let alone learn new tracks.
If anything my form affects me most, some days I'll be at my best on all real tracks.

 

[AlexDB9]

I suck on the the mad max course

Funny to call Willow Springs that!

Anyway though I was awfull at first, now I can drive Big Willow pretty decently. Other tracks I know well are Nurburgring and its GP, Suzuka, Monza and Mount Panorama from real circuits.
Then, for fictional tarmac, Broad Bean, Dragon Trail, Alsace and Kyoto together with Tokyo outer loop. For rally Colorado Springs.
On the other hand I'm not so good at Brands Hatch or Interlagos, and terrible on Maggiore and the other tracks and their reverses.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Funny to call Willow Springs that!

Anyway though I was awfull at first, now I can drive Big Willow pretty decently. Other tracks I know well are Nurburgring and its GP, Suzuka, Monza and Mount Panorama from real circuits.
Then, for fictional tarmac, Broad Bean, Dragon Trail, Alsace and Kyoto together with Tokyo outer loop. For rally Colorado Springs.
On the other hand I'm not so good at Brands Hatch or Interlagos, and terrible on Maggiore and the other tracks and their reverses.

Thats what i call tokyo tracks. But that also works

 

[AlexDB9]

Mad Max is in the desert, same as Willow Springs. So you call Tokyo that because there are no people, as in post-apocalyptic world?

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Mad Max is in the desert, same as Willow Springs. So you call Tokyo that because there are no people, as in post-apocalyptic world?

More that the fact that the track might as well be a wasteland. Most races are a free for all, whenever i have a race on it. Possibly will happen on nations cup tonight in the mx5

 

[Pedinhuh]

I'm awful at any variant of Brands Hatch and Willows Springs, average everywhere else that is not Nordscheleife(I don't race seriously in there), and good only on Tokyo Expressway central loop

 

[cleanLX]

My best track is probably Nordscheleife.
After that I'm pretty equally "fast" (relative term) at all locations...
I prefer to race at NurbGP and Suzuka...
I've done ok at Yamagiwa... and Yamagiwa+Miyabi.
I'm ok at Lago MaggioreGP but don't like the banked corner... I'll often not race there just because of that alone.
I avoid the others... mostly due to dislike, but, also due to the type of racing on them... some are crash fests, others are get in line and drive.
I have yet to race on Monza.

Have not raced anything with p1.13, so, this may change things

 

[I-Runner]

It depends on the combo car-track.
I'm ok on Tokyo express, Nordschleife, Mount Panorama with road cars..only

IR

 

[crooky369]

Tonight has confirmed I'm awful at Monza. Getting the breaking just right is super hard after which you have to thread your car through the two tight chicanes. I find Ascari really tricky with a controller as well as I have a tendency to want to turn the car too much and risk a penalty. That plays on mind so I go through it horribly.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Tonight has confirmed I'm awful at Monza. Getting the breaking just right is super hard after which you have to thread your car through the two tight chicanes. I find Ascari really tricky with a controller as well as I have a tendency to want to turn the car too much and risk a penalty. That plays on mind so I go through it horribly.

Monza is a fave of mine. In chicanes on a pad i tend to lift off the throttle going through chicanes. Also i find it best to use the cones set in places to judge turning.

 

[vxr58]

I always liked to think of myself as a Ring wizard, but the few times it's been on the dailies I've been painfully slow around it. Can't believe people are doing almost 6min laps in gr.3. Makes the Nick Heidfeld challenge look easy

 

[Veinz]

I have a hard time with the fantasy tracks, Maggiore is probably my worst. I know all the real ones already from playing Forza Motorsport and the F1 series for many years so I usually do alright when those are up.

 

[BSDShoes]

I'm surprised at how many of you don't like or aren't good at Brands Hatch, it's a fairly easy track for me.

 

[shaunus]

Cant drive Nurburgring GP. godawful track.

 

[Renrag39]

I punch above my weight on Alsace, Big Willow (thanks to wrs!), Yamagiwa and Lago Maggiore.
I'm atrocious on Brands, Tokyo, Green Hell and Interlagos.

 

[cleanLX]

sorry, n/m

 

[xxxman1]

Perform better at
Alsace
Maggiore
Monza

Average at (though got wins)
Willow
Dragon trial
Suzuka
Interlagos
Nurburgring

Weak at
Kyoto
BB
Blue moon

Never race at
Tokyo
Mount Panorama
Isle

 

[noob133766]

I can never drive properly at Willow Springs. Always end up getting off-track.

 

[MidFieldMaven]

I'm terrible at any track until I get into my time trials. The only track I can consistently be Top 10 in GT Sport is Suzuka East.

 

[Pedinhuh]

I'm surprised at how many of you don't like or aren't good at Brands Hatch, it's a fairly easy track for me.

It's quite a treacherous track for those who are unaware of its corners, at first glance they look easy to tackle at full speed, but then suddenly there's an odd change in elevation or bump, that sends your car to gravel.

If you're like me, who doesn't previously test your main cars on the track you're racing on, you won't know how your car reacts to those bumps and elevation changes, setting yourself up for failure.

That's is why qualifying is important before racing.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

I'm surprised at how many of you don't like or aren't good at Brands Hatch, it's a fairly easy track for me.

For me, it's not that it's a hard track, I can get within .5 seconds of Top 10 on it, but it's so punishing when you make a mistake it reminds me of Norschleife back when I didn't know the track at all.
Maybe give me 100 more laps on that track and I'll be consistent enough to like it

 

[Razamataz]

First time poster!

Brands Hatch, Suzuka and Dragontrail. All of them absolute bliss to race on, each with an amazing sense of speed and flow. Suzuka’s just the perfect circuit, immensely satisfying when you get it right, especially the esses. The chicanes at Dragontrail feel incredible too once you’ve mastered them. Kudos to PDI, absolute masterclass in design, they could teach Herman Tilke a few things.

On a good day the Nordshcleife, in particular the last third (probably my favourite section of ribbon on any circuit). Nurburgring GP is an utter chore with a dearth of memorable corners. Bathurst is fun but the hillclimb section is particularly challenging so it’s hard to be consistent. My SR always takes a beating here so rarely race this track.

Looking forward to Spa and Silverstone’s inevitable return. GT6 and Assetto Corsa provide my fill for now but these are a joy to race on.

 

[TiMcF1]

I don't have any tracks I'm superbly good at, but my bane tracks would be Monza and lately, unfortunately Yamigawa, it's just finding the right entry and acceleration point for the S chicane. It is the chicane you would bypass on the Yamigawa+miyabi combination and then rejoin. On Monza, and although I find all corners very tricky due to the stop start nature of the track, Variente Ascari proves to be the most difficult for me, for the very same reasons at Yamigawa. Parabolica can be frustrating too.

In short I find it hard to get consistent lap times with these two tracks.

 

[JoeDaSnow]

I hate driving at Brands Hatch on both configurations, citing excessive difficulty of the curves. I'm avoiding that track in Sport Mode forever. I also have similar experiences in Monza and Nurburgring Nordschleife. Meanwhile, I excel at Dragon Trail, Tokyo, BB and Tsukuba Circuit.

 

[Obelisk]

I struggle a lot with that sweeping turn at the start/end of the Blue Moon infield courses. I generally don't do well with any sweeping turns like that - had the same issue with Daytona Road Course T1 in GT6.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Willow Springs - My qualifying efforts tend to be abysmal but I somehow end up near the front every time.
Suzuka - A track that has plagued me for ages suddenly become a strong track.
Kyoto - Every time I think I finally understand the track, I end up struggling during the race.

 

[TonyJZX]

I think unless you suck at everything and should go back to Need for Speed Payback OR you're an alien and aced Gran Prix Legends then you're in the middle like most of us.. some tracks you kill, some tracks kill you.

I have a funny experience. I'm awesome at Nurburgring F1 but suck at the full Ring.

At best, I can do 7'00" times in an LMP1 which isnt right.

I think in GT6 there's a challenge where you have to get 1st on the Type V - so this is easy for me... for the first 2 mins. I'm able to get to 1st up until the start of the 'real' Nurburgring and then I'm a rolling road block... for 23km!

All the PD fantasy circuits I'm good with except Alssace Reverse. Its sucky. Tokyo Express isnt as bad as I thought.

Brands Hatch is simple with only 1 difficult corner, Turn 1. You shouldnt have an issue with this given its was overplayed in GT6 seasonals.

Interlagos is sucky and I dislike it but its not too bad, out of practice given I dont like F1 sims.

Monza is practically an oval and is straightforward.

Bathurst I fully understand now but I dont like it. The number of expert seasonals in GT6 killed me. Its NOT an overtaking circuit at all.

Suzuka I'm middling but I'm bored of it.

Willow Springs is the pits... I hate it however saying that I golded the track experience... that middle 2nd gear section kills me. Horse Thief is an abomination.

 

[Macboyilija]

What I notice is that most top 10 drivers worldwide are never the same people on every track. This alone proves that indeed people just have tracks where thet drive good and less good. Or just bad.

For me, it seems to be the shorter circuits (Suzuka East, Maggiore Centre, Brands Indy). I think because I can spend 30-40 minutes perfecting every bend and braking point of a minute-long circuit as opposed to the longer tracks where I am likely to make a mistake at some point! Also, I seem to do better in the N cars - again, probably because everything it's all about timing as opposed to outright speed.

This is exactly how I feel it !