Eiger Nordwand - Mysterious Alternative Route

[Antares984]

Anyone knows what is that alternative road? A pit lane?
Regards.

 

[AudiMan2011]

It's the pit lane.

 

[Grayfox]

It is the pit lane.

God help you if you need to use it as the pitboxes are after the hairpin on the pitlane.

So going about 60km/h is like going into the pit on the oval tracks with nascars zooming around at 200mph, you will be lapped.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

That is the pit road my friend. A good alternative route if you need fuel or tires changed.

 

[forzaturismo]

a very long pitlane

 

[TenEightyOne]

A very long pitlane. In forced-stop races it's a killer... obviously everybody has to stop but it seems to take longer to pit than to run the rest of the race.

 

[steiner]

its THE pitlane.
as in THE most ridicoulus one in GT

in certain cars the AI almost goes to a complete stop in the last corner exiting the box

 

[Aquarelle]

We need more Eiger endurance races.

 

[NixxxoN]

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Its the worst pit lane design I've ever seen.

 

[diegorborges]

It's a pit lane that should be used as part of the track.

 

[Vic Reign93]

I would say the very short Matterhorn track has it's own oddly designed pit lane. If you don't pay attention to when the autopilot disengages, you go flying into the wall.
If you add a few racers into the mix, then you run the risk of getting T'boned while leaving the pit.

 

[CeeJay]

That pit lane is pushing the PS3 to it's limits!

When I first saw the outline of the track I thought the pit was the short bit in the middle!

 

[JogoAsobi]

Was in GT5 too.

 

[gnomefromnome]

I found this by accident in GT5. Carried too much speed and went in lol

 

[chzsln485]

Although that extra road is certainly the pit lane, I am still perplexed by the fact that Eiger Nordwand has been referred to, in GT5 and GT6, as a "Short Track", as if to differentiate it from a "Long Track", which of course, does not exist. I wonder if it has anything to do with that mysterious mountainous forest track in the FT-86 trailer. Perhaps the current Matterhorn track can be linked into this confusing story...

 

[Streeto]

Although that extra road is certainly the pit lane, I am still perplexed by the fact that Eiger Nordwand has been referred to, in GT5 and GT6, as a "Short Track", as if to differentiate it from a "Long Track", which of course, does not exist. I wonder if it has anything to do with that mysterious mountainous forest track in the FT-86 trailer. Perhaps the current Matterhorn track can be linked into this confusing story...

There is a full version, with the dirt sections.

 

[chzsln485]

There is a full version, with the dirt sections.

I always counted that as a separate track, for the simple reason they share almost no sections of road (therefore I would struggle to consider the dirt track as a longer version of the paved Eiger, as it is IMO, a completely track). Then again, considering the flawless nature of PD's logic, this might be what they're getting at...

 

[watermelon punch]

@MSTER232 once told me he could use the loo, wash his hands, and then make a sandwich, during a pit stop at Eiger.

 

[MSTER232]

@MSTER232 once told me he could use the loo, wash his hands, and then make a sandwich, during a pit stop at Eiger.

I need to try actually try this like I said I would 👍 .