So far I'm really not liking the flow of this track, at least not in the "forward" position. I feel like I'm always in the wrong gear. Slam on the brakes, downshift, downshift, get on the gas, upshift, SLAM on the brakes, downshift, back on the gas, upshift, HARD on the brakes, downshift, on the gas, upshift, hard on the brakes, downshift, ease on the gas, back on the brakes, downshift, HARD on the gas, upshift, upshift, SLAM ON THE BRAKES, downshift, downshift, downshift, back on the gas, upshift.... It's a mess.
If I remember back to my early days of GT1 and GT2 this track was not a favorite of mine. Likely for the same reason.
In reverse it feels better to me. I'm not sure why, but it feels like I can actually string together some of the turns. So, I would say it's welcome to have a new track but it's not a track that I see myself driving very often.