This might be a bit controversial, but I don't like Laguna Seca

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I must be the only other person to say this but, Laguna is kinda boring...
The only time you go 'whoa' on Laguna is the 'screw, and it isn't the same in-game.
No straights, typically American corners (as in wide and lazy) and one excuse for a hairpin. Remember it's Mazda's track - Mazda don't make no supercar.
 
A2K78
But I honestly think PD should cut Laguna Seca from all future GT/TT games in favor of another worthy road course such as Miller Motorsport Park or Road America. Why?the corkscrew is great and all, in reality the track as a whole isn't too great and it lacks depth/challenge, TT and the past GT games made me realize this.

Anyhow, does anybody share this same feeling?
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No, not really. I think Laguna Seca is an awesome track, very challenging to nail it properly, and worthy of inclusion in all future GT/TT games. How about they do the absolute unthinkable, keep Laguna Seca AND also include one of the tracks you mentioned? I know, hard to imagine you could have more than one worthy road course included, but multiple tracks have been known to grace many racing games in the past... :rolleyes:
 
Dan_
Laguna seca is short, and all corners except the corkscrew and the U-turn 1st corner are all the same, but even so, the track is amazing, incredible...To propose a thread like this, you must be drunk, or not taking your medicine properly....
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:crazy:👍 I laughed so hard!
 
Micdog49
I must be the only other person to say this but, Laguna is kinda boring...
The only time you go 'whoa' on Laguna is the 'screw, and it isn't the same in-game.
No straights, typically American corners (as in wide and lazy) and one excuse for a hairpin. Remember it's Mazda's track - Mazda don't make no supercar.
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1. The perception that American circuits are wide & lazy is wrong. Why do you think the LMP2 cars are more equal to the P1 cars in the ALMS than in the LMS?

2. Mazda didn't make the track. They just bought it & the rights to the name.

3. The Rainey Curve is pretty awesome.
 
SuperCobraJet
This is not exactly on topic, but does anyone one know why Monza hasn't been in recent console racing games?

I haven't played a recent F1 game so it may have been in those, but I can't recall any others.
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Ferrari challange has monza.

However Monza should be in Gt, it'a a great and very fast track. I've been there several times, last one sept 09 for the f1 race and it's amazing.
 
paulpg87
No, it's not in forza and it has only one layout. ( except for the old oval)
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Actually, it does have another layout, known as the Junior layout.
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Why shoud such an iconic track dissapear from GT? First of all, GT is all about realism, and taking away a real track, specially Mazda Raceway, would be a step back for GT5. Yes, the track is "strange" and hard to master, but that track made most of GT fans dominate the game back in GT2. Although I mastered the track many years ago, I got to admit that it is not one of my favorites, but again, anyone that understands and loves the racing sport, knows that taking Laguna from GT5´s track roster is simply...ridiculous...it won´t happen...period
 
I don't really get the point of this rather useless thread TBH. I mean does a user really need to create a thread telling everyone how they don't like a certain track, particularly one of the most well known tracks in the world? Imagine if every user went about showing their dislike in the same way, by creating a thread to simply get their dislike for a track out in the open. Where do you draw the line with such uselessness :odd:

Nothing against the OP or their opinion, I just find this thread and topic to be a bit unnecessary, with nothing to be accomplished in the end. Maybe I'm wrong though?
 
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you know, I really think Laguna Seca belongs in GT5 and every sim racing game, but it's far from my favorite track to run on. Actually I tend to dread it. A lot of the course is a bit bland--corkscrew part is fun though. I don't think I really run in fast enough cars to enjoy it properly.

As far as american tracks that get put into video games, I'm kind of a Road Atlanta fan. I have no logical reason to back it over Laguna Seca, but I just tend to have a lot more fun with it. The short variant of it was kind of my 'home track' in Forza 1. Real tracks aside, I'm a bigger fan of GT original tracks--they're just designed to be more fun.
 
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There´s only one track I´d like to rid GT5 of, and that is Tsukuba. Not only is it extremely boring, but it´s horribly overused in GT4 aswell. If we only get to use it as much as we get to use Laguna Seca, then I won´t mind it that much.
 
Mt. Lynx
There´s only one track I´d like to rid GT5 of, and that is Tsukuba. Not only is it extremely boring, but it´s horribly overused in GT4 aswell. If we only get to use it as much as we get to use Laguna Seca, then I won´t mind it that much.
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I take it you've never watched Best Motoring...
That track is a playground for testing cars in PD, and heaven for small cars...
 
Mt. Lynx
There´s only one track I´d like to rid GT5 of, and that is Tsukuba. Not only is it extremely boring, but it´s horribly overused in GT4 aswell. If we only get to use it as much as we get to use Laguna Seca, then I won´t mind it that much.
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Why do people always want to get rid of tracks. It's not like we have a space issue here. I don't want Tsukuba to go away for 1 main reason: Best Motoring.
 
Just slightly out of topic: Zanardi is a great guy but I always thought this pass was illegal, he should have been penalized, especially considering that Herta - as a result of it - lost the championship.

 
Feschka
Just slightly out of topic: Zanardi is a great guy but I always thought this pass was illegal, he should have been penalized, especially considering that Herta - as a result of it - lost the championship.
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I disagree, he clearly took more speed into the corner, and had a more defensive line, but his opponent did not yield. As a result, he had no choice but to jump the kerbs and hit the dirt.
 
Laguna...... seriously? Laguna Seca is second on my track list only to the Nur. Come on, its just a great track that is quite tricky for its size. the corkscrew and turn 6, the one that has like a crater at the apex, are awesome and you need some good skills to master them
 
It took a while to grow on me when it first appeared in GT and I doubt I'd miss it much if it wasn't there.

As for Zanardi, I don't know about CART but in F1 you've got to keep at least 2 wheels on the track (marked by the white lines at each side) for a pass to be legal, no IFs, no BUTs. Saying he carried too much speed into the corner (erm, going too fast?) or that his opponent didn't yield (does he have to?) means nothing. That's F1 though, CART might be different.
 
A2K78
But I honestly think PD should cut Laguna Seca from all future GT/TT games in favor of another worthy road course such as Miller Motorsport Park or Road America. Why?the corkscrew is great and all, in reality the track as a whole isn't too great and it lacks depth/challenge, TT and the past GT games made me realize this.

Anyhow, does anybody share this same feeling?
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In the words of a certain animated brunette.. naw that's too mean but... Get rid of Laguna Seca? The first REAL circuit to be featured in the GT series (GT2 btw)? The first US track EVER in the game? Come on, man. You can't dump Laguna Seca. --- Randy
 
A2K78
But I honestly think PD should cut Laguna Seca from all future GT/TT games in favor of another worthy road course such as Miller Motorsport Park or Road America. Why?the corkscrew is great and all, in reality the track as a whole isn't too great and it lacks depth/challenge, TT and the past GT games made me realize this.

Anyhow, does anybody share this same feeling?
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It's not just you. I hate it too. I hate it in iRacing and in FM3 too.

But I hate the crockscrew most of all....it's a horrible corner for online racing...good luck making a clean pass on the corkscrew...people going off the track all time crashing into you.

Also the corkscrew...because it needs to be taken a a pretty low speed...it magnifies the flaws in the physics and simulation. I find my car flying off the track at speeds that I know I could easily take in my real life SUV. A Pontiac Soltice spinning out at 20mph?...pfft...whatever.

When GT5 comes out and you start racing the corkscrew online you'll quickly see how much this track sucks.

Just My Opinion.
 
You'd be severely wrong. Laguna Seca is a challenging track, but why get rid of a great track like this? Where else in the world are you going to get to experience one corner that is purely unique and is responsible for making or breaking races- the Corkscrew? Maybe include more American venues, but do NOT get rid of Laguna Seca. I 101% disagree with getting rid of Laguna Seca.

Shame!
 
off topic: I've seen a few passes like that at the Corkscrew (both car and motorcycle) yet no one was penalized. Why???
on topic: the day GT doesn't have Laguna Seca, hell freeze.
 

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