What track do you use for testing

[skyline07]

my tracks -


Seoul Central
Tokyo Route 246
Clubman Stage Route 5
Special Stage Route 5
Seattle Circuit
Cote d'Azur
Opera Paris
George V Paris
Citta di Aria
Tsukuba
Fuji Speedway
Fuji Speedway '80s
Fuji Speedway '90s
Infineon Raceway
Laguna Seca Raceway
Twin Ring Motegi Road Course
Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway
Twin Ring Motegi West - Short Course
Twin Ring Motegi East - Short Course
Suzuka Circuit
Suzuka Circuit East Course
Suzuka Circuit West Course
Fuji Speedway 2005
Fuji Speedway 2005 GT
Nürburgring Nordschleife
High Speed Ring
MidField Raceway
Deep Forest Raceway
Trial Mountain
Autumn Ring Mini

 

[daan]

You've practically listed every track in the game there. You surely don't need to test on them all.

 

[Sprite]

I primarely test at Tsukuba and Midfield, then once I get a rounded car, I take it to the Nurb, for some real testing, and once Im satified with the car thats it. 👍

 

[Scaff]

I adapt my set-up depending on the track itself, I've found GT4 is far more sensitive to the nature of different tracks.

I do have a couple of 'generic' circuits I use to develop starting points for set-ups.

Bumpy tracks - Deep Forest, as its quicker to work on and serves as a good start point for the 'ring.

Race tracks - Grand Valley Speedway, its a long track but it does contain almost every possiable type of corner and as such makes for a balanced set-up that will adapt quickly and easily to almost any smooth race circuit.

Regards

Scaff

 

[Mt. Lynx]

Nürburgring - Thats just the ultimate testvenue!
Le Mans - For highspeed, and still drivability
Fuji 2005 GT - A modern layout, and some finesses too
Suzuka - technical, and very fun!
Monaco - Citytrack, tight and technical
Midfield - I know this track very well, and that makes this track great for references.
Deep Forest - a very good allround track. I mostly do my general setups here.

 

[zefff]

Nordschleiffe is great for learning a cars limits and how it will react when extreme questions are asked of the suspension and chasis but because its so extreme it is very hard to be consistent in driving lines, braking cornering angle, acceleration etc - and consistency is what I need for fine tuning. Also its so very different from every other track that any precise settings become less relevant for an allround spec.

I prefer to use Deepforest forward and reverse in its place for the great sweeping curves, undulations and bends that lead into one another. Autum Ring is my favourite as it has every type of corner but is shorter than Grand Valley and Infineon (stock car) because of its unique corners with off cambers, blind corners and variety of curbs.

 

[GM]

Speed - Test Course

Handling at high speed - Sarthe II

Handling and turning - Deep Forst + El Captain

Braking abilities - Monaco (Cote D'Azur)

Once all above tests have been cleared - Nurburgring

 

[skyline07]

my preferd track is Tsukuba and nur

 

[skyline07]

grifting and speed are my things

 

[Scaff]

@skyline07

Please can you use the edit function to add additional information (or to correct spellings) rather than puting two posts straight after each other.

Thanks

Scaff

 

[DuckRacer]

my tracks -


Seoul Central
Tokyo Route 246
Clubman Stage Route 5
Special Stage Route 5
Seattle Circuit
Cote d'Azur
Opera Paris
George V Paris
Citta di Aria
Tsukuba
Fuji Speedway
Fuji Speedway '80s
Fuji Speedway '90s
Infineon Raceway
Laguna Seca Raceway
Twin Ring Motegi Road Course
Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway
Twin Ring Motegi West - Short Course
Twin Ring Motegi East - Short Course
Suzuka Circuit
Suzuka Circuit East Course
Suzuka Circuit West Course
Fuji Speedway 2005
Fuji Speedway 2005 GT
Nürburgring Nordschleife
High Speed Ring
MidField Raceway
Deep Forest Raceway
Trial Mountain
Autumn Ring Mini

Riiiiight. So you test at each of those tracks with all your set-ups? Including the bajillion Fuji's?

Me? I test at Midfield only. Has all types of corners, has a good straightaway, has an uphill and downhill parts, etc. Hairpins, sweepers, you name it. And it's short, so I can get an accurate laptime, and test certain corners fairly quickly. I can get great overall settings there.

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

Special Stage Route 5 and Test Course are my main testing grounds. I like Route 5 because it has a good variety of turns, is fairly short, and has a nice, long straightaway.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Nurburgring and La Sarthe, always.

 

[Tornado]

I test on SSR5 to test handling properties (like ability to do quick interchanges, sweeping curves and hairpins), and Le Sarthe II to test straight-line and damping stability.

 

[FastEddie12]

If I want a bumpy track to test in "road conditions" I go to Paris (usually George V), but that's actually a very peculiar circuit so I'm thinking I might stick with Opera now.

However I test almost all my cars at Grand Valley, mostly because the straight is perfect for a general gearing set-up, and you go straight onto it. So I buy the car, buy the mods I expect to need, go to Grand Valley and drive the length of the straight, go into settings, adjust the gearbox and turn off the aids (), then go out onto the track again to set up the rest of the car.

 

[opendriver]

3 Main tracks are midfeild, trial moutian, and Tskuba

As mention by Famine, Kaz's "ultimate track" is trial moutian

I feel the same way...

 

[a112]

For Drift setups Trial Mountain,and all other,specific setup for every track mostly,but i always drive every car @ tsukuba and sometimes Nurb for testing!

 

[Leonidae]

Grand Valley Speedway and El Capitan are enough for me.

 

[RichardSoAsian]

I first test at Tsukuba (and sometimes at Suzuka Circuit) for basic weight transfer checks, acceleration, blah blah blah. If i plan on using the car a lot in the long run, i'll do further testing at Nurburgring. Also I do drift testing at Tsukuba, as it is a real D1GP course. Tsukuba is also very short, average lap times are well under a minute. So testing does not last very long, and i can get on to racing.

 

[MasterStorm]

I usually use Tokyo Route 246 for testing cars out on. Dunno why, just like the track

 

[noobie 4 ever]

i test on grand valley, mid-field, or apricot hill. then on the nurburgring some of my favourite tracks in the game

 

[m.piedgros]

In order of use:

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Tsukuba Circuit
Mid-Field Raceway
Mid-Field Raceway Reverse
Grand Valley East Short Course

m.piedgros

 

[darkblu]

for absolute top speed - the test course oval.
for handling at high speeds - the high-speed ring.
for technics - citta di aria (both forward and reverse).
for sheer fun factor - mid-field and suzuka.

ps: does anybody else too consider infineon a useless speedway?

 

[sukerkin]

Similar to Scaff, I have always used Grand Valley as my 'general' work-horse test track, with Trial Mountain used to iron out any 'bump driven' behaviour and Midfield to settle on a maximum final drive for the gearbox.

GT4's spoiled the simplicity of this somewhat (especially the gearbox work) but it's still a general truism - plus, these days, it's easier for me to adapt to the track rather than try and get the car to !

{those who know me of old, from the days when I was considered a 'spannering guru' and advocate of all things suspension related, may now gasp with suitable horror }

 

[panjandrum]

For cars I like a lot and which I'll drive at high-speed:

1) I start with high-speed ring to tune out any gross high-speed issues like extreme oversteer or understeer. Some of either is fine, although I tolerate oversteer better than understeer.

2) Progress to citta di aria to tune for responsiveness (I like my cars nimble)

3) Trial Mountain just to make sure there aren't major problems with elevation changes. Plus, it is a good track with a lot of different types of turns.

4) The Ring, because it is one of my favorite tracks and I like most of my cars to handle it at least reasonably well.

If I'm not tuning a car for high-speeds (for example, the Lotus Elan which I use primarily on tight city courses), then I skip the high-speed ring.

If it isn't really a car I like a lot, I'll just do the High Speed Ring and Trial Mountain.

 

[Dark Elite]

I can get great overall settings there.

*grins* *nods*

I'd just like to be the first to spell Nürburgring correctly, and then go on to say that although it's not the best course for developing setups because of its length and varied surfaces, once I have a setup it will always be tested on the Nordschleife. Four or five laps will show up any possible deficiencies in a setup, especially the dampers and springs being too stiff - often this isn't felt enough on a flat race track, until you hit a kerb at 150mph...

Oh, and it's the most glorious place in the world.

DE

 

[-Cheezman-]

i test on grand valley, mid-field, or apricot hill. then on the nurburgring some of my favourite tracks in the game

Same for me. All those tracks offer everything a good set-up needs, and it goes with out saying the Nürburgring is a set-up track.. if your set up can attack the 'ring with out problems, then you know it's good.

 

[JspecTuning]

i use Tsukuba as my test track

 

[red70mach1]

Tsukuba, Test Course, Nurburgring Nordschleife, I test my cars' setup in each track accordingly.

 

[skyline07]

how do i get my gt-r to 300mph cuz i have drift settings and grip thanks all i need speed now.