What's your least favourite corner in the game?

[regnar]

Hatzenbach at Nurburgring, that first quick turn to the left then to the right off the fast corner coming into the esses

 

[nemu_05]

paddock hill bend, always has been always will be.

 

[Outspacer]

I've decided it's turns 2 to 4 at Nurb GP. I just never feel like I've got it right proper annoying section that one.

I start the cursing while exiting T1, so I might include that as well!

The chicane that ruins Dragon's Trail is right up there though.

 

[nemu_05]

Dragon Trail chicane is an amazing piece of circuit. As for nurburg t1 I think is all about the braking point, if you miss it its gunna kill you

 

[Mush_nz]

The Dipper.

 

[Tristan Jones]

Tokyo expressway chicane does me in...i can get it good with clear air in front of me, but whenever cars are around i brake too much/ skid sideways - or plain out eat wall.

 

[ghostrider135]

Beginner Licence test 14, That corner gets me every single time

 

[Frebbums]

I've decided it's turns 2 to 4 at Nurb GP. I just never feel like I've got it right proper annoying section that one.

Agreed. And while we are at it, what are the best lines for these corners?

 

[Depo]

I don't like the first 2 corners at nurburgring 24 hours always get them wrong

 

[pedrocor]

So much hate on Willow Springs on this topic. The Big Willow is a amazing track. But I concede on Horse Thief Mille and Streets of Willow, both are annoying and useless pieces of tarmac.

All the Mickey Mouse thing in Nurburbring, that includes not only turn one (Castrol) but also 2, 3 and 4 (Mercedes Arena). As much annoying as Horse Thief Mille!

For me that's it. There are some difficult corners (in Mount Panorama I can't make decently the second SS, specially on Circuit Experience, and the Dipper, or the two rights after the SS in Suzuka (Degner) but those are great corners), but these on HTM and Nurburgring are just annoying.

 

[BarryB]

All of the rally ones, would rather have had 3 F1/WEC/FIA circuits in place of the rally nonsense. Personal opinion.

 

[crdcz03]

So much hate on Willow Springs on this topic. The Big Willow is a amazing track. But I concede on Horse Thief Mille and Streets of Willow, both are annoying and useless pieces of tarmac.

Completely agree with this. Big Willow is actually pretty fun to try and get right. The others are just garbage

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

Dragon Trail chicane is an amazing piece of circuit. As for nurburg t1 I think is all about the braking point, if you miss it its gunna kill you

Chicanes are weird. Who thought that Tron-esque death walls were safer than open straights?

 

[Sean Renon]

Yeah that last corner on Maggiore never feels like you get it perfectly. By far the worst corner on that track.

I have no issue with this corner, short hard braking, drop to 3rd, turn in hard aiming for the curb, full throttle as soon as your wheels touch curbing.
Granted I seem to drive this corner particularly fast compared to the rest of my field on my Maggiorre GR.3 races.

 

[Sean Renon]

I struggle with Brands Hatch turn 1 when you're coming in with speed - I just can't seem to get it right, either scrubbing too much or flying wide into the sand.

 

[Outspacer]

Chicanes are weird. Who thought that Tron-esque death walls were safer than open straights?

I'm 'amazed' they thought it was a good idea

I struggle with Brands Hatch turn 1 when you're coming in with speed - I just can't seem to get it right, either scrubbing too much or flying wide into the sand.

There's an art to it, for sure. But, for me, Surtees is harder to get 'just right'.

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

I struggle with Brands Hatch turn 1 when you're coming in with speed - I just can't seem to get it right, either scrubbing too much or flying wide into the sand.

I tried to explain it to someone else and I don't think they believed me. My braking line starts mid track and goes straight taking me to the outside entry point, then you trail brake and aim for the late apex after the apex marker. If you look at this line map you can see how their line travels from the inside to the outside entry point. People screw up here because they either try to bend the braking line too hard and end up sliding into the gravel.. or they initiate the braking line along the outside edge getting pulled off into the grass.

 

[Sean Renon]

I tried to explain it to someone else and I don't think they believed me. My braking line starts mid track and goes straight taking me to the outside entry point, then you trail brake and aim for the late apex after the apex marker. If you look at this line map you can see how their line travels from the inside to the outside entry point. People screw up here because they either try to bend the braking line too hard and end up sliding into the gravel.. or they initiate the braking line along the outside edge getting pulled off into the grass.

Where do you generate a picture like this?
I would love to do some for some friends of mine who ask about certain tracks and how I take the corners.

 

[Veinz]

Turn 4 on Streets of Willow Springs is also a 🤬

Love everything else about that track and it's variants though.

 

[AshenGraey]

For me, it is every Single corner at Alsace Village....I just can't stand that track and find it really annoying...the smaller versions of Willow springs are right up that alley as well...actually those are flat out infuriating.

The other ones that I find challenging are turn 1/2/11 at Interlagos and The Mercedes Arena at Nurb GP.

 

[Tekku]

I tried to explain it to someone else and I don't think they believed me. My braking line starts mid track and goes straight taking me to the outside entry point, then you trail brake and aim for the late apex after the apex marker. If you look at this line map you can see how their line travels from the inside to the outside entry point. People screw up here because they either try to bend the braking line too hard and end up sliding into the gravel.. or they initiate the braking line along the outside edge getting pulled off into the grass.

When you travel down the first bend your car usually finds a spot where your steering gets a bit lose and you turn in rather quickly. Sometimes it can feel as if you are about to go off track, but then the car suddenly "snaps" and you are in the exact right line. That's the hardest part to get right about the first corner I believe. Most people misjudge this and either brake too much to compensate or overshoot it and end up in the gravel.

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

Where do you generate a picture like this?
I would love to do some for some friends of mine who ask about certain tracks and how I take the corners.

Oh, I stole it from this race line article on Brands Hatch. http://www.evo.co.uk/trackdays/circuitguide/234002/indy_circuit_in_detail.html

The real world courses have tons of write ups about their ideal lines. That graphic looks like it was done in Adobe Illustrator.

When you travel down the first bend your car usually finds a spot where your steering gets a bit lose and you turn in rather quickly. Sometimes it can feel as if you are about to go off track, but then the car suddenly "snaps" and you are in the exact right line. That's the hardest part to get right about the first corner I believe. Most people misjudge this and either brake too much to compensate or overshoot it and end up in the gravel.

Yeah, once you figure out how to hit it, it becomes a very tactile thing that can be difficult to describe especially when you begin to feel out the loose bit at the end. If you enter wrong there's a some fun drifting you can do to either scrub speed or retain the apex approach. It is fun though to brake and slide down it while others are trying to granny clear the thing.

 

[mallucm]

The sharp downhill left at Mount Panorama. Not the sweeping one before the straight but the one after the sharp right just as you start to go downhill. Tried it in the Gr3 458, and no matter how careful I was, I'd spin or get massive oversteer every time. Had to crawl through it for the FIA Nations last night.

Weirdly, the whole of Suzuka in the Gr3 cars as well. I can do a quick lap fine, but for some reason every actual race I try is absolutely full of errors and spins basically every lap. And there's the oversteer because of the kerbs at the last chicane which you need to use to save time!