New Ec Layout

[Risking]

Anyone else been watching the couple of YouTube videos of Garth and johnothans radical laps of the new Motorsport park layout?

[nismoman]

Just watched it now. Looks wicked! Can't wait to try it out!

Link here:

[boxheadmr]

absolutely love it, how slow is that corner??? Can't wait to have a drive around it

[evil_weevil]

EC south looks like suited to MX5's and nimble cars with less horse power than the North part!

cant wait to try all 3 tracks!

[Kisuu_Buta]

[Doobs]

What events will use the full track layout?

[evil_weevil]

V8's

superlap

IPRA

iRace

CAMS supersprints + other supersprint series

heaps really!

[SRS13]

Looks fantastic... but why have so many brick walls? Would have been nice to have a bit more run off in some places!

[DJRIFT]

Looks like it will make for a grate drift track with more than 2 corners to put together.

what are the chances they will allow drifting on it?

[boxheadmr]

pretty sure you will find the new section becomes the drift section as suited to having an audience sitting on the hill very well. also allows them to run a drift day on that side of the circuit and then a track day on the other circuit.

[DJRIFT]

wow someone with a brain and not one eyed must have been behind this. thats grate news.

[hrd-hr30]

meh, I think the old full track was better. The blind entry to reasonably fast turn 8 was a real highlight of the track. Now its replaced with a mickey mouse section of slow esses and even slower hairpins...

will be a real PITA trying to find a track day using the best layout.

Edited May 23, 2012 by hrd-hr30

[Daleo]

meh, I think the old full track was better. The blind entry to reasonably fast turn 8 was a real highlight of the track. Now its replaced with a mickey mouse section of slow esses and even slower hairpins...

will be a real PITA trying to find a track day using the best layout.

Definitely with you on this; one of my favourite bits of the track gone.

Coming over the top, cranked hard over on the knee slider, on the gas was the highlight of most track days...

[evil_weevil]

I'll agree too, that was one of my fav passing areas in my low powered MXfail. I could hold it flat and come out with more pace and out brake people!

[badhairdave]

meh, I think the old full track was better. The blind entry to reasonably fast turn 8 was a real highlight of the track. Now its replaced with a mickey mouse section of slow esses and even slower hairpins...

will be a real PITA trying to find a track day using the best layout.

Agreed.

I thought the same originally when the designs were released. Just does not suit the rest of the track.

How green is the new bit! He noticably backs off and it's still moving about a bit.

[Roy]

But the good bit about it is now there appears to be some slow to mid sections where you have to stop cars with some attitude on them and changes of direction. I think it works. BUT, agree, Corporate Hill was the best corner on the track where you would hammer through in a slide using all the exit...never quite made that sand trap though came close a few times. Shame they took away the kink in the braking area before the new section as well as that was another quite technical part of the track ...woudl have been great if they extended the track without messing with corporate hill...but oh well

[fatz]

turn 8 was awesome i agree

but its been replaced by 8 additional corners

8 v 1

ill take the track with 8 extra corners please

[Chris-06R]

But the good bit about it is now there appears to be some slow to mid sections where you have to stop cars with some attitude on them and changes of direction. I think it works. BUT, agree, Corporate Hill was the best corner on the track where you would hammer through in a slide using all the exit...never quite made that sand trap though came close a few times. Shame they took away the kink in the braking area before the new section as well as that was another quite technical part of the track ...woudl have been great if they extended the track without messing with corporate hill...but oh well

I wondered why they took that kink around the back of corporate hill out, but I think that if it was still in place there would be a lack of decent passing opportunities on the new South circuit. I guess now all the power cars will scream up the hill, down the inside of the lesser powered cars into the reshaped turn, then hold everyone up through the twisty bit. We'll see...

[XKLABA]

the kink was removed to make entry into the new section easier/safer, that kink was put in cause the track was originally designed for bikes but now it throws you wide so now its more flowing

I didn't think they where removing turn 8 and if you hire the whole or south track you can still use i use it, but I'm with Fatz, 8 is better then 1

[hrd-hr30]

There's not really 8 corners in there either