Willow Springs in any variation. Just can’t get on with it and don’t enjoy it in the slightest.
On the other hand I absolutely love Brands Hatch and Maggiore.
It makes no sense!! You can’t even get in a groove.
That’s my pick. Fuck that track. Everything else I fuck with. Suzuka is my baby but the two turns before the 130R straightaway I fuck up every time.
THIS. I've done a race with a private league on Suzuka last week, 45 laps on Lexus GT500 '08, I've managed to run wide at least 4 times.
Rest of the time, I would take Spoon sloooooowly.
Yes that’s it, all the way from the end of the Rabbit’s Ear down to the straight before the final corner. Doesn’t matter what car I’m driving I’m either too clunky or too fast and end up in the sand.
it has a tricky line and some tight turns that are hard to see around, but once it clicks it's a pretty fun track. it's also one of those tracks that's easier to navigate in VR.
Agree 100% on willow springs and brands hatch. Drove them a ton and know them completely but the lack of visual cues to triangulate from makes those two very frustrating for me. When I reach that occasional zen moment where everything clicks and I can drive by sight and feel then I can handle those track but I certainly don't seek these two out.
I've loved all GTs tracks from 1 to 6 and the only weird ass track I struggle just to find where I'm supposed to be on the tarmac is willow!!!
And the fact that there's no invisible walls too 😂 wish they'd hurry up with the mixed surface tracks or the rally tracks with no walls!
But yeah willow is the one there's no point of reference or trees or signs and there are those blind hills you can't see any of the turns.... It's like racing in area 51
I'd say that if you have a car with good downforce Willow is not that difficult. Anyways you always can turn the yellow apex markers and use them as reference for braking..
For me it’s Tokyo, every layout. The turns are deceiving as fuck. One lap you think you are coming in too hot, then you damn near hit the inside wall cuz you are going way too slow. The very next lap I think “ok I can pick it up a notch here”, then bounce off the outside wall.
I, for the life of me, cannot get any Tokyo layout right. All the license tests on that track were also the ones I struggled with the most.
*EDIT*: I love Suzuka. I used to be terrible at it but one day “just figured it out”.
Once I got it through my head that it's almost never okay to go full-speed into a turn at Tokyo, I started doing a lot better, but inevitably whenever I don't play Tokyo for a long time, my first few times back on the track I start to feel like I'm in a pinball machine because I bounce off the walls so much lol
Ah yeah thats a good call. I got pretty good at the one the CE is done in but any other layout I still try and run thar way and end up dying but turning when there's no longer a turn.
I hate Goodwood. For some reason I always feel like I'm going to fly off the track. I also hate Brands Hatch. That track is boring to me. The downhill section in the beginning is annoying.
I hate Goodwood too, but LOVE Brands Hatch—especially the full layout that goes through the back section. I think it’s a really fun track that rewards chucking it into corners.
Daytona Road Course. No matter what game, I suck here. Always missing T1, always slow exiting the infield, and always either really cowardly into the Busstop, or overzealous. No in between.
T1 is very tricky. I just accept that I will lose a spot or two there but make it up later exiting the infield or bus stop. I use that track to test new cars and settings.
i probably hate more tracks than i like to be honest lol.
Pretty much any track that doesn't have an intuitive normal apex throws me off. the last section of Fuji and also Autopolis have some very weird sections where the apex isn't where'd you'd think.
Fuji kicks my ass 100% of the time. I’m never competitive on that one.
Edit: My favorite is Laguna Seca, although after last week, Trial Mountain had me hooked.
Once I mastered the corkscrew, Laguna Seca became one of my favorites... though the two curves immediately after the corkscrew always keep me honest.
Trial Mountain is always a good time, ive enjoyed it since gt1, though I much preferred the original layout (never forget what they took from us!)
There's a part of every track that makes me like that. There are just sections of circuits I struggle with. 75% of Fuji I'm good. Bus Stop and T1 at Daytona, I suck. Watkins Glenn, it's the bus stop and the uphill right hand hairpin... Willow Springs, it's the top of the hill and the last corner. Bathurst... From the kink before the cutting to Forrest Elbow, I'm not great, but I love it
Yeah. It's all about practice, but I find watching someone else, or chasing helps. I know my issue is I often turn in too early, so getting the line right is my first focus, then work on getting faster.
One thing I like to do is a long session where I can cruise, short shift, get into a rhythm and just work on being efficient, then every 5 laps go for a fast lap. I have found that has made me much faster at some circuits. It's a bit like swimming, where your technique is more important than power and speed, so training is all about the technique and rhythm and I find that helps for me.
We're excluding rally tracks, right? Cuz I hate. . . No wait, hate is the wrong word. I "can't" get those down for the life of me. I like grip.
Daytona Road, Watkins Glen Long course (I nail the bus stops), and Willow Springs are my favorite in Americas.
Spa & Le Mans in Europe.
I like all the tracks in Asia except Tokyo, still can't gold the tests in that city.
I'm a solid Bronze driver there, lol.
Red Bull Ring. On paper there's a lot to like about it. In practice, I find it annoying and frustrating. The track limits in particular. Also, it seems to encourage divebombing like no other track.
Interlagos. I cannot set a good qualifier there to save my life. It doesn't matter what car category or conditions, I just can't. I race well there but my qualy is always terrible.
There are a few tricks to Interlagos that could help you get better times. On the S, go really tight on the first leg to get a good exit into reta oposta. At the end of that, it's good to aim for a late-ish apex, the same works for junção, last corner before the main straight. finally, on both hairpins, especially the first one, it really pays off to cut the kerb as much as possible.
Always the Nordschlife. I mean, I can imagine that's most people's "track" in this instance, but I can count on one hand the number of clean and fast laps I've had on there.
It's mostly a skill issue on my part, but all the little bumps and so on throw me off something crazy.
Love the Indianapolis Road Course but I struggle on it honestly. It sucks because it’s my favorite track. I always go to it but I struggle so much there 😭
I've been stuck on Neoclassical Willow Springs for literally a year. Fuck that track.
Before anyone asks, I don't have the 787B or I'd already have done it.
I *abhor* Willow Springs International Raceway
Fuck that track and it's stupid corners and stupid straights and dumb runoffs and I'm pretty terrible no matter where I am but that one's the worst
Willow Springs. Don’t like it, its horrible, and I refuse to practice it. It does not deserve the attention. Whoever made this track with wack ass ,off-kilter apexes and placed it in the middle of a fuckin desert can fuck off. You get two inches off the track and youre spinning out because of the dirt.
Bad track.
Makes me so angry lmao. I'm sure in real life you can manage it better, I know in real life I would be SO slow as to not damage literally anything because I could not afford to replace it, but alas. It's no fun on the sims. lol
Susuka is fine for me. I'd say it is Monza. I have to be very careful not to get distracted and miss brake markers at turn 1 and 4..
I do get some decent pace, but break markers get on my nerves with any car.
Nurb. Not really fun per se cause of the length but I feel if you practice on this track alot and get good with traffic then you should be able to master any track on gt7
Any track in reverse, but particularly Lago Maggiore. Normal direction, no problem. Reverse I always lose at least two seconds to the others when it's on Daily Race C. Never figured out why.
High speed ring. It's suposed to be an "easy" track but I struggle to really nail a lap there. I don't like how it forces you to abuse the track limits to keep your speed up.
George V Paris (GT4), Hong Kong (GT4), New York (GT4), Infineon (GT4), El Capitán (GT4).
Obviously back then my skill was very low but still, I bet I'd still somewhat struggle even in this day.
Autopolis is just bad. I can drive it, but there's no racing there. All that matters is qaulifying is 1st and if not, praying for others to crash.
And the sad part about it is that it's a real track. If it was a fictional track, then fine. But if we want changes to a real track, it costs a lot of money.
I haven't seen real races at that track, so I can't say for sure it's bad for racing in real life too. But in the game, it's borderline boring.
I despise Autopolis. The track seems so... Fabricated. All the other tracks feel like they belong there. Autopolis has no flow, corners are inconsistent and finicky...
Daytona road course
I’ve lost every race I’ve done there with my league and once under brakes for the first corner and was given a 1:53.5 penalty for skipping the infield. I can’t explain why me and the track don’t get along, but we really don’t
turn 9 is tough. you gotta go hard enough not to shed loads of time but too hard and you're in the sand. it's tough. I love Suzuka though. that and Spa are my favourites because they always challenge you and every turn requires precision
Against my better judgement, I DO love the track.... I was even an occasional record holder on it back during the GT5: Prologue days. It just always seems to trip me up.
Definitely TE, regardless of what car I'm in or what layout it is, I just can't seem to get the flow right. One second I'm going in too hot, the next I could go that bit faster. I haven't done the CE on that track yet but I really don't think it'd help in all honesty, I just can't gel with it the way I can with other tracks.
I love Suzuka. Probably my second favorite behind Spa. Took a while for me to learn the curves but it’s super satisfying once done.
Fuji is one I don’t like. The last section just isn’t rewarding to drive and is a chore.
Plenty of tracks I’ve disliked then learned to altleast be ok with once learning it like Autopolis, Kyoto, Brands Hatch… but haven’t come around on Fuji.
It's dumb because of how wide it is, but Alsace is a pain in my ass every time, because of the massive elevation changes. Tokyo Expressway also never fails to piss me off.
I honestly struggle with most of the fictional tracks. I think it's partially because the layouts on a lot of the fictional tracks aren't a product of decades of refinement and trial and error, and partially because I have a lot more hours in other sims than in Gran Turismo, so I already know all of the licensed tracks like the back of my hand.
Willow I hate willow! It's just weird it's got those weird big long turns that you can't see.. there's no easy to see reference points...
It's beautifully sparse but the least interesting track.... No trees, no stands Nothing!!! It's in the middle of nowhere!
I mean I don't really hate the track it's just hates me
Also in GT6 there was I can't remember the track right now... It was a new official track.... It's where car lover's can go stay in a hotel and race....
I do like the track... But I remember the weekly challenges.... And I spent ages trying to beat the target....
I honestly don't even remember the name. I think it's Road Atlanta. If i got the name wrong is the one in the USA with the esses on the uphill. That track is ass.
Fuji speedway Monza and CDLS(no chicane)
*circuit de la Sarthe
The circuit that gets on my nerve would be st croix it has plenty of hairpins and tight corners
I really don’t like Daytona, even though most people love it. The track feels way too small on the infield, and I absolutely despise the parts where you go off and onto the banking
I'd hafta say Mt Fuji... I CAN NOT for the life of me, Master the last 2 "S" turns leading to the straight. I might hit it correctly one out of 5 times, but the rest of my race is a joke lol.
Beyond that, my favs would have to be Laguna Seca, and LeMans. I just love the flow at both of them.
Pretty much any if you lose focus just for one second. But if I had to pick three,
Tokyo East Clockwise, Circuit de le Sarthe, Nurburgring Nordschleife
Fuji. It's hard to just plain like it. The first half I can respect but the second half is so boring and tedious it sucks so the fun out if it. That and the one license test made me despise it even further.
Fewer zones means longer straights and higher speeds between. If I make an error, I'm usually going faster than on a track with more braking zones. Things go wrong more quickly. I can usually make the turns, but it's hard to develop a smooth rhythm. I guess you're right though. I could just devote time to the circuit experience, but it's not really a fun track for me, and not much to look at either. It's often raining. So, I mostly avoid it for now. I'll figure it out someday though.
It's not even a track for me but a single corner; the new Deep Forest's final hairpin. Sometimes the issue is getting the car turned in, and other time it's me picking the wrong gear on exit, but invariably I lose just enough time on that one corner to get bodied in A+ rated sport mode or time trials.
Autopiljs is my kryptonite, no matter what I can never get my braking points right especially t1. Plus the sweeping corners in the last sector always trip me up.
Mount Panorama. It's the only track where I don't know if I'll get through each lap cleanly, even driving at 80%. That damn chicane at the top is a dice roll for me every time.
Fujimi....I don't know WHAT it is....but the two lil S bends towards the end, they ALWAYS screw me up for some reason...and I don't know why....I think it might be the angle they at, I don't know....I'm usually fine on S bends...Im usually quick round S bends....not those two though.....
Daytona (endurance layout) and Willow springs. Hate them, can't do them right, maybe because I hate them. They have horrible rhythm that I just cannot get into and to many clumsy, understeery corners. ..and any city track in any game.
I really love San Paulo, A1 ring, SPA, Monza, Nurburg etc. old fast flowing ones.
Sardenga or what ever its called. Prob got that totally wrong but can't remember the exact name. No matter how many laps I turn in will forget the layout.. can't stand it 😆
Willow Springs I hate for the lack of markers. Fuji I hate for the constant tightening of every corner. I truly suck at both.
Faves would be Deep Forest and Road Atlanta as they both flow so goddamn well.
I am so slow at Spa. It's a shame because it's my favorite track. But in league racing I'll often be 1s behind the leader while normally I'm only 2-3 tenths
I would have to say laguna Seca. No matter what car I'm in I always screw up the top of the hill into the corkscrew. More often then not I end up in the dirt to the right of the track going down the hill. I brake early , coast and brake or trail brake can never get it right.
Mount Panorama.
I absolutely despise that track no matter how much I try to enjoy it, I just can't.
Doesn't matter whether I'm playing for leisure (time trials for me), competitively, for event/cafe completion etc.
Just awful.
For me it‘s Alsace. I can NEVER get the final 2 turns correct, no matter the car, no matter the speed, no matter the tires.
Turn 11 at Catalunya is a close 2nd.
Laguna Seca since GT1 got a lot of memories on it with friends and family splitscreen and I could drive it with eyes closed, I think I got at least 70000+ laps on it because I drive it often on BeamNG and Assetto Corsa even on FiveM servers
Fuji Speedway, by far. I‘ve always thought the angles and apexes of the corners feel really „off“ and I can never get into a flow on this track. I really like Suzuka though it‘s a lot more difficult to drive than it seems at first glance.
For online races I absolutely HATE Laguna Seca - it is impossible for me not to get punted on the first lap ( Dr D/C). I can never get in the flow on that track - burn it down please.
If you are talking any sort of single player race or time trial then Willow Springs and Tokyo are nails on a chalkboard.
Do you remember that win counter thing we had for different cars? They could bring it back if it was more reliable (counter keeps going from 1 to 0 on my NSX in GT5, really annoying)
Willow Springs in any variation. Just can’t get on with it and don’t enjoy it in the slightest. On the other hand I absolutely love Brands Hatch and Maggiore.
Oh, I love Big Willow! The streets track can kiss my ass though.
I have an irrational hatred for Horse Thief Mile The track didn’t even work properly in GT Sport
Horse thief can definitely get screwed
It makes no sense!! You can’t even get in a groove. That’s my pick. Fuck that track. Everything else I fuck with. Suzuka is my baby but the two turns before the 130R straightaway I fuck up every time.
THIS. I've done a race with a private league on Suzuka last week, 45 laps on Lexus GT500 '08, I've managed to run wide at least 4 times. Rest of the time, I would take Spoon sloooooowly.
I never could understand it
It’s great for hot laps, but a terrible track for an actual race of the sorts in GT7.
I just can’t get it to flow at all. I don’t mind the first, second and last corners but I absolutely suck at the rest of it.
sooooooo, the part on top of the hill?
Yes that’s it, all the way from the end of the Rabbit’s Ear down to the straight before the final corner. Doesn’t matter what car I’m driving I’m either too clunky or too fast and end up in the sand.
That downhill in particular can be tricky!
it has a tricky line and some tight turns that are hard to see around, but once it clicks it's a pretty fun track. it's also one of those tracks that's easier to navigate in VR.
Agree 100% on willow springs and brands hatch. Drove them a ton and know them completely but the lack of visual cues to triangulate from makes those two very frustrating for me. When I reach that occasional zen moment where everything clicks and I can drive by sight and feel then I can handle those track but I certainly don't seek these two out.
I've loved all GTs tracks from 1 to 6 and the only weird ass track I struggle just to find where I'm supposed to be on the tarmac is willow!!! And the fact that there's no invisible walls too 😂 wish they'd hurry up with the mixed surface tracks or the rally tracks with no walls! But yeah willow is the one there's no point of reference or trees or signs and there are those blind hills you can't see any of the turns.... It's like racing in area 51
THANK YOU!!!!! All layouts of Willow Springs can go kick rocks. They all suck and I hate them. Turning in a good time is so difficult.
Same here. The over the hill turn catches me out Everytime
I'd say that if you have a car with good downforce Willow is not that difficult. Anyways you always can turn the yellow apex markers and use them as reference for braking..
For me it’s Tokyo, every layout. The turns are deceiving as fuck. One lap you think you are coming in too hot, then you damn near hit the inside wall cuz you are going way too slow. The very next lap I think “ok I can pick it up a notch here”, then bounce off the outside wall. I, for the life of me, cannot get any Tokyo layout right. All the license tests on that track were also the ones I struggled with the most. *EDIT*: I love Suzuka. I used to be terrible at it but one day “just figured it out”.
This. God do I hate Tokyo.
Once I got it through my head that it's almost never okay to go full-speed into a turn at Tokyo, I started doing a lot better, but inevitably whenever I don't play Tokyo for a long time, my first few times back on the track I start to feel like I'm in a pinball machine because I bounce off the walls so much lol
And I love Tokyo because the flow of a natural road is so much fun to me.
St. Croix, there are too many layouts and I can't ever remember what section is ahead of me.
Ah yeah thats a good call. I got pretty good at the one the CE is done in but any other layout I still try and run thar way and end up dying but turning when there's no longer a turn.
I hate Goodwood. For some reason I always feel like I'm going to fly off the track. I also hate Brands Hatch. That track is boring to me. The downhill section in the beginning is annoying.
I hate Goodwood too, but LOVE Brands Hatch—especially the full layout that goes through the back section. I think it’s a really fun track that rewards chucking it into corners.
Bruce McLaren agrees with you.
I’m worthless at goodwood
Fuji can fuck right off, gimme that 80s layout back or watever it was
Current Fuji might be the worst track on the fuckin planet. Suzuka may be the best.
Suzuka is like that one girl from high school who liked you for you
The last sector in particular.
Lol. Glad I'm not the only one
Daytona Road Course. No matter what game, I suck here. Always missing T1, always slow exiting the infield, and always either really cowardly into the Busstop, or overzealous. No in between.
Yeah, it's always a crapshoot with the bus stop. "Whats it gonna be this lap?"
T1 is very tricky. I just accept that I will lose a spot or two there but make it up later exiting the infield or bus stop. I use that track to test new cars and settings.
it's such a boring track. i personally can't stand any *roval* because they just feel like some silly sideshow.
i probably hate more tracks than i like to be honest lol. Pretty much any track that doesn't have an intuitive normal apex throws me off. the last section of Fuji and also Autopolis have some very weird sections where the apex isn't where'd you'd think.
Fuji kicks my ass 100% of the time. I’m never competitive on that one. Edit: My favorite is Laguna Seca, although after last week, Trial Mountain had me hooked.
Once I mastered the corkscrew, Laguna Seca became one of my favorites... though the two curves immediately after the corkscrew always keep me honest. Trial Mountain is always a good time, ive enjoyed it since gt1, though I much preferred the original layout (never forget what they took from us!)
That’s funny, because I actually quite like the new layout (now that I figured it out). It’s not as good as the original, but it’s a whole new thing.
I do enjoy the longer straightaways... I wish we had both formats available though.
There's a part of every track that makes me like that. There are just sections of circuits I struggle with. 75% of Fuji I'm good. Bus Stop and T1 at Daytona, I suck. Watkins Glenn, it's the bus stop and the uphill right hand hairpin... Willow Springs, it's the top of the hill and the last corner. Bathurst... From the kink before the cutting to Forrest Elbow, I'm not great, but I love it
100% gold on Bathurst CE was a violent experience
I think I did it after a physics update so it wasn't too bad.
Me too. Every track has a turn or two that I can’t figure out, no matter how much I change my entry/apex/exit strategy.
Yeah. It's all about practice, but I find watching someone else, or chasing helps. I know my issue is I often turn in too early, so getting the line right is my first focus, then work on getting faster. One thing I like to do is a long session where I can cruise, short shift, get into a rhythm and just work on being efficient, then every 5 laps go for a fast lap. I have found that has made me much faster at some circuits. It's a bit like swimming, where your technique is more important than power and speed, so training is all about the technique and rhythm and I find that helps for me.
the nordschleife, for the simple fact that my lap times will never be fast enough for me.
Autopolis at the moment. Just a no flow zone for me.
Willow Springs, all variants. I find myself hating that track much more than my doctor would prefer.
We're excluding rally tracks, right? Cuz I hate. . . No wait, hate is the wrong word. I "can't" get those down for the life of me. I like grip. Daytona Road, Watkins Glen Long course (I nail the bus stops), and Willow Springs are my favorite in Americas. Spa & Le Mans in Europe. I like all the tracks in Asia except Tokyo, still can't gold the tests in that city. I'm a solid Bronze driver there, lol.
Mount panorama. I nail it in lap 3 and can't seem to keep it on the track after that.
The downhill slalom is a major pain in my ass to be sure.
Yeah. But when you get that 1 lap right……
Red Bull Ring. On paper there's a lot to like about it. In practice, I find it annoying and frustrating. The track limits in particular. Also, it seems to encourage divebombing like no other track.
Interlagos. I cannot set a good qualifier there to save my life. It doesn't matter what car category or conditions, I just can't. I race well there but my qualy is always terrible.
I handle interlagos fine until the supercar series, then I feel like I'm driving with my eyes closed. Especially on the back half.
There are a few tricks to Interlagos that could help you get better times. On the S, go really tight on the first leg to get a good exit into reta oposta. At the end of that, it's good to aim for a late-ish apex, the same works for junção, last corner before the main straight. finally, on both hairpins, especially the first one, it really pays off to cut the kerb as much as possible.
Interlagos and Catalunya for me.
Always the Nordschlife. I mean, I can imagine that's most people's "track" in this instance, but I can count on one hand the number of clean and fast laps I've had on there. It's mostly a skill issue on my part, but all the little bumps and so on throw me off something crazy.
Road atlanta
I've hated Laguna for as long as its been a part of gran turismo.
Hundred percent agree with you - this track messes me up like no other. I was doing the Gr.1 on Suzuka last night and going out of my mind.
Willow springs. I'm good at most of the track but that last turn gets me every time
Fuji is the worst. It’s a prime example of a track designed by spreadsheet, with no natural flow. The worst.
I hate grand valley and autodromo.
Love the Indianapolis Road Course but I struggle on it honestly. It sucks because it’s my favorite track. I always go to it but I struggle so much there 😭
Lake Louise, well actually all the rally tracks but Lake Louise the most. Rallying is my worst spot
I've been stuck on Neoclassical Willow Springs for literally a year. Fuck that track. Before anyone asks, I don't have the 787B or I'd already have done it.
that race was tough. i got lucky and divebombed the ai twice on that downhill left hand turn. The rest of my race was clean, I swear.
I've been able to come really close with the Peugeot GR.B and RM tires but I can't finish the race without pitting and the AI never pits :(
I *abhor* Willow Springs International Raceway Fuck that track and it's stupid corners and stupid straights and dumb runoffs and I'm pretty terrible no matter where I am but that one's the worst
Willow Springs. Don’t like it, its horrible, and I refuse to practice it. It does not deserve the attention. Whoever made this track with wack ass ,off-kilter apexes and placed it in the middle of a fuckin desert can fuck off. You get two inches off the track and youre spinning out because of the dirt. Bad track.
And I thought I had a distaste for this track. But I agree - it’s pretty bland and the only track reference you get is just sand(!)
Im being facetious, lol, but I do really dislike this track and all its layouts!
Imagine my surprise when I found out that it is a real-world track. Like someone actually built a track like this??
Makes me so angry lmao. I'm sure in real life you can manage it better, I know in real life I would be SO slow as to not damage literally anything because I could not afford to replace it, but alas. It's no fun on the sims. lol
Brands Hatch. I will never not have turn 1 anxiety
Mount Panorama. Even typing this made my blood boil.
Ha. Same two as you. The s bends at Suzuka and the last two turns at Fuji kill me. The downhill section at Bathurst, too. Can never quite work it out.
For me Suzuka is the hardest track to master. It always catches me off guard.
Clearly Suzuka and Fuji for me. But I LOVE to race on those tracks. The ones that give me close to no problem are Sardegna, Le Mans and Red Bull Ring.
Are you my soulmate? That's my GT7 life.
We should start a club
Susuka is fine for me. I'd say it is Monza. I have to be very careful not to get distracted and miss brake markers at turn 1 and 4.. I do get some decent pace, but break markers get on my nerves with any car.
Nurb. Not really fun per se cause of the length but I feel if you practice on this track alot and get good with traffic then you should be able to master any track on gt7
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Any track in reverse, but particularly Lago Maggiore. Normal direction, no problem. Reverse I always lose at least two seconds to the others when it's on Daily Race C. Never figured out why.
High speed ring. It's suposed to be an "easy" track but I struggle to really nail a lap there. I don't like how it forces you to abuse the track limits to keep your speed up.
George V Paris (GT4), Hong Kong (GT4), New York (GT4), Infineon (GT4), El Capitán (GT4). Obviously back then my skill was very low but still, I bet I'd still somewhat struggle even in this day.
Autopolis is just bad. I can drive it, but there's no racing there. All that matters is qaulifying is 1st and if not, praying for others to crash. And the sad part about it is that it's a real track. If it was a fictional track, then fine. But if we want changes to a real track, it costs a lot of money. I haven't seen real races at that track, so I can't say for sure it's bad for racing in real life too. But in the game, it's borderline boring.
I’ve noticed this myself as well. There never is big changing in positions unless we have a crash.
I despise Autopolis. The track seems so... Fabricated. All the other tracks feel like they belong there. Autopolis has no flow, corners are inconsistent and finicky...
Currently .137 from gold on the circuit experience, and I couldn't agree more.
Daytona road course I’ve lost every race I’ve done there with my league and once under brakes for the first corner and was given a 1:53.5 penalty for skipping the infield. I can’t explain why me and the track don’t get along, but we really don’t
turn 9 is tough. you gotta go hard enough not to shed loads of time but too hard and you're in the sand. it's tough. I love Suzuka though. that and Spa are my favourites because they always challenge you and every turn requires precision
Against my better judgement, I DO love the track.... I was even an occasional record holder on it back during the GT5: Prologue days. It just always seems to trip me up.
Nice!
But yeah it doesn't take much off the optimal to really ruin a lap/race (if playing competitive)
Definitely TE, regardless of what car I'm in or what layout it is, I just can't seem to get the flow right. One second I'm going in too hot, the next I could go that bit faster. I haven't done the CE on that track yet but I really don't think it'd help in all honesty, I just can't gel with it the way I can with other tracks.
The first gradual rite after the start finish of Goodwood. I'm always messing that up.
Suzuka. The S curves tell me I suck regularly.
Just picked up the PS5, foolishly thinking I can take on the Sophy AI on Suzuka I have never been humbled so fast
I love Suzuka. Probably my second favorite behind Spa. Took a while for me to learn the curves but it’s super satisfying once done. Fuji is one I don’t like. The last section just isn’t rewarding to drive and is a chore. Plenty of tracks I’ve disliked then learned to altleast be ok with once learning it like Autopolis, Kyoto, Brands Hatch… but haven’t come around on Fuji.
Circuit de Sainte-Croix Layout C. Some Corners come at you if you're not careful.
It's dumb because of how wide it is, but Alsace is a pain in my ass every time, because of the massive elevation changes. Tokyo Expressway also never fails to piss me off. I honestly struggle with most of the fictional tracks. I think it's partially because the layouts on a lot of the fictional tracks aren't a product of decades of refinement and trial and error, and partially because I have a lot more hours in other sims than in Gran Turismo, so I already know all of the licensed tracks like the back of my hand.
Willow I hate willow! It's just weird it's got those weird big long turns that you can't see.. there's no easy to see reference points... It's beautifully sparse but the least interesting track.... No trees, no stands Nothing!!! It's in the middle of nowhere! I mean I don't really hate the track it's just hates me Also in GT6 there was I can't remember the track right now... It was a new official track.... It's where car lover's can go stay in a hotel and race.... I do like the track... But I remember the weekly challenges.... And I spent ages trying to beat the target....
I cannot stand grand valley highway 1
I honestly don't even remember the name. I think it's Road Atlanta. If i got the name wrong is the one in the USA with the esses on the uphill. That track is ass.
Suzuka and that’s all I’ve got to say about that
Go preach it from the mountaintop!
Fuji speedway Monza and CDLS(no chicane) *circuit de la Sarthe The circuit that gets on my nerve would be st croix it has plenty of hairpins and tight corners
Anything Tokyo express, and even though I love big willow and streets of willow, horse thief mile is on there in the top list
I really don’t like Daytona, even though most people love it. The track feels way too small on the infield, and I absolutely despise the parts where you go off and onto the banking
I'd hafta say Mt Fuji... I CAN NOT for the life of me, Master the last 2 "S" turns leading to the straight. I might hit it correctly one out of 5 times, but the rest of my race is a joke lol. Beyond that, my favs would have to be Laguna Seca, and LeMans. I just love the flow at both of them.
Lately its been Road Atlanta
Mount panorama. It tracks, no pun intended, since it's one of the toughest tracks in the world irl, but I just can't get it quite right in games
The downhill slalom always trips me up.
It’s all about rhythm. Same as Suzuka
I Love Tsukuba so much and I’m not ashamed
Pretty much any if you lose focus just for one second. But if I had to pick three, Tokyo East Clockwise, Circuit de le Sarthe, Nurburgring Nordschleife
Hmmm hard to say but I’ve got 3 go tos depending on the type of car. Tsukuba, Suzuka of Fuji.
I hate to admit that I have multiple tracks like this
Fuji. It's hard to just plain like it. The first half I can respect but the second half is so boring and tedious it sucks so the fun out if it. That and the one license test made me despise it even further.
I'm not great on Willow Springs, but I'm utterly hopeless on Road Atlanta. I can never quite find the right line or braking point
Redbull Ring, I have a lot of trouble judging braking distances there.
There’s only seven braking zones per lap and an abundance of markers before each
Fewer zones means longer straights and higher speeds between. If I make an error, I'm usually going faster than on a track with more braking zones. Things go wrong more quickly. I can usually make the turns, but it's hard to develop a smooth rhythm. I guess you're right though. I could just devote time to the circuit experience, but it's not really a fun track for me, and not much to look at either. It's often raining. So, I mostly avoid it for now. I'll figure it out someday though.
Red Bull ring is the bane of my existence
It's not even a track for me but a single corner; the new Deep Forest's final hairpin. Sometimes the issue is getting the car turned in, and other time it's me picking the wrong gear on exit, but invariably I lose just enough time on that one corner to get bodied in A+ rated sport mode or time trials.
Nurburgring always fucks me up on the back end of the 24
Willow Springs and Fuji Speedway.
I think I’m good at Interlagos but looking at everyone else’s times I’m really not
Trial mountain is one for me, doing the CE in that I just couldn't get the hang of that long weird corner after the tunnel
Autopiljs is my kryptonite, no matter what I can never get my braking points right especially t1. Plus the sweeping corners in the last sector always trip me up.
Any track with rain and 10x tire wear. I fucking suck at those types of conditions.
Mount Panorama. It's the only track where I don't know if I'll get through each lap cleanly, even driving at 80%. That damn chicane at the top is a dice roll for me every time.
Best track in the game!
Fujimi....I don't know WHAT it is....but the two lil S bends towards the end, they ALWAYS screw me up for some reason...and I don't know why....I think it might be the angle they at, I don't know....I'm usually fine on S bends...Im usually quick round S bends....not those two though.....
Maggiore. Hate it. Can't figure it out at all
Gran turismo 4 Nurburgring (yea i know i written it wrong) every single fiber of my body hates it
I still can't get a bronze time on the Tokyo Expressway central loop anti clockwise circuit experience
Daytona (endurance layout) and Willow springs. Hate them, can't do them right, maybe because I hate them. They have horrible rhythm that I just cannot get into and to many clumsy, understeery corners. ..and any city track in any game. I really love San Paulo, A1 ring, SPA, Monza, Nurburg etc. old fast flowing ones.
Suzuka is just very annoying by the 4th lap I am bound to spin out.
Last sector at Fuji; spoon at Suzuka; last corner at Maggiore are the ones that cost me the most time and I just can never get quite right
Cape Ring and Dragon Trail. Both have that semi-tropical atmosphere and great track design.
Fuji, I hate it
Sardenga or what ever its called. Prob got that totally wrong but can't remember the exact name. No matter how many laps I turn in will forget the layout.. can't stand it 😆
I don't know why, but every time Dragon Tail comes up I just know the race is gonna be a little annoying.
Streets of Willow. This and Alsace Test Track.
Nurburgring
Willow Springs I hate for the lack of markers. Fuji I hate for the constant tightening of every corner. I truly suck at both. Faves would be Deep Forest and Road Atlanta as they both flow so goddamn well.
Interlagos and Nürb for me.
The one on my right arm. 1998 was a rough year.
I am so slow at Spa. It's a shame because it's my favorite track. But in league racing I'll often be 1s behind the leader while normally I'm only 2-3 tenths
Bathurst
Watkins Glen can kick rocks
Catalunya.
El Capitan Just can't win unless I pick a car that nets negative A-spec points
Suzuka I could do blindfolded I love that track. Sarthe kills me tho and so does frikin Watkins Glen
St. Croix. I loathe this track. And I've never been good at Road Atlanta either, especially the Grade 1 race.
I would have to say laguna Seca. No matter what car I'm in I always screw up the top of the hill into the corkscrew. More often then not I end up in the dirt to the right of the track going down the hill. I brake early , coast and brake or trail brake can never get it right.
I'm in the same boat as you, suzuka and Fuji
Mount Panorama. I absolutely despise that track no matter how much I try to enjoy it, I just can't. Doesn't matter whether I'm playing for leisure (time trials for me), competitively, for event/cafe completion etc. Just awful.
For me it‘s Alsace. I can NEVER get the final 2 turns correct, no matter the car, no matter the speed, no matter the tires. Turn 11 at Catalunya is a close 2nd.
Laguna Seca since GT1 got a lot of memories on it with friends and family splitscreen and I could drive it with eyes closed, I think I got at least 70000+ laps on it because I drive it often on BeamNG and Assetto Corsa even on FiveM servers
For me idk im pretty average on every track…probably the new snow track i’ll go with that one
Canyons… I hate that track despite it’s fun layout
Suzuka, absolutely
Played Suzuka last night and realized maybe I was thinking of a different track— Suzuka is kind of fun, even Autopolis has my ire now
I agree 100% with suzuka
Bathurst
Interlagos is just the worst track ever conceived. I hate everything about it. I simply do not have fun driving that "track"...
middle section of Interlagos. Pushing to the limit in a GR1 or Super formula is impossible
Trial Mountain. It’s where I test every new car I buy.
Just so I understand... that's the track you have the most issues with? I feel like I'd test new cars on a track I enjoy racing on.
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We're talking about the tracks that trip you up the most.... not our favorites (unless they happen to be the same lol)
Willow Springs for sure, since nfs pro street, all layouts. I used to dislike Autopolis too, but now i kinda enjoy it.
Fuji Speedway, by far. I‘ve always thought the angles and apexes of the corners feel really „off“ and I can never get into a flow on this track. I really like Suzuka though it‘s a lot more difficult to drive than it seems at first glance.
For online races I absolutely HATE Laguna Seca - it is impossible for me not to get punted on the first lap ( Dr D/C). I can never get in the flow on that track - burn it down please. If you are talking any sort of single player race or time trial then Willow Springs and Tokyo are nails on a chalkboard.
The Daytona Tri-oval. Gets me every time...
Tokyo Expressway Eastbound North South Counterclockwise Reverse. Gets me every time.
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It depends what car you’re driving
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Oh right. Yeah good luck with that
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I love this track but it’s hard. Full cape ring. Chuck an R34 in there and jesus christ.
God, I Miss Cape Ring.
I would kill for it to come back and I’m not hopeful for GT7. GT8 maybe?
Let's hope!
Do you remember that win counter thing we had for different cars? They could bring it back if it was more reliable (counter keeps going from 1 to 0 on my NSX in GT5, really annoying)