Best Track For Testing

[M3BIMMER 2012]

Hi GTPlanet, I would like to test a load of 500pp cars and see which cars are faster than others, but im struggling to think of what track would be best to test on. it needs to be balanced, meaning long and short straights, fast and slow corners, and preferably not too-too long. any of you think you know what the best track for lap time testing is?
cheers

 

[Litchi]

The best test tracks I could suggest are:
Silverstone GP
Suzuka
Grand Valley full

All these 3 tracks can suits to your wishes:

meaning long and short straights, fast and slow corners, and preferably not too-too long.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I often use Trial Mountain for testing, it's relatively complex and gives a good indication of a car's overall ability.

 

[Fastcarguy]

Silverstone Full or Suzuka Full. bothe have big straghts and a variety of corners. If your good, laptimes will be around the 4-5 minute mark, maybe less.

 

[SVX]

I often use Trial Mountain for testing, it's relatively complex and gives a good indication of a car's overall ability.

It gives opportunity to test high speed braking, stability, torque, high speed cornering, all in a smallish track; it's the best track for testing in my opinion. Very rewarding to be fast at it too.

 

[Litchi]

4-5 minute mark

Walking?

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

oh ok, thank you everyone. so from what I got, trial mountain is overall my best option? its either that or Suzuki or Silverstone, im tempted to use trial mountain though. thank you to the guys that have helped me out so far, as I will start testing tomorrow.

 

[KOGSoldier]

I use Grand Valley but make sure to use a track that u are very familiar with so your driving will be consistent with each car u test

 

[DolHaus]

If your car performs well at Trial mountain, Deep Forest and Grand Valley Speedway then it will handle anything the other courses have to offer 👍

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

I use Grand Valley but make sure to use a track that u are very familiar with so your driving will be consistent with each car u test

If your car performs well at Trial mountain, Deep Forest and Grand Valley Speedway then it will handle anything the other courses have to offer 👍

thankyou both, yeah KOG im fairly familiar with the trial mountain, and Dol cheers.

 

[MidFieldMaven]

I believe testing on a real track is better because you can compare your times to real times. Can't do that on fake tracks. Although this only matters if you're testing for realism.

 

[CraigHyphenO]

I use Nurburgring GP.

 

[Fastcarguy]

Walking?

Ive been testing transmission setting on my slower cars.

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

I use Nurburgring GP.

Yeah but that track is very long

 

[Fastcarguy]

Yeah but that track is very long

The GP? Thats like a 2-3 minute laptime.

 

[LotusTeam]

Suprisingly no one ever mentions Eiger Nordwand

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Suprisingly no one ever mentions Eiger Nordwand

I like Eiger, but I don't think it will yield accurate times or good tunes. It's mostly very slow corners, so a car that does well on Eiger will be very agile but may lack high speed stability. Aero tuning will have little effect and there aren't any medium or high speed transitions to test a car's reaction to large amounts of weight transfer at those speeds. Eiger is also a relatively smooth circuit, so the suspension's ability to iron out imperfections in the road isn't really tested.

 

[David Bailey]

I'm an aussie so I may be a little bias but I reckon bathurst is a great tester.
It's very undulating so if there's something wrong with your settings it will show.
Kinda like the nurb but you don't have to wait 8mins to find out if your tweaks have worked.

 

[lbpomg95]

Brands Hatch GP for me. Short enough to compare lap times, some high speed corners, some gear 2 corners, and a lot of horrid elevation change to throw a badly tuned car off.

 

[Imari]

I'm probably the only person, but I use Laguna Seca as a test track. Reasonably short, good variety of corner types, and I know it well.

 

[TuomaZ]

Nordschleife is most likely not the best, but it's the track I always end up using no matter what.

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

The GP? Thats like a 2-3 minute laptime.
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oh, I did not see the gp haha

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

thanks for the replies, so guys, you all think you could agree on 2? big ask, team work guys lol

 

[Beeblebrox237]

thanks for the replies, so guys, you all think you could agree on 2? big ask, team work guys lol

Try them all out and see which one you like best.

 

[KingSakery]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/best-testing-track.321666/

Was a Thread opened lately where some posted Tracks with hints why they use them (so did I )

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

true, I do find Trial Mountain to be a good testing track

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/best-testing-track.321666/

Was a Thread opened lately where some posted Tracks with hints why they use them (so did I )

ok cool, cheers will check it out

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

guys check this out:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...nge-the-best-500pp-cars.321949/#post-10348707
You all helped me to make this!!

 

[Fastcarguy]

Just for future reference, try to avoid double or triple posting. use the edit button, unless the posts are more than a day apart. Welcome to GTP

 

[M3BIMMER 2012]

Just for future reference, try to avoid double or triple posting. use the edit button, unless the posts are more than a day apart. Welcome to GTP

thanks for the advise, but im not new to gtp