Least Favorite Tracks?

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Nurburgring is frustrating whilst you're learning it but once you know it and can really attack it nothing is more fun. I started learning it on GT4 but really got the hang of it all in the Forza games. Now I know the layout completely, doesn't mean I "know" the track though, you can still get things wrong.
 
I've ran it a lot on Forza as well but the Forza version is a bit boring compared to GT.
 
The Forza version is too wide as well but it served as a decent enough learning tool with better physics than GT4. The GT5 ring + GT5 physics is simply divine though, taking any car with 400HP+ and good grip is always great fun. I was even surprised to find driving the stock car round there for the seasonal challenge extremely good fun and challenging.

Driving that tuned SLS in the challenges on there was also my first "wow" moment of them game.
 
dani_corvette
Well, my experience tells me that many drifting lobbies are set up at Tsukuba, and I have to tell you that I once entered one and the guys were beasts :)
Pretty strange you like to drift in such a straight, long track, isn't it? ;)
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My favorite drift tracks are Autumn and Suzuka.
 
I like the ARTA Garaiya, I think it looks awesome.
 
I can't stand Cape Ring, it's such a thrown together track and no real thought has gone into it, it almost feels like it was designed by a 5yr old.
Fuji's last section used to drive me up the wall, I done a few online races with it, learned the lines and I don't mind it anymore.

I really wished GT5 had Seattle, I haven't known one single person who didn't love it. Heck if they brought it out as DLC for $30 I'd buy it in a Jiffy.
 
I hate all those stupid city tracks like rome london tokyo (exlcuding SS5, I love this one).
Nürburgring GP is also pretty terrible. However the Nurbürgring Nordschleife is my all time fave track and always gives me a blast while driving.
 
I like all the tracks. A couple maybe annoying, like the Cape Ring, but I like them all.

Am I the only one who misses Hong Kong, Seoul, and New York City tracks?
 
Just an idea but could a vote be put on this topic?
 
I'm only level 22 so I haven't raced on every track more than a few times (certainly not on every variation). That being said, I already am annoyed with Cape Ring full. It doesn't feel real at all, it's frustrating, and the laps take an enormous amount of time. It's okay for a circuit to be long, but it must be enjoyable enough to keep you driving hard on each lap. After doing one lap of Cape Ring Full, I just keep looking at the lap indicator then at the time indicator and back at the lap indicator. It's just frustrating to a fault.

Some of the tracks require a certain type of car to enjoy. Tsukuba for instance is very enjoyable on small-engined FF cars. Indy is actually quite challenging when everyone has the same car (like in NASCAR or Indy 500); unfortunately in this game that is rarely the case. A track like de la Sarthe is fun in really high performance race cars, but in anything else, the straights can be dull.

My least favorite tracks are definitely the rally tracks. I personally love rally racing, and I've played DiRT and DiRT 2 for years now. The series isn't incredibly realistic, but it's incredible fun and a challenge. I'm not sure what the rally tracks in GT5 are supposed to represent, but they're neither realistic (especially for WRC) or fun. I think it's clear the GT series should stick to tarmac.

My favorite tracks are Nordschleife (incredible history, but it's also incredibly difficult so you feel accomplished just making it to the end), Laguna Seca (it feels like you're always leaving a turn into another one, which means you have to make difficult passes to win), and Monza (solid technical track of appropriate length with high speed straights and slow, medium, and high speed turns that give your entire car a workout).

My testing course of choice is Monza. After just one lap I feel like I've learned everything the car can do and what I need to work on.
 
I hate Cape Ring , awful track and the worst graphics of all tracks .
 
I say this thread when it was created and it seems that the majority of us hate cape ring. What a waste of space that track is really.
 
Personally I only dislike the full layout and to a minor extent the north layout. Other ones are nice in my opinion.
 
See I don't get that, I like it and all its variations. I can see how the full version is a bit of a hotch potch of ideas but I enjoy driving it, I don't have corners and sections I can never really figure out the best way to take, as is the case with Fuji. I also like the "spiral" part and the jump, gimmicky perhaps but different, and fun.

Agree on the above poster's opinions of rallying, I think it's a lot more fun than previous GTs (where there seemed to be a lot of understeer) but it's still very "flat" and I much prefer DIRT, which I was playing all the time up until the release of GT5 (got my PS3 recently, and a bunch of oldish used games off eBay)
 
I enjoy cape ring and I know the majority of you will feel differently after you've played it more. I haven't raced on it enough to really feel it out to its full potential. And I know all of you haven't either, but I DO KNOW that i've hit lines on that track that feel like I'm slingshotting around which is awesome!

Most of you are beating a-spec races to buy cars, so when you see this long and "NEW" track you have to learn it becomes a chore.

You might want to try to just take a car out and run practice laps as in FOR FUN. Yea. Actually running laps for fun. Who woulda thought right!

This is what makes you a better driver and yields a better understanding of the course.
 
Id say SSR7. So straight and long/time consuming. It should have been left out and El Captian included in it`s place.
 
I don't mind the Cape Ring full version, as the variety of corners makes it a good test track, although I absolutely loathe the jump

If there's any track I hate, it's the Nurburgring (guess which variant?), and the London track.
 
I have to say I feel that GT4 is far superior game than GT5 because of the courses. In GT5 there are too few good racing tracks compared to GT4. Instead we've given these new dull city courses and ovals that don't just cut it.

I mean, Grand Valley is OK, Deep Forest is nice and Trial Mountain is still one of the best tracks ever. But... That's about it. There is not many those kind of tracks anymore. Like Midfield Raceway (maybe the best of them all), Apricot Hill, El Capitan, Twin Ring Motegi or even the Infineon Raceway. I really miss these tracks, mostly for two player split screen with a friend.

And on single player, GT5 becomes very boring after a while because there is just not so many great courses. And because of that the races are getting more repetitive. Also what comes to city courses I liked Seattle, Opera Paris, Hong Kong and even Seoul and NY much more than London, Madrid and the new Rome.

And where went Citta di Aria and Costa di Amalfi? Great little courses that needed a skillful driver and made you unbelieveably satisfied when you succeeded. Not anything like driving an oval...

So, I hate the new city courses. And Monaco. And Fuji Speedway, that was basically ruined after the 80's. The 80's version (GT4) was a great flowing racetrack, unlike these newer versions we only have now. I also don't like Nürburgring GP track very much. It's a bit too blunt and new-Fuji-like.

Instead I love the Nordschleife. Yes it's narrow, but it's just so comprehensive and diverse you have to like it.

RIP (Actually no, please don't. I want you back):

+ Midfield Raceway (GT4)
+ Apricot Hill (GT4)
+ Infineon Raceway (GT4)
+ El Capitan (GT4)
+ Citta di Aria (GT4)
+ Costa di Amalfi (GT4)
+ Hong Kong (GT4)
+ Motorland (GT4)
+ New York (GT4)
+ Opera Paris (GT4)
+ Seoul (GT4)
+ swiss alps (GT4)
+ tahiti maze (GT4)
+ tahiti circuit (GT3)
+ smokey mountain (GT3)
+ Pikes Peak hill climb (GT2)

So many great courses gone to waste.
 
I don't know why, but I miss Opera Paris. I just found it more enjoyable to race on than the new city tracks like Madrid. I agree that the likes of Apricot Hill, Citta Di Aria and Hong Kong should make a comeback.
 
I hate Rome. Corners are weird and don't let u test the car's cornering performance. Just straights, reminds me of a track on city roads. oh wait it is one.
 
Yeah I agree that cape ring sucks but Fuji raceway is my all time least favorite track. I know the corners are off camber to make it more of a challenge but is just not a fun track to drive on
 
Le Sarth. End of story.

Narrow, cracked, uneven roads. high speed blind corners. Stupidly long (even though it's shorter then the 'Ring at least it doesn't feel like it takes forever). Uninspiring layout. AND - the prospect of having to go 24 hours there at some point.

WAY overrated.👎

And city courses, to a lesser degree - I find them too narrow for my driving style!:scared:
 
Without a doubt Côte d'Azur!
If an endurance were on that track, I would kill myself.. And probably a kindergarden as well.
 
Cape Ring - total waste. That huge unrealistic jump.. bleah, don't like it at all.

SSR7 - what were they thinking?? I'd take the track from Tokyo Extreme Racer 3 over this one! :lol: At least that one had twists and turns in it. SSR7 is just too long, too straight and too boring. Looks nice but isn't fun to run a race on at all.
 
I hate Suzuka, but respect it at the same time. I just unlocked the roadster 4-hour at Tsukuba in a-spec... and am dreading it.

I also agree with the all the Cape Ring hate. I can't believe Poly could design Trial Mountain, Grand Valley, and Deep Forest and then gives us this turd.
 
I hate all of them, they put me to sleep :(
 
Tokyo: Stupidest track ever. Period. Even the best handling cars hit the wall 2 or 3 times during a race. They needed to AT LEAST triple the road width. Or hire a better designer. Or just cut their losses and blow it up. It sucks.

Trial Mountain: Just too bumpy for my tastes. Can't stand being thrown all over the place. It's more bumpy than La Sarthe! Hate having to adjust suspension every single time I race there just to have an inkling of a chance of getting around the course.
 
toyota_gt1
SSR7. It's only good for machine testing. There's no challenge to it. They should have just left in Test Course.

In my opinion, big waste of time by PD.
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Could have atleast used some scenery. Expected more from it since they decided to replace SSR11. Figured it had to be a successor but it ended up being a step back.
 
Goshin2568
Tokyo: Stupidest track ever. Period. Even the best handling cars hit the wall 2 or 3 times during a race.
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Lern 2 Tern?

I love Tokyo, and can get around it fine even in cars with a little understeer. It has great flow to it with the faster cars. I wish there was an endurance there like in GT3 and GT4.
 
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