POLL: Nürburgring Nordschleife - Love or Hate?

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Nürburgring Nordschleife - Love or Hate?

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Love it! Spent 2 weeks out there with my brother and 1 or 2 mates, well i say a few more like 40 lol once you've been and experienced the track it's love.
 
I like to test tunes on this track. If I'm missing something this track will point it out before I pass Hatzenbach...
 
It's fun for some hotlapping,but the track is too long and it's waaaay too narrow for races.
 
I Love it since i raced there the first time.

What you think of my Lap Times:

Car: Nissan GT-R Spec-V 860 hp
Lap: 6:04.319

Car: Ferrari 2007
Lap: 4:56.733

both on Racing Soft and no AIDS but ABS = 1

*Logitech G27
 
Love it for real though, have more than 300 laps there now :-) in various cars. The fastest was my old Nissan S14A, tuned all over with som 340 BHP :-D, in GT5 it's great too !
 
This track should be the standard of testing new cars. It includes everything you should need to test your car at all levels. Overall speed, handling, and fuel consumption.
 
I think it's awesome. Beautiful scenery, and a great variety of twists, turns, straights, elevation changes, and many other things. Plus, it's German.
 
Since i learned to drive the last third of the track - love. It was (and still is) giving me hell.
 
this is by far my favourite track in the game, as you can see with my vids i love running this track xD. Gives a good mix of slow and fast corners.
 
Depends on if I'm winning, when I'm having a bad driving day, it's the worst track in the world;
If I'm winning I feel like I'm unstoppable because its such a challenging track.
 
I love it for the technical challenge and skill required to drive it. I absolutely love running it in touring cars, though streets are fun as well.

Recently though, I've been hating it, but not because of the track itself. More because every race seems to be running 550pp so every car you'll see on the track is an NSX, LFA, or Ford GT. And no matter what car I ever run with, no matter how perfect I hit everything, the front pack will just break off and will finish around 20-30 seconds ahead of me.
 
I love this circuit! The epiphany of polyphony if you ask me.
 
I know literally every single inch of this track... Yet it never bores me. There's nothing quite like it.
 
E21_323i
Yeah I do. Do you?
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A sudden insight to the true meaning of things. "The sudden insight to the true meaning of polyphony if you ask me." Can you please elaborate?
 
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BubbleBelly542
A sudden insight to the true meaning of things. "The sudden insight to the true meaning of polyphony if you ask me." Can you please elaborate?
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Yes I can elaborate. (epiphany-A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization.) This is the definition of epiphany I was referring to. In my opinion the Gran Turismo series changed after the addition of the Nurburgring in GT4. Polyphony Digital realized that that track was used for the development of suspension tuning among other things in reality. So in adding this track to the game they were able to do the same thing virtually in their game and fine tune their own handling models. I think their insight to use a track in the same way real auto manufactures do was an epiphany for their company, and for the racing simulator community in general. The fact that Gran Turismo was able to use a virtual simulator to tune suspension settings for the Schulze Motorsport GTR in this years running of the 24 hour Nurburgring race demonstrates that.
 
Personally, I really do like the track but when you're trying to set a proper lap time it can be annoying if you accidently cut a corner a bit too much. Although, that's all I have been doing for the last week or so as well as the seasonal events. It really tests your setup on the car. Great track but can be a bit long if you invalidate a lap near the start.
 
I overall still hate the track but now I'm more on the neutral side. I have won many races online none at the Ring until a few days ago:
I knew I had a small chance of winning since I was in a dirty room. Then the PP was set to 650 so I ran my 2J. Luckily my Mopar teammate was in the race so he blocked for me. I had everything going in my favor except 1 thing.... I am horrible at Nurb!
The second best car behind my 2J was a RX7 TC the 2J is better than it in every category. So the race started..... my 2J took off as fast as a Fiat 500. So my teammate blocked for me in his Viper, I got upto 2nd in a 9 car field within 5 turns.
About halfway through the race the unthinkable happend..... my teammate got disconnected.
So I was on my own with only a 9 second lead (thats nothing for me). Since my teammate got disconnected that put me in the lead. As I always do a Nurb a ran about 10 mph slower in the turns than average. It felt like the field was gaining on me fast. As I got to the final time checkpoint before the finish I was..... 13 seconds ahead won by 12.
It turns out most every dirty racer is bad at Nurb. Luckily I was not bad that race, just below average.
 
I used to test new cars on it.. so I love it.. now I can drive it easily without doing any error..
 
E21_323i
Yes I can elaborate. (epiphany-A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization.) This is the definition of epiphany I was referring to. In my opinion the Gran Turismo series changed after the addition of the Nurburgring in GT4. Polyphony Digital realized that that track was used for the development of suspension tuning among other things in reality. So in adding this track to the game they were able to do the same thing virtually in their game and fine tune their own handling models. I think their insight to use a track in the same way real auto manufactures do was an epiphany for their company, and for the racing simulator community in general. The fact that Gran Turismo was able to use a virtual simulator to tune suspension settings for the Schulze Motorsport GTR in this years running of the 24 hour Nurburgring race demonstrates that.
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Thanks for explaining. Makes sense now, and I completely agree with you. It's quite amazing.
 
73 corners to go around on the world's most demanding race track, I love it to death.

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BubbleBelly542
Thanks for explaining. Makes sense now, and I completely agree with you. It's quite amazing.
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Thank you bubblebelly. I am glad I could explain it to you. I could have picked a different word than epiphany but it kind of rhymed with polyphony. I can honestly say that this is my favorite circuit in GT5. I just finished the Nurburgring 24h race and it was glorious. All 175 laps of the race kept me entertained.
 
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Love it for hotlapping, hate it for racing.
 
Johnnypenso
Love it for hotlapping, hate it for racing.
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This. It's a great track when you don't have to share it with anybody. But if you're racing and you have to pass, there's a very good chance that someone is going to mow some grass or trade paint with a guardrail.
 
I love it, all the configurations. I love it for testing and hot lapping and I love it for racing. I was really good in GT4 on it, always chasing records but never quite good enough to break any. I'm not so good with GT5, but I still love it.
 
This track is so overused, but for some reason I just can't get enough of it. Especially the full 24H track. No other track feels quite like it or is this enjoyable.
 
MadMike32
This. It's a great track when you don't have to share it with anybody. But if you're racing and you have to pass, there's a very good chance that someone is going to mow some grass or trade paint with a guardrail.
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You can't, basically. Either stay right on their tail and hope to force a mistake, pass them in a draft, or hope they go wide on a turn. Anything else won't really work.

This adds to the charm of the track, it really is the ultimate test of skill.

Also, it can behoove you to stay in 2nd place, and then draft them on the final straight. Ive won/lost many races there
 
Prior to the AMG Academy special event, I didn't like it because I couldn't drive a good line. Now it's my go-to track (other than Deep Forest and Monza)
 
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