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Old 20 Sep 2008, 20:47 (Ref:2294368)   #4
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AU N EGL should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridAU N EGL should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
for me

Length: 2.3 to 4 miles

If there are more then 18 corners, the track is too slow. Keep the corners down to 12 to 16 corners. A corner is 30* or greater. 4 corners per mile average.

Longest straights: 4000 feet is good. Need straights to get speeds up over 125 mph for most cars. Dont always need to do 170 mph

too much slow corners boars drivers. and so does too much high speed sections. a good mix.

Elevation changes are a must. Not a lot 30 feet to 100 feet is great. Dead flat tracks can also be boaring.

What else??

I like high speed carousels and high speed Esses. and technically demanding corners; off camber decreasing radius, double apex. ie no one can get it right

Occasionally, One track I drive, a very very tight corner. 110*. Many ppl hate this, but some times, that is a place to put the metal to the floor.

Corners like these hurt momentum cars, but torque monsters, can handle these.
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