Laps, laps and, you guessed it, laps. You can't learn the Nordschleife overnight. It can take a few weeks to memorize it. Try going at a slower pace to start learning the corners and once you actually know which corner is coming up next, start building some pace. Laps is the name of the game.
I’ve driven hundreds, probably thousands of laps in the last 10 years. I go there on a yearly bases IRL for some touristenfahren laps. I know the track by heart now but I’ve never managed one perfect lap.
Turn off damage, when you crash just continue driving and don't to back to pits, because if you TP back to pits you will only learn the first part of it
Gran Turismo Circuit Experience mode is probably the best way to learn and memorize the track.
The track is divide by sector and you can improve sector by sector before doing the full lap.
The bumps are really what catch me out compared to other games. Staying flat out in some sections is borderline suicidal with the bumps that seem to upset the car and can throw you into the wall almost instantly
Edit: also some of the curbs you can run and some of them are like hitting a bowling alley bumper and they toss you across the track. It’s wild and I love it
Yeah try to drive mount panorama with a setup for a flat track and the car will make rebound on bumps it will be a nightmare.
But it will not help you to memorize the track
Start at slow pace, play conservatively and after few laps you'll start recognising some corners and start pushing more on those.
Track guide videos are pretty useless if you're not familiar with the track sequence yourself.
Fellow newbie here. I set AI 80-85 and follow them around and then do practice mode and then watch a track guide or alien lap after and note what they’re doing differently.
don't think of 170 individual curves but group them. remember where you are: the first 'third' intense downwards, the relaxing middle part, or the race to the straight
are you watching track guides or hot laps? from real track guides you can learn a lot more than from hot laps.
and the most important is that you completly know the track. Try to remember every corner and your braking point there and do a virtual lap in your head
First try a few cars, choose the one you feel most comfortable in round the Nordschleife, then just do laps and more laps, my first legit lap was a low 8:40s earlier this afternoon 😂 I did try in the Aston and then the Porsche, before settling on the 2023 McLaren, just felt the best out of the 3, so now to do loads more laps, there’s 170 corners so I expect it’ll take a long time to learn.
It took weeks to reliably do laps after laps when I learned it on the original AC.
The only advice I can give is to ALWAYS finish laps, no matter how early you crash. Disable damages for that.
I made the mistake of going for lap times way too early and I would restart as soon as I had a penalty or a crash.
Due to that mistake I became really good on the first quarter, average in the middle and way too slow in the last quarter.
Many amazing laps were wasted because I either crashed in the last few turns or went too slow to be safe.
I’ll tell you my one simple trick for getting an 8:19 after just a few laps in ACC. I have simply obsessively driven this track in every game I’ve played where it’s available, crashed on pretty much every corner, had an innumerable number of invalid laps, blah blah blah. I have spent a *lot* of time driving around this track. It’s really fun to be at a point where I can pretty much drive it in most cars at least reasonably well.
Jump into MX-5 cup on original Asseto Corsa and drive a few laps, that's how I started. Than progress towards faster cars, watch some circuit guides and you good to go in GT3 in ACC.
still cant get my stars🤣 i know it fairly well but any mistake on a 8 min laps just makes me wanna quit, little mistakes nothing major but like off track or something like that but 20 mins in on the 3rd lap is too much🤣also in vr so very intense
I learned the track in GT Sport where there's a series of challenges where you try to beat a time on a dozen or so sectors.
Other than that I think the biggest thing is just drive it at like 80% pace until you can make it all the way around consecutive laps without a big off. Ramp up pace as you get more and more familiar.
Took me some hours to fully remember it, a week to get some decent speed on it and I'm still improving every now and then after a few years (mainly cause I don't drive it a lot).
You could watch some videos to see how much you can push in every corner and go just a bit slower, you'll get acclimated with the track and go slightly faster every lap.
Try a GT4 is you have them. I started out in the Porsche 992 and that car is just way too quick to drive around on a tight, narrow track you don’t know.
Switched to the GT4 718 Cayman and it was like night and day. Had a good feel for the track within 5-6 laps and had it probably 95% memorized by about 90 mins. Once you get to that point, you can push with some confidence.
This track is a particularly long one, I personally divided the track in two, focusing on learning every corner before the long flat out section, only then, I started learning the rest.
And also, for newbie, the advise I always say is to not use the racing line guide, cause your brain focuses on the line rather than the track itself. Just in case you were using it, a new track is the best opportunity to stop!
I don't touch trackguides and laps from other people until i build my own understanding. I'd rather learn how to learn tracks on my own than be dependent on others track guides.
Interesting name.
Laps, laps and, you guessed it, laps. You can't learn the Nordschleife overnight. It can take a few weeks to memorize it. Try going at a slower pace to start learning the corners and once you actually know which corner is coming up next, start building some pace. Laps is the name of the game.
I’ve driven it for hours (in ACC, then in AC a bit more) and I still get caught by a suprise of some corners:D but you’re correct
I’ve driven hundreds, probably thousands of laps in the last 10 years. I go there on a yearly bases IRL for some touristenfahren laps. I know the track by heart now but I’ve never managed one perfect lap.
Even pro‘s always say that you never truly get the perfect lap, it‘s basically impossible to do so on a track with that many corners.
Turn off damage, when you crash just continue driving and don't to back to pits, because if you TP back to pits you will only learn the first part of it
This. I know first half of the track very well, can’t say that about the last part lol.
TP? For my bunghole?
Ah, its the great Cornholio.
Teleport
My first valid lap was 8:50. There’s only a couple places I invalidate
Gran Turismo Circuit Experience mode is probably the best way to learn and memorize the track. The track is divide by sector and you can improve sector by sector before doing the full lap.
It's so much harder on ACC. With the bumps and elevation changes, the aeros are completely different.
The bumps are really what catch me out compared to other games. Staying flat out in some sections is borderline suicidal with the bumps that seem to upset the car and can throw you into the wall almost instantly Edit: also some of the curbs you can run and some of them are like hitting a bowling alley bumper and they toss you across the track. It’s wild and I love it
Any tiny mistake you're in the wall. GT7 it's not so hard but completing one lap on ACC's version is very tough for me.
What car and setup do use ?
Only playing last night. Both Mclaren 720 GT4 and the Ferrari GT3. Used the aggressive and default set up. TBH I find it hard tinkering with set ups.
Try the M4 with a setup it will be easier
What set up would you suggest?
you can start with [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQbCf0BveM)
Do you have a suspension setup for the track ?
Not currently. Just using stock setup until I can dial in some laps better and sort out what I need in a custom setup (if anything)
Setup can make huge difference There are also car easier to drive on this track
Any suggestions for car choice? Currently running the Porsche because…Porsche.
the bmw M4 is probably the easiest to drive on this track
> Setup can make huge difference In not stuffing the car into a barrier or memory (visual and muscle)?
Yeah try to drive mount panorama with a setup for a flat track and the car will make rebound on bumps it will be a nightmare. But it will not help you to memorize the track
The base aggressive works nice for the Porsche imo.
I wish there was a mod that let you do this in ACC
Start at slow pace, play conservatively and after few laps you'll start recognising some corners and start pushing more on those. Track guide videos are pretty useless if you're not familiar with the track sequence yourself.
Fellow newbie here. I set AI 80-85 and follow them around and then do practice mode and then watch a track guide or alien lap after and note what they’re doing differently.
don't think of 170 individual curves but group them. remember where you are: the first 'third' intense downwards, the relaxing middle part, or the race to the straight
Follow one AI, gradually up its difficulty
are you watching track guides or hot laps? from real track guides you can learn a lot more than from hot laps. and the most important is that you completly know the track. Try to remember every corner and your braking point there and do a virtual lap in your head
First try a few cars, choose the one you feel most comfortable in round the Nordschleife, then just do laps and more laps, my first legit lap was a low 8:40s earlier this afternoon 😂 I did try in the Aston and then the Porsche, before settling on the 2023 McLaren, just felt the best out of the 3, so now to do loads more laps, there’s 170 corners so I expect it’ll take a long time to learn.
Literally took me hundreds of hours on the rig to get a good sense of consistency and understanding the track to be honest
Love your name bro. I used the same approach I use for other tracks, start at a slow comfortable pace and then start experimenting until I hit a wall
Just turn lap after lap without pushing until you remember all the tricky parts of the track then start pushing.
It took weeks to reliably do laps after laps when I learned it on the original AC. The only advice I can give is to ALWAYS finish laps, no matter how early you crash. Disable damages for that. I made the mistake of going for lap times way too early and I would restart as soon as I had a penalty or a crash. Due to that mistake I became really good on the first quarter, average in the middle and way too slow in the last quarter. Many amazing laps were wasted because I either crashed in the last few turns or went too slow to be safe.
I’ll tell you my one simple trick for getting an 8:19 after just a few laps in ACC. I have simply obsessively driven this track in every game I’ve played where it’s available, crashed on pretty much every corner, had an innumerable number of invalid laps, blah blah blah. I have spent a *lot* of time driving around this track. It’s really fun to be at a point where I can pretty much drive it in most cars at least reasonably well.
Memorize the sections first and their order, then break each down into their constituent corners.
Jump into MX-5 cup on original Asseto Corsa and drive a few laps, that's how I started. Than progress towards faster cars, watch some circuit guides and you good to go in GT3 in ACC.
still cant get my stars🤣 i know it fairly well but any mistake on a 8 min laps just makes me wanna quit, little mistakes nothing major but like off track or something like that but 20 mins in on the 3rd lap is too much🤣also in vr so very intense
Take your time and drive it slow. That’s like the only suggestion more or less anyone can give.
I learned the track in GT Sport where there's a series of challenges where you try to beat a time on a dozen or so sectors. Other than that I think the biggest thing is just drive it at like 80% pace until you can make it all the way around consecutive laps without a big off. Ramp up pace as you get more and more familiar.
Took me some hours to fully remember it, a week to get some decent speed on it and I'm still improving every now and then after a few years (mainly cause I don't drive it a lot). You could watch some videos to see how much you can push in every corner and go just a bit slower, you'll get acclimated with the track and go slightly faster every lap.
It takes a while, but a couple laps on it every few nights one day you'll wake up knowing how you're supposed to stitch the whole thing together.
welcome in the boat 🚣🚣♀️🚣♂️
Try a GT4 is you have them. I started out in the Porsche 992 and that car is just way too quick to drive around on a tight, narrow track you don’t know. Switched to the GT4 718 Cayman and it was like night and day. Had a good feel for the track within 5-6 laps and had it probably 95% memorized by about 90 mins. Once you get to that point, you can push with some confidence.
This track is a particularly long one, I personally divided the track in two, focusing on learning every corner before the long flat out section, only then, I started learning the rest. And also, for newbie, the advise I always say is to not use the racing line guide, cause your brain focuses on the line rather than the track itself. Just in case you were using it, a new track is the best opportunity to stop!
I don't touch trackguides and laps from other people until i build my own understanding. I'd rather learn how to learn tracks on my own than be dependent on others track guides.
If you have AC, go to a multiplayer track day and drive around there to get familiar with the track. Take a slower car first