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It's just the basic track
information on this page;
length of the main straight,
total track length and
surface type and a wee
blurb about the track
by me. If i can't quite
remember what the track
is like, then i make stuff
up about it, in all seriousness.
Therefore, its up to your
imagination to how it
looks. Unless you've played
the game before.
PLZ read them, mmmkay?
Tooked me hours and years to rite it all. Thene
mi speling gt heeps worser.
| APRICOT HILL
RACEWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,864m |
| - Main Straight Length |
786m |
| - My
Blurb |
New to
Gran Turismo, its actually a really nice
track with lots of dips and rises. No apricots
though. |
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| AUTUMN RING |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
2,950m |
| - Main Straight Length |
425m |
| - My
Blurb |
Ye
olde Autumn Ring returns from debuting in
Gran Turismo 1. Still a nice track, and
still Autumn. |
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| AUTUMN RING
MINI |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
1,255m |
| - Main Straight Length |
250m |
| - My
Blurb |
Returns
from GT1 again. Its still mini sized, hence
why it has the same name. |
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| DEEP FOREST
RACEWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,580m |
| - Main Straight Length |
779m |
| - My
Blurb |
Returns
from Gran Turismo 1. Probably one of the best
versions in the first two games as the tree
cover is quite extensive compared to later
versions of the track. The forest has never
been deeper than it is in GT1 and GT2. :( |
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| GRAND VALLEY
SPEEDWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
4,960m |
| - Main Straight Length |
820m |
| - My
Blurb |
Returning
from the first game. One of the best tracks
in the first few GT's. |
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| GRAND VALLEY
EAST SECTION |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,025m |
| - Main Straight Length |
820m |
| - My
Blurb |
Depending
on what way you look at the map, or where
your monitor is located, this may not infact
be east at all. |
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| GREEN FOREST
ROADWAY |
| - Surface |
Dirt |
| - Total Length |
3,698m |
| - Main Straight Length |
223m |
| - My
Blurb |
One
of my favourite dirt tracks. New to GT2 and
unfortunately its never been in a GT game
since. Shame. That forest was quite
green too. |
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| GRINDELWALD |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,462m |
| - Main Straight Length |
479m |
| - My
Blurb |
Everyone's favourite
makes its one and only appearance in GT. Great
alpineyish track with some nice cambered corners.
Bring it back PD! |
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| HIGH-SPEED
RING |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,100m |
| - Main Straight Length |
752m |
| - My
Blurb |
H-SR
(<< see how
i shortened the
name there? Mad
skillz) returns
from the first game.
I actually like
the version in the
first two GT's more
than the later versions.
Not that the newer
ones are bad, but
the GT1&2 version
is smaller and faster
feeling. 900m shorter
than the GT4 version
because they didn't
have the budget
to make it too much
longer. |
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| LAGUNA SECA
RACEWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,602m |
| - Main Straight Length |
265m |
| - My
Blurb |
Laguna
Seca makes its debut in Gran Turismo. People
fall in love with the corkscrew. Or fall over
things in a rage when they spin out there
yet again. |
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| MIDFIELD RACEWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,550m |
| - Main Straight Length |
927m |
| - My
Blurb |
Midfield
arrives on the scene. Has a nice section where
you cross over the main straight via an overbridge.
The bridge was constructed after too many
complaints from race teams that their cars
keep getting written off from cars crossing
the track at the loop point. Traffic lights
were briefly considered. |
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| MOTORSPORTS
LAND |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
888m |
| - Main Straight Length |
135m |
| - My
Blurb |
BEST
TRACK IN GT!! Really tiny little track, pretty
much for go karts. But a lot of fun in cars! |
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| PIKES PEAK
HILL CLIMB |
| - Surface |
Dirt |
| - Total Length |
4,181m |
| - Main Straight Length |
260m |
| - My
Blurb |
The
one and only time
its appeared in
GT. Unfortunately
the real life version
is entirely sealed
now, so play it
on GT2 to remember
what a dirt hillclimb
is actually like. |
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| RED ROCK VALLEY
SPEEDWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
4,100m |
| - Main Straight Length |
991m |
| - My
Blurb |
Awesome track,
and one GT fans commonly ask Polyphony to
bring back (its only in GT2). Was set in sort
of a sunset/rise which gave it a nice atmosphere,
and was a very fast/flowing track. Sorely
missed. Ow. (see?) |
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| ROME CIRCUIT |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
4,000m |
| - Main Straight Length |
508m |
| - My
Blurb |
The
original Rome Circuit. My personal preference
to the new layout which features in Gran Turismo
5. In fact, in GT5 it only uses one section
of road from this version, then spreads out
in the opposite direction! Its like it had
a tiff (Needel) with this version of the track,
so turned its back. |
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| ROME SHORT
COURSE |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
2,443m |
| - Main Straight Length |
508m |
| - My
Blurb |
Great
wee course, the shortened section just by
the colloseum is a common accident spot for
AI and human players alike. |
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| ROME-NIGHT |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
4,271m |
| - Main Straight Length |
516m |
| - My
Blurb |
Yet
another GT2 only track - and again its one
that should be bought back to life! Unlike
the day version above, this version has rises
and dips and doesn't use any of the daylight
versions streets. Not a bad course really. |
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| SEATTLE CIRCUIT |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,779m |
| - Main Straight Length |
685m |
| - My
Blurb |
Probably
not the most ideal
location for a real
race, as on the
climb up the hill
most cars will get
a decent amount
of air, multiple
times within about
10-20 seconds. A
lot of stomachs
got upset. But was
a fun track to race
on regardless. |
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| SEATTLE SHORT
COURSE |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
2,179m |
| - Main Straight Length |
685m |
| - My
Blurb |
I really
like the short version of this track, it avoids
all the jumps in the long version and generally
seems more realistic. Not seen in another
GT game after this sadly. Possibly because
the sadists found it boring with no jumps
(thus less crashes after the cars land the
wrong way). |
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| SMOKEY MOUNTAIN
NORTH |
| - Surface |
Dirt |
| - Total Length |
3,580m |
| - Main Straight Length |
289m |
| - My
Blurb |
Can't
really remember much about GT2's version of
this track, so i'll make it up. Pretty much
it was a useless track for racing on, as there
was always so much smoke up north in those
mountains that you couldn't see 10 feet in
front of you (you could see 11 actually, one
person had an third foot). Not even recommended
for the smokers among you. |
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| SMOKEY MOUNTAIN
SOUTH |
| - Surface |
Dirt |
| - Total Length |
3,260m |
| - Main Straight Length |
223m |
| - My
Blurb |
Not
as much smoke on this version, but there were
some trees. Hasn't appeared in a GT game since,
because the developers are mean. |
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| SPECIAL STAGE
ROUTE 5 |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,776m |
| - Main Straight Length |
1,001m |
| - My
Blurb |
SSR5
returns from GT1 (incase you were wondering).
Quite dark in the first two games, so make
sure those headlights are on as the walls
aren't your friend. Unless you wall ride.
You cheater. |
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| CLUBMAN STAGE
ROUTE 5 |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
2,466m |
| - Main Straight Length |
684m |
| - My
Blurb |
Scene
of many a race. Because its a racetrack, funny
that. I'm not terribly fussed on the short
version unless i'm racing slow cars. |
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| SUPER SPEEDWAY |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
2,406m |
| - Main Straight Length |
600m |
| - My
Blurb |
Round
and round you go until you get dizzy. Then
simply pull into the pits for a while, gawk
at the huge crowd and grandstands, then head
back out on the track again for more dizziness
exposure. Could probably get away with locking
the diff. |
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| TAHITI DIRT
ROAD |
| - Surface |
Tarmac/Dirt |
| - Total Length |
3,682m |
| - Main Straight Length |
263m |
| - My
Blurb |
Another
one of my favourite dirt tracks, sadly only
in GT2 (i see a trend). Nice wee (big) chicane
on the main straight to navigate through,
then a long sweeping gravel corner to drift
around. Or at least attempt to. I hope i'm
remembering the right track here, i should
probably start the game up and check. |
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| TAHITI MAZE |
| - Surface |
Tarmac/Dirt |
| - Total Length |
3,600m |
| - Main Straight Length |
252m |
| - My
Blurb |
A decent
length twisting track that runs to the top
of a hill, down the other side, up again,
then back down to the startline. Great track
for rally racing and has proved popular enough
by fans (i'm just guessing that really). |
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| TAHITI ROAD |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,347m |
| - Main Straight Length |
423m |
| - My
Blurb |
The
only fully sealed Tahiti track in GT (hence
the name), and actually quite fun. Would look
amazing with current technology. *hint hint*
PD. |
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| TRIAL MOUNTAIN
CIRCUIT |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
3,979m |
| - Main Straight Length |
401m |
| - My
Blurb |
Trial
Mountain appears in GT again, and pretty much
never leaves. Very trialling, not so much
mountainy. Maybe hilly at best. Well used
track. |
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| TEST COURSE |
| - Surface |
Tarmac |
| - Total Length |
5,242m |
| - Main Straight Length |
1,422m |
| - My
Blurb |
My
favourite version of the Test Track in GT.
Its a lot shorter than the GT3 and subsequent
(ooh, i used a big word!) versions and narrower,
but that makes it actually more ideal for
proper races than the longer and wider versions.
This one has lots of trees too. *hugs a tree* |
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