High-speed highways of Tokyo Expressway provide a proper street-track racing experience. Main objective – get as close to the walls as you dare without hitting them. Sound quite easy but let me assure you that it’s not the case. The biggest difficulty comes from the fact that almost all fast corners are blind, so you have to have complete trust in your car and in your chosen line to accelerate before even seeing the exit of the corner. Here are a few short tips that should help you around Tokyo Expressway South Counter Clockwise.
Two very similar and extremely important corners are 1 and 6. They are fast, they are blind and there are massive straights after both of them. In these corners it is very important to build up consistency and a good feel for what is a good line, since you cannot rely on visual cues as much as you could on another track. The so called “dock section” consisting of turns 2-5 requires a very precise line and throttle control to carry as much speed through the triple-apex right hander. It also poses the biggest and only danger of track limits penalties. And at the end of the lap you will encounter a Suzuka-esque esses section, but a lot more tighter with you having to thread the needle between concrete walls on both sides.
For the more in-depth guide on how to find pace around Tokyo Expressway South Counter Clockwise we highly recommend to watch our dedicated Lap Guide video that you can find down below.
Lap Guide
Braking Zones and Corner Speeds
History
The Tokyo Expressway – South Counterclockwise (Tokyo Expressway – South Inner Loop in GT Sport) is a fictional city circuit first introduced in Gran Turismo Sport as part of Update 1.31, and in Gran Turismo 7. Unlike the Outer Loop/Clockwise layout, this track features an additional section after the longest straight.
This track’s pit-lane is located at the exit of the hairpin at the northernmost section of the circuit, which is approximately around half a lap through. This is a feature it has in common with its counterpart circuit, which share the same corner in design. This feature is also reminiscent of the pit-lane for the Eiger Nordwand Short Track, which is located just after the start line and exits after the downhill hairpins.
You can learn more about the history of the Gran Turismo Tokyo Expressway here.
Telemetry
You can download the telemetry from Iggy’s fast lap shown in the lap guide video above and use it to compare to your own captured telemetry. If you need help getting started capturing and viewing your own Gran Turismo telemetry you can check out our quick start guide.
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