Nurburgring idiot's guide
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Nurburgring idiot's guide
The basic details please, because it will take forever to search them out
Can those that have been, please answer the following questions:
1.Best crossing route
2.Best route from the other side of the channel
3.Best plan for making the trip - stop off, or drive there in one go
4.If stopping off, recommendations regarding where
5.Distances from the port of entry to the Nurburgring
6.Best places to stay near the circuit
7.How does using the circuit work? (how do you get on to it, payment, etc)
8.General hints and tips
Ta
PS - MODS - THIS MIGHT BE BETTER IN THE GENERAL AREA?
Don't know about 'Meets' - it's maybe not visited as much
Can those that have been, please answer the following questions:
1.Best crossing route
2.Best route from the other side of the channel
3.Best plan for making the trip - stop off, or drive there in one go
4.If stopping off, recommendations regarding where
5.Distances from the port of entry to the Nurburgring
6.Best places to stay near the circuit
7.How does using the circuit work? (how do you get on to it, payment, etc)
8.General hints and tips
Ta
PS - MODS - THIS MIGHT BE BETTER IN THE GENERAL AREA?
Don't know about 'Meets' - it's maybe not visited as much
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most comprehensive website..
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/index.html
best tip that I got before going..
learn the circuit as much as possible before showing up.. I think video laps are better than the games.. but that's personal choice.
Of course you properly learn it by driving.. but to know if it goes left or right after a blind crest.. does help
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/index.html
best tip that I got before going..
learn the circuit as much as possible before showing up.. I think video laps are better than the games.. but that's personal choice.
Of course you properly learn it by driving.. but to know if it goes left or right after a blind crest.. does help
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Originally Posted by Kobe,Dec 5 2006, 08:09 PM
learn the circuit as much as possible before showing up.. I think video laps are better than the games.. but that's personal choice.
Of course you properly learn it by driving.. but to know if it goes left or right after a blind crest.. does help
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best technique I found is print off a map.. and take it as 3 or 4 sections.. and watch the video just for one section at a time.. tracing the corner so you can get a feeling of how long/big the corner is. Only until I could predict left/right did I move to the next section.. trying to learn as one lap is too much.. How quick you learn depends on the quality of the video and your interest.. the best thing I found was videos that would be similar pace.. no point watching a professional driving a radical.
Once I had got the basic circuit in mind.. I then focused on knowing about 3 or 4 key/difficult/dangerous spots.. and tried to learn as much details as possible.. bumps etc.. example what speed would be comfortable to take a certain corner.
finally driving it.. 5 - 10 laps to confirm your basic knowledge.. and start to get some lines hooked up.. also getting passenger laps with experienced drivers helps a lot.
I think I have between 50-60laps now.. and have the lines linked up between the corners.. but still miss a lot of "details" within specific sections.
it's a slow learning curve.. as you spot more and more detail to confirm braking points..turning points and apex.. the faster you go it get's easier as you become the one dictating the traffic.. and then the more time you seem to have to again discover new information..
Once I had got the basic circuit in mind.. I then focused on knowing about 3 or 4 key/difficult/dangerous spots.. and tried to learn as much details as possible.. bumps etc.. example what speed would be comfortable to take a certain corner.
finally driving it.. 5 - 10 laps to confirm your basic knowledge.. and start to get some lines hooked up.. also getting passenger laps with experienced drivers helps a lot.
I think I have between 50-60laps now.. and have the lines linked up between the corners.. but still miss a lot of "details" within specific sections.
it's a slow learning curve.. as you spot more and more detail to confirm braking points..turning points and apex.. the faster you go it get's easier as you become the one dictating the traffic.. and then the more time you seem to have to again discover new information..
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I think I've done 72 laps, and I'd say I now know it well enough to be confident. Which is not to say I feel like I'm getting it right, but I know what's coming up with enough certainty to push harder. I watched a load of videos before going back last Easter (I went the Easter before that) and that helped, but I think it's perhaps a little dangerous to try and learn the track before you go. You're better off just treating it like a public road and driving within the distance you can see, at least on your first trip. IMO.
As for getting there, Dover to Dunkirk ferry is going the right direction, and then you just keep going on the E40 until you get to Germany and turn right.
Is it the D259? Can't remember without looking, but the junction is literally a couple of miles over the German border and that road goes straight to The Ring. It's about 4-5 hours from Dunkirk.
As for getting there, Dover to Dunkirk ferry is going the right direction, and then you just keep going on the E40 until you get to Germany and turn right.
Is it the D259? Can't remember without looking, but the junction is literally a couple of miles over the German border and that road goes straight to The Ring. It's about 4-5 hours from Dunkirk.
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I'll try and answer some questions from my first Ring experience ( 
) last year
1. Dover --> Dunkirk
2.It was down one road, follow Kobe!
3.Could be done in one go, stop in Brussels was about the right distance for me
4.Kobe's house
5.Don't know
6.The hotel we stayed in was very close and decent enough - funny with a load of us there too - Hotel Acht (I think?)
7.Buy tickets in 8 or 15's from local petrol station or the ring, drive through the barriers onto the circuit, just like a toll road
8. Enjoy it!
) last year1. Dover --> Dunkirk
2.It was down one road, follow Kobe!
3.Could be done in one go, stop in Brussels was about the right distance for me
4.Kobe's house
5.Don't know
6.The hotel we stayed in was very close and decent enough - funny with a load of us there too - Hotel Acht (I think?)
7.Buy tickets in 8 or 15's from local petrol station or the ring, drive through the barriers onto the circuit, just like a toll road
8. Enjoy it!
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Oh yes, very important, and make sure it covers the WHOLE of your journey back. (i.e. if an 11pm ferry make sure it covers into the next day too)After my experience on the way back I just got European cover with Britannia, and when I had to use them in the Lakes, they were excellent.
