Comments on: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix circuit video lap

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:20:23 +0000

If anyone lives in Abu Dhabi and wants to have a go at the virtual track and then be interviewed on Abu Dhabi TV’s English news let me know – we want to see what F1 fans think of the Yas Circuit. Contact me on sarahgeorgiana@hotmail.com.
Many thanks

By: Zazeems

Zazeems — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Looks boring as hell. When will Tilke stop producing these monstrosities?; I’ll bet everything I own it will be a boring, clinical, austere, endless braking zone with acres of tarmac run-off which produces hideously processional races.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:55:33 +0000

i play this track all the time on rfactor but the part i hate is. the first corner
when going around and taking your time to preserve tyres you find your brakeing BEFORE the finish line… when going for an amazing lap you are breaking just after it,

By: Gman

Gman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:39:59 +0000

Would it be anything other than a Ferrari in the demo video for this circuit?

By: Prisoner Monkeys

Prisoner Monkeys — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:14:24 +0000

I think Abu Dhabi could be a pretty interesting race because it’s divided into three very different sections: from the Start/Finish Line, everything is fast and pretty flowing up to the hairpin, which should test the drivers. Then there’s the back straight and tha long fast corner down to the far end of the circuit broken up by the little chicane, which I think will test the engines in a Mulsanne-like way. And then the run back to the end of the lap is ticht and technical. It’s a shame they abandoned the half-permanent-circuit, half-street-course idea, but I think Abut Dhabi could yield a surprise for us all.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:45:09 +0000

Looks pretty long for an F1 circuit. Anyway what is the red line on the tachometer in that video?

By: Boston F1 Fan

Boston F1 Fan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:26:47 +0000

- Two very high-speed, 7th-gear rev-limiter sections. I’m expecting some of Brundle’s famous “the engine builders watching this from behind a sofa”.

By: ajokay

ajokay — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:33:58 +0000

Looks to me like they’ve modelled the entire track too tall. All the grandstands and bridges seem giant. I believe it is that flat too, it’s all built on what seems to be an artificial island.

By: Aaron Shearer

Aaron Shearer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:08:55 +0000

Haha I wouldn’t even say it was a controller, more like a keyboard. I’ve got rFactor so I may download the 2009 car and have a bash about and maybe post a video or two.

By: Hammad

Hammad — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:07:02 +0000

Hmm, seems pretty boring. What I don’t get though is why they have to go to Abu Dhabi when there’s already an excellent track in Dubai, which is not designed by Tilke btw…

And I remember I tried rfactor, but I didn’t like it too much :S. I prefer RACE 07..

By: chaostheory

chaostheory — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:29:15 +0000

From what I remember (played it a month ago) the corners on this track were quite challenging to learn (quite a lot of them), and there are two quite long straights. Overall – the track is fun to drive in rfactor or F1 challenge, but will it be fun to watch real F1 racing there? …

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:16:05 +0000

Lol, I was going to have the same moan about the use of a controller rather than a wheel.
rFactor’s pretty damn good though for those that don’t know.
Small outlay with an endless supply of hugely varied free mods.
Seriously think you will be disappointed with the codemasters effort though Keith. It’ll be far too arcadey and limited – it’ll make a good coffee table game but by no means will it be a sim…

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:55:06 +0000

I added the comment before reading the text of the article…and it seems we think the same.
Do we need to fund a party to have some good tracks?

By: Sunny

Sunny — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:55:00 +0000

That track has been out and about for a few months…

I read that the reason it is flat is due to the actual circuit not being used/seen the gradients properly (this isnt an official track)

Ferrari used an rfactor video on their site, to show the track which was a lot better than that youtube video… the guy in this video is using a controller rather than a wheel which makes it look horrible to view.

My only question is which 09 mod is that? The 09 HUD looks slightly different to mine, as it actually has a coloured KERS battery… Just wondering if they’ve got it working or it just looks different.
Saying that, I have only tried F1RL09 + WCP09 beta, just wondering if there are any others out that I should check out.

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:45:33 +0000

Mmmhhh, very sceptical. Hope it is not like it seems on the game.
Lots of brakes, lots of similar corners, not a fast series of difficult bends. The typical Tilke’s stop and go track, and I didn’t miss a new one.

By: nopk

nopk — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:43:08 +0000

I love rFactor.

I wish they would bring back a classic for the last race of the season though.