andrewf1 wrote:beelsebob wrote:I think the Tilke tracks are trying to be too many things to too many people.
Bring back Istanbul. At least that had some personality.
Heh, I like that you tell us that Tilke tracks suck, and then demand a Tilke track returned... Not that Turkey is a bad track, just the Tilke bashing gets tiring.
I think he was making a case of Tilke tracks
after the one in Turkey, where turn 8 + long straight and tight corners afterwards proved entertaining.
Actually, I personally think high downforce corner going straight into the main straight and overtaking zone was one of the dumbest mistakes tilke made... Overtaking is only partly encouraged by the straight and (relatively) tight corner at the end. It's mostly dominated by the corner
before the straight being the kind that allows a driver to get close to the car in front – read, wide enough to not bunch up behind them and get on the power too late, and not too open to need downforce and end up washing out behind the car in front.
Turn 1 at Brazil is a great overtaking point, not because it is tight (it's not very)... It's great because the last (real) turn on the track is just that right speed that allows someone to get a good exit and get a tow down the straight.
For what it's worth, I personally think India is a better track design than Turkey, and CotA is certainly massively better.
