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gsxr750 · 07-17-2012, 02:18 PM

[QUOTE=N0SL3N;1824133]The Top Gear Test Track was designed by lotus to test the all around performance of a car. The track results require a mixture of handling, braking and acceleration which is supposed to balance the results of high power cars (Viper, Corvette) with light, good handling cars (Lotus, Ariel).

If tested in similar conditions it is probably a better indicator than the Nuremberg (A manufacturer favourite) at all around car performance.[/QUO

There test track is exactly as I thought is was , simply and old flat air base with some barriers and orange traffic cones, it may be good for comparison times, but not much more. Its simply not designed as a road or track course, from the beginning , its really nothing more than a large flat parking lot converted to race a car around.

Quote from Wiki - The track is on a former Royal Canadian Air Force airbase constructed during the Second World War and later used by British Aerospace as a manufacturing and test facility. The track's main route, marked by painted lines and simple structures such as stacks of tyres, was designed by test drivers from Lotus.

07-17-2012, 02:18 PM	#59 (permalink)
gsxr750 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: west Posts: 443 Drives: 2012 370z man. sport Rep Power: 13	[QUOTE=N0SL3N;1824133]The Top Gear Test Track was designed by lotus to test the all around performance of a car. The track results require a mixture of handling, braking and acceleration which is supposed to balance the results of high power cars (Viper, Corvette) with light, good handling cars (Lotus, Ariel). If tested in similar conditions it is probably a better indicator than the Nuremberg (A manufacturer favourite) at all around car performance.[/QUO There test track is exactly as I thought is was , simply and old flat air base with some barriers and orange traffic cones, it may be good for comparison times, but not much more. Its simply not designed as a road or track course, from the beginning , its really nothing more than a large flat parking lot converted to race a car around. Quote from Wiki - The track is on a former Royal Canadian Air Force airbase constructed during the Second World War and later used by British Aerospace as a manufacturing and test facility. The track's main route, marked by painted lines and simple structures such as stacks of tyres, was designed by test drivers from Lotus. Last edited by gsxr750; 07-17-2012 at 02:22 PM.