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Kirkistown
Race circuit · Northern Ireland · 2.40 km
- Length
- 2.40 km1.49 miles
- Corners
- 54 right, 1 left
- Type
- Racecircuit
- Terrain
- Flat
About the circuit
Kirkistown in County Down, Northern Ireland, is built on a former airfield on the Ards Peninsula.
Driving a lap
Kirkistown is 2.40 km (1.49 miles) a lap in Apex Drawn, with 5 corners: 4 rights and 1 left. That makes it a lap heavier on the right-handers - one side of your tyres does most of the work.
Turn 1 is a slow right-hander - a heavy braking zone, and on the first lap the place most races are won and lost.
The tightest corner is Turn 5, a right-hand slow corner: brake in a straight line before it, and get the car turned early so you can be back on the throttle as soon as possible.
The longest straight runs from Turn 4 to Turn 5, so the exit of Turn 4 matters more than its entry: a good exit carries all the way down it.
It is almost flat, so braking points stay the same all the way round.
Race it
Coming soon
Kirkistown is in the Scotland & Northern Ireland pack, which isn't on sale yet. You can see it in Play → Real circuits in the game, and race the free circuits there today.
Each car keeps its own best lap on every circuit, so Kirkistown has a separate leaderboard for the GT, the Formula car, the kart and the hatchback. Start in the GT, which forgives a mistake; the Formula car is quicker everywhere but punishes a missed apex.
Signed in, you can also export it as a track for BeamNG.drive or Assetto Corsa, with its hills, kerbs and barriers.
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