Street Tracks

Learn about street circuits like Tokyo R246 and London in Gran Turismo 6, including track details and driving tips.

Street circuits are located in either real or fictional cities. As such, they don’t have run-off areas (or very little ones that don’t consist of grass or gravel, but asphalt instead). It’s usual for these tracks to have 90 or 180 degrees turns, and also very high curbs that aren’t recommendable to step in.

Tokyo R246

Track length: 5116,7 m

Turns: 15

Car used: GT-R

Regulated top speed: 340 km/h

A relatively long track through the streets of Tokyo, Japan. It has both wide and narrow sections, fast and slow turns, and some ups and downs as well, making it a very complete track. It has kind of a start-and-stop layout, like Monza.

We start on the main straight, if it can be called that way as it’s not actually straight. Heading onto the first 90 degrees right hander at nearly 330 km/h, brake hard when reaching the 200 mark on the top left, shifting down to 2nd and passing the turn at nearly 90 km/h.

A little straight stretch leads us to a left-right combination. Heading at nearly 220 km/h, brake upon reaching the curb on the right, shifting down to 3rd and passing the first turn at over 130 km/h and going flat out through the second turn. Be careful with the inner curbs in both turns, they use the road’s sidewalks and as such they’re very high. Another straight stretch precedes a long right hairpin. Accelerating up to 240 km/h, brake under the 50 mark on the top left down to 150 km/h in 4th, trying to keep that speed through the whole turn. Start accelerating when you see the third set of yellow fences to the left, up to the next two consecutive left handers. Coming at 220 km/h, brake down to 130 km/h in 3rd to take the first one, and keep the speed when entering the second one. Accelerate again through the slight downhill coming after before we tackle a tight but very fast right-left chicane. Coming at above 250 km/h, take the first turn lifting the throttle and brake down to 200 km/h in 4th to take the second one, aggressively attacking the inner curb to use the maximum space available.

We face a short uphill, after which come two consecutive and blind 90 degrees right handers. Coming at 230 km/h, it’s recommended to brake before the bump so as to get the maximum possible grip down to 150 km/h in 4th to face the first one and tackle the second one flat out, but be careful because the track becomes tighter after it. A short stretch leads us to a flat out left hander, with the track tightening even more as we start going downhill. We tackle the following right hander lifting the throttle, with the downhill providing a short stretch to brake for the upcoming left hander. Brake down to 140 km/h in 3rd to pass it, carefully trying not to lock up the tires for braking too hard, and head downhill to the right hairpin. Brake down to barely 100 km/h in 2nd and keep the speed through the hairpin, then accelerate as soon as you see the exit. A little uphill brings us to the “main straight” with one last flat out right hander, but be careful because it is taken at nearly 260 km/h in 5th, and also seemingly has a bump that can make you spin out and crash into the fence.

Tokyo R246 (R)

Top speed is slightly reduced to 330 km/h. The narrow section is now uphill and noticeably slower, so it’s easier to take. Despite this, the track still has some complications.

Going at top speed through the main straight, passing the flat out left hander minding the bump at the exit, we brake as soon as the short downhill starts down to 100 km/h in 2nd to tackle the left hairpin. We then start the narrow uphill, taking the upcoming tight right hander at 145 km/h in 3rd, and keep accelerating to pass the next left hander flat out. Once the track levels, lift the throttle a bit to tackle a tight right hander, after which the track returns to its usual width as we brake down to 140 km/h in 3rd to tackle the first of two consecutive 90 degrees left handers. The short stretch connecting both is used to brake down to 150 km/h in 3rd to pass the second one, after which we head downhill.

We brake while still downhill down to 180 km/h in 4th to tackle a right-left chicane, passing flat out through the second turn as we head uphill. With the track levelled, we face two consecutive right handers, taken nearly as one at 130 km/h in 3rd. A short stretch leads to the long left hairpin, taken at 155 km/h in 4th, with another short stretch leading to a left-right chicane. We brake down to 170 km/h in 4th to tackle the first turn and braking a bit more down to 130 km/h in 3rd to tackle the second turn. Again, beware of inner curbs, they’re very high.

A short stretch leads us to the last left turn, taken at 100 km/h in 2nd as we head into the main straight to cross the start/finish line.

London

Track length: 1921 m

Turns: 8

Car used: Kart

Regulated top speed: 190 km/h

A short track through the streets of London, UK. Extremely short for what the city has to offer (and for what has been seen in the real life E-Prix and in other games like Need for Speed: Shift).

Right after starting the lap, we immediately must deal with the first turn, a tight right hairpin. Heading at nearly 170 km/h, start braking when you see the curb on the left, shifting down to 2nd and taking the turn at 65 km/h. Start accelerating as soon as you can and cruise through the next high speed stretch.

Ahead of us lies a high speed section, which holds a left-right chicane. The first turn can be taken almost flat out, above 150 km/h in 6th, but it’s recommended you let off the throttle and shift down to 5th to pass the right turn at 140 km/h at most. After a little stretch, brake a little to pass the long right hander coming up at 130 km/h still in 5th. After a little stretch, the twisty section begins.

Coming at over 150 km/h in 6th, brake down to 110 km/h in 4th to pass the first tight right hander. Be careful, locking up wheels is very easy if you force the braking. Brake a little more before attempting the upcoming, even tighter left