Part 18

Navigate NHL 27's challenging road courses! Get detailed strategies and speed recommendations for Watkins Glen, Daytona Infield, Devil's Canyon, Dockside, and Dodge Raceway.

This section provides strategies for several road courses in NHL 27, detailing optimal speeds and turn navigation.

Watkins Glen

This road course features a long initial straightaway where you can reach about 150 MPH before a sharp right turn requiring a slowdown to 70 MPH. After a gentle right at 130 MPH and a normal left, you'll approach the 'back' straightaway. Approaching the tricky turns, slow to 95 MPH for quick right and left turns, then maintain about 125 MPH exiting a banked right-hander to reach 160 MPH on the next straightaway before a hard left at 95 MPH. A further brake to 90 MPH is needed for a harder right, before reaching the start/finish line straightaway.

For open-wheeled cars, speeds are higher: 140 MPH by the start/finish line, slowing to 85 MPH for turn one, 130 MPH through S-curves, 150 MPH on the back stretch, 95 MPH through tricky turns, 125 MPH exiting the banked right, and 100 MPH for the final two turns.

Daytona Infield

This track modifies the standard Daytona with tight turns. After the initial start, a hard left requires braking to 75 MPH. A gentle, banked left follows at 115 MPH. Next, slow to 90 MPH for quick turns, being wary of the sand trap on the inside left. Another quick left necessitates braking to 85 MPH to avoid the outside sand trap. Glide through the following right and a gentle right at 100 MPH. A hill precedes a hairpin turn requiring 75 MPH. The final right and left turns should be taken at about 95 MPH.

Devil's Canyon

This track has narrow turns but is generally easier than Daytona Infield. The start/finish line is on a long straightaway leading to a banked left-hander at 125 MPH. The next right turn tightens significantly, requiring 105 MPH. Reach 120 MPH through a quick left and a gentler one. A pair of turns (right and left) require slowing to 100 MPH. The cave section begins after a tight right. A left within the cave is taken at 100 MPH, followed by a right-curving straightaway leading to a final left at 110 MPH. Speed can reach 155 MPH crossing the start/finish line and 170 MPH at its end.

Dockside

Similar to Devil's Canyon but with grass spill-off areas and sharper turns. The lap starts with a straightaway to a gentle left. A hairpin left requires braking to 50 MPH. The following right is a glider. A heavily banked left at 80 MPH is next. The 'back' straightaway is downhill. The first rounded hairpin right is taken at 100 MPH. The second rounded hairpin left requires braking to 80 MPH before the start/finish line.

Dodge Raceway

This is a short track with multiple lap counts depending on the event.