Magione - I don't understand it...

So what's with this track?

Is the real world track so dilapidated and in dire need of either a/ shutdown or b/ remodel/renovate?

No elevation change, flat corners, bumpy straights.

I'm not sure how to have fun on this :\

The track is really hard too - hard to see corners. Not good hard like Nurberg... bad hard like trying not to step on Lego in the dark.

Is there something I'm missing from this?

 

Can't say about you feeling of the real world track and the state it is in.

But I can say I really like the track in AC because it is short, easy to learn most of the corners (not master, just know them) and it is a great track to introduce the lower powered cars and AC handling to my friends who are not big sim fans.
Every time I fire up the game and they do a couple laps of magione in a lotus or E30 or FA their faces light up like kids. It's also good that it is a very short track and unlike vallelunga short it doesn't require crazy steering lock and surgeon precision.
Compare it with Imola where suspension is easily disturbed and you can tell that magione is a track to learn the basics on, to have fun on, definetly not a place where you do serious racing where you concentrate on minute mastery of every corner. I think it fits that bill perfectly. At least it does so for my firends and I.

 

If it is hard, it is interesting, isn't it?

 

Do you like standing on Lego in the dark?

 

I think of Magione as the small, low maintenance, local track, where you go to sharpen your skills and have fun with friends but in no way suitable for major events or up to F1 standards!
So as Abarth 500 and E30 are the closest most of us would get to drive IRL, Magione is the closest track to where we would/could drive/race.

 

Never tried that, to be honest. I guess it is the same experience again and again, whereas you improve your skills by driving at Magione. What better reward than finally getting to grips with something that was not easy in the first place?

 

The better reward is Nurberg Where it's awesome when you suck, and awesome when you're great.

It's nice of you trying to talk it up - but I'm not convinced at all that, because it is rubbish AND difficult it is somehow a great track.

 

Well that question has been answered, I agree with both DJKosta & Mistery. It is a good track to just have a bit of fun, learn to drift, find a nice suspension setting, give a friend a little spin are all what this track is for. I would like to have a race on it in Abarths, but it would have to be a good set of racers as it could end with a great deal of bent metal.

As for LEGO, try the three prong plug off the Hairdrier! Women!!!

 

you got it.

Here in italy trackdays are really expensive, expecially compared to spain.. At mugello you pay 90€ per 25 minutes on track on a road legal car, 200€ with a rollcaged car/racecar. At vallelunga 80€ per 25min for road cars or 100€/25min 190€/50 min or 350€ for 2 runs of 50min each.

At magione you pay 120€ for the whole day or 70€ half day with a road car and 160€/100€ with a racecar..


If you have to learn there's a "little" cost difference, expecially if you're based in the middle of Italy

 

Its fun in the lotus 11
Takes memorization due to being so flat, but I like it.

 

Interesting, Red bull ring in Zeltweg charges 78 euros for 2 rounds of 20 minutes or 115€ for 3x 20 minutes on track. Grobnik in Croatia charges 70€ for one hour and the rough surface really punishes your tires.

By those standards, Magione (and AC ) does come cheap.

 

It feels like a go-kart track, but once you get a bit into it, it's quite OK. But racing on this track with race cars (let's say a GT3 field) must be really frustrating.

 

Don't agree with people who say it is difficult to memorize. Why? It's so short, has few turns. I think I knew them each after 20 laps or so without ever having heard of this track before AC. Yes, mastery is a whole different subject but the track is very easy to memorize. Perfect for quick laughs or like someone pointed above, get accustomed to car setup and on track drifting without much downtime. Nothing to do with running cars bigger, heavier or more powerful than the E30 really. Don't even think about serious competition. But take a spin with the KTM, for ****s and giggles when you have 10 minutes free and enjoy the big smile for the rest of the day.

Edit: try what I said above about the KTM. Disable all onscreen apps and enjoy the lean interior of the car while pushing it just over the tires limits. You can thank me later.

 

Its a good little track and not easy to master , just because its not a track that everybody knows doesn`t mean its a waste of space ....
If it was why would Kunos include it in the sim ? , and too be honest I find it harder than the Norde , yeah thats right ! , once you have driven the Norde and can remember the layout its easy to get into a rhythm and set a good lap time ....

 

Feels a bit like racing round a supermarket car park.

 

Since most of the time i play arcade & simcade before AC so i usually not going to involve in any discussion like this due to my lack experience in sim racing (i know nothing about any car or any track & in fact i dont know why you Mr / Mrs so exciting about that Nordschleife track, to me its just a long long long track ) but about one month ago Mr@Michael Hornbuckle advise me to first try learning this game with a lower power car in Magione for better understanding the game's physic after i tell him i struggle alot driving BMW E30 Group A in Monza, he say this track & the car BMW Z4 is suitable for beginner like me to learn to drive in AC like what Mr Mistery suggest, of course i still struggle abit at first but then at least i got this now after 1 month:-



Pls dont think i actually want to show off, its nothing to proud about since only 67 players attempt this combo. I just trying to do some inspiration here (i even has the video if you interest to have a look), i mean if a newbie like me can do at least not bad in this track, why not you ??

By the way, i hope you wont mind i say this, if most people have no problem with a track or car or any combo but only me or few others is struggling then i always believe i am the source of the problem (my driving not good enough or wrong racing line or something like that), i dont know about others but thats always my way to think when having problem like this.

Thanks for reading

 

It could be great if they gave it some height, banked some corners (even off camber) and smoothed it out.

For me, it's the pig at the prom. I just don't get why you'd drive it when you have all those beauties to choose from.


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The back straight is phenomenally bumpy. Try the E30 DTM on Magoine and prepare for your wheel to go into overdrive. I love the fact its so bumpy though, and that the bumps are properly resolved. Too many sims in the past have just randomly "inserted" bumps on a track in order for it to seem authentic. However they never get it right, and they are either too severe or not big enough etc. Bumps generally are lots of little bumps bundled together, when rode over in a road car, they present little difficulty, in a full bred racer, they should be a real event, which is exactly the case in AC.

 

If you have unchecked the lock camera to horizon option you can really get a feel for how bumpy the backstretch is. I made hundreds of laps on it in the tech preview so now it's my go to track with most of the new cars. I enjoy that it is small because it has that "local" feel to it. I would say the track is simple, but seeing as how I am usually more than a second a lap slower than the aliens and I have no idea how to go faster it isn't that simple after all.

A little track like this is what most of the Lotus in the game are made for. I don't care to take an Exige or Elise to Monza but they shine at Magione.

 

Love the track. Perfect for tuning tests. No hills, banks, bumps disturbing the input.