Suzuka Circuit East

Suzuka Circuit East Short Course (Suzuka East in some games) is a real-world circuit which features in Gran Turismo. The circuit is a shortened variant of the main Suzuka Circuit and appears in Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Gran Turismo 5.

Layout
The East course of Suzuka features the first part of the main Suzuka Circuit from The Esses to Dunlop, then doubles back, bypassing inside the Casio Triangle chicane to the finish line. In Gran Turismo, it is split into three short sectors.

Sector One
Sector One begins on the start-finish straight, with a short run down to a tricky first corner. Turn One is a fast right hander which serves as a braking zone for turn 2, also a right hander. Although being longer and tighter than the first, turn 2 has an extended run-off area outside the normal line, so drivers can accelerate early out of the corner. The short straight that follows marks the end of the first sector.