The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is a racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium, appearing in Gran Turismo 5 (as part of the first set of DLC, released on October 18th 2011), Gran Turismo 6 (with a weather and day/night cycle), Gran Turismo Sport (as part of Update 1.47), and Gran Turismo 7 (with an alternate version featuring a different starting line and a longer pit lane, referred to in-game as the 24h Layout, added in Update 1.13).
Events[]
Gran Turismo Sport[]
- Group 4 Cup; Race 6 - 2 Laps
- Clubman Cup; Race 8 - 3 Laps
- Boxer Spirit (rain); Race 6 - 2 Laps
- Group 3 Cup; Race 7 - 4 Laps
- Real Circuit Tours; Race 6 - 5 Laps
- Super Formula Championships (wet); Race 6 - 4 Laps
- Nostalgic 1979; Race 7 - 5 Laps
- Gr.1 Prototype Endurance Series; Race 7 - 30 Laps
- X2019 Competition Endurance Series; Race 3 - 30 Laps
Gran Turismo 7[]
License Centre[]
- A-5: Cornering in the Wet: Beginner
- Gold: 0:30.500
- Silver: 0:31.500
- Bronze: 0:33.900
- S-10: One Lap Time Attack
- Gold: 2:26.000
- Silver: 2:32.000
- Bronze: 2:43.600
- Master B-6: Cornering: Intermediate 2
- Gold: 0:16.860
- Silver: 0:17.400
- Bronze: 0:18.400
- Master IB-7: Racing Line: Expert 4
- Gold: 0:39.890
- Silver: 0:41.000
- Bronze: 0:44.300
- Master S-8: One Lap Time Attack
- Gold: 2:10.040
- Silver: 2:14.600
- Bronze: 2:24.400
World Circuits[]
- European Sunday Cup 500 (24hr layout); Race 4 - 2 Laps
- Japanese Clubman Cup 550 (24hr layout); Race 4 - 3 Laps
- Porsche Cup; Race 2 - 5 Laps
- World GT Series Championship; Race 2 - 5 laps
- World Touring Car 600; Race 3 - 4 Laps
- World Touring Car 800 (24hr layout); Race 10 - 60 minutes
- GT Cup Gr.3; Race 5 - 5 Laps
- Historic Sports Car Masters; Race 3 - 3 laps
Missions[]
- Gone with the Wind: Spa Divine Moves
- The Pass; Gran Turismo F1500T-A
Overtake all the cars on the Spa Circuit under heavy wet conditions. Master the powerful but tricky F1500 to make miracles on the track!- Gold: 1st
- Silver: 2nd
- Bronze: 3rd
- The Pass; Gran Turismo F1500T-A
Layouts & Sectors[]
Sector 1[]
La Source
Eau Rouge
La Source is a dangerously sharp slow speed corner. Start braking using the 100m marker board as your guide. Be careful that the car doesn't wrap itself inward when you start to step on the throttle. When accelerating out of the corner, keep in mind to get your car further out and ahead.
After going down the hill past the old pit building, you will come up on the incredible uphill high speed corners that Spa is known for. There is only one driving line here, and straying from it will reduce your speed drastically and greatly reduce your speed in the Kemmel straight ahead. Make sure you learn the steering timings in this section.
Stick to the inside as you pass through the second Eau Rouge corner. For turn 3, move your car a bit to the inside and set your apex at the middle of the corner. Be careful here - if you ride over the curbstone on the inside the car will hop and you could run completely off of the driving line. For Raidillon, be careful not to cut the inside corner while going flat out.
Sector 2[]
Once you reach top speed at the Kemmel straight, you will enter the S-curve connecting from Les Combes to Malmedy. Start braking using the 100m marker board and the beginning of the curbstones as your guide. Enter turn 5 while decelerating, and turn along the curbstones. Exit turn 6 in a middle line, and smoothly get on the left side. Change direction of your car with the throttle off for turn 7, and make sure to hit the apex. Use the curbstones and exit quickly. From here, you will be entering a long descent.
Malmedy
For Malmedy, start braking by using the beginning of the curbstones on the left side. Keep to the inside at partial throttle. Set you apex past the third bollard, and brake when you approach the curbstones on the right. Once you have changed direction of the car, use partial throttle while you keep to the inside of Ickx and then make your exit. Be careful not to go too far, as the green belt on the outside will cause you to lose grip.
Once you have picked up speed on the downhill, a high speed double left corner awaits - this is Pouhon. For turn 10 start braking using the 50m marker board on the right, smoothly get on the curbstones on the inside, and set your apex deep into the corner. When you touch the outer side curbstones at the middle of the consecutive corner while you start to open the the throttle, you can clear turn 11 flat out.
For turn 12, enter the corner by using the 50m marker board as your braking guide. Drive along the curbstones on the inside, and turn back around when the curbstones end. For Fagnes, set your apex where the inside curbstones turn grey. For turn 14, start your braking using the curbstones on the left side as your guide. You will again want to set your apex deep into the corner, and be careful not to step on the green belt on the outside as your make your exit.
Sector 3[]
At Paul Frère, make sure you use partial throttle and get your car on the inside during corner entry. This will set you up for one of the world's greatest high speed sections of track. Once you exit turn 16 by getting all the way to the outside, you will the enter the Blanchimont. Follow the curbstones on the inside, and be careful that the car doesn't go out of the banked section of road.
For the final chicane, start to brake somewhere between the 150m and 100m marker boards. For turn 18, make sure to keep to the inside. Once you have changed direction of the car at throttle off, pass through turn 19 in a straight line, and make sure to apply that traction while you make your exit.
Replay Demo[]
Trivia[]
- In GT2, An edited version of Eau Rouge and Raidillon (internally named l_Eau-Rouge) is used in the second and tenth test of the International A License, where the player drives respectively the TVR Griffith 500 '94 and the Toyota GT-One (TS020) '98.
- The 24h Layout (added in version 1.13) features a unique pitstop animation. However, if the player enters the pit lane incorrectly, they must redo the lap all over again.