R1ZENTyDE's SA-RX: Championship Tracks [One & 360]

SA-RX Championship I
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• Turn 1 is tight and racers, if not careful, will pile up. Please mind that there is a railroad crossing that may make crossing difficult.
• *Joker lane has been placed at the westernmost end of the track. The normal route is the right fork, which goes straight past a docked ship before leading into a hairpin. The joker lane is taken at the left of the fork, underneath the canopy of the naval building. A left turn at the end of the building will take racers to the intersecting area of both the normal and joker routes. Racers must taken caution not to create a pile-up here since it is a tight bottleneck.
• *Start line has been moved up to be closer to the pit lane, which is located to the right, immediately after the start gate. Racers coming in for repairs must mind the traffic passing the pit lane, as this section is part of the first corner.

SA-RX: Casino
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Players: 1 to 10
In-game description: This cha-ching addition to the San Andrea Rally X Championship has received an overhaul, sporting a pit lane which doubles as a penalty lane and a thrilling joker lane that sends racers soaring over the competition. Make sure not to run into the farmers market in this race that celebrates the soon-to-be grand opening of the Los Santos Casino. Exclusive to custom vehicles and racecars.
Tips:

• This track features a joker lane that bypasses turn 11 and 12, though since GTA Online races don't have a Rally Cross format, this is mainly employed to split up a huge pack of racers after turn 10. Caution is advised to those use the joker jump, as they may land on racers taking the normal route.
• Recommended time of day is clear, though it may be set to current. Lamps with generators have been placed on certain areas to illuminate the track at night

• Racers may notice some routes have two sides to them, most especially immediately after the start line. These were initially meant to be joker lanes at first, but are really meant to widen the pack of racers, as the overhaul has made the course more tighter.
• Racers must mind their speed coming into the first corner, for after it comes another right-hand turn which sends racers through Legion Square. If racers do no decelerate enough, they may find themselves spinning out or careening into some static trees.
• This track utilizes a Rally Cross format, which makes use of a joker lane for joker laps. The joker lap is found after Checkpoint 16, through the parking garage across highway from the red and white one. The normal route continues straight, into the next intersection and driving around the parking garage. Joker lane is much more narrower, but shouldn't confuse racers going for normal lap.

Current Issues:

Updates: Start/finish line has been moved in front of Daily Globe to allow for a joker lane that will send racers back to the grid. Joker lane has been placed through the red and white parking garage. Joker lane could go through the garage across the highway, but it's too narrow. I could change after more testing. A pit lane has been added and it's located to the left right before the finish line, in the driveway of the Daily Globe building. It's exit is slow and racer entering back into the race must yield to racers speeding past the finish line.

Joker lane has been moved to the parking garage to the west of original parking garage. It's much more narrower, but due to its proximity to the normal lap route, it shouldn't confuse racers taking the normal route.

SA-RX: Sandy Shores I
[Xbox One]: View on Social Club
Players: 1 to 30
In-game description: The fourth track in the San Andreas Rally X Championship takes you to Sandy Shores. 30-car mixed-terrain race along the railroad tracks.
Tips:

• Track has been tested with Coupes and Compacts, defaulting to Compacts. Caution is advised for the faster car classes.
• Track utilizes a generous amount of lamps with generators to illuminate the track at nighttime.
• There are two main jump sections featured on this track. First jump section is part of the figure-8 section at the start of the race. There may be times where racer will land on the competition jumping through the jump section a second time. Second jump section sends racers over the lamps illuminating the part of the track that goes under the railroad.
• Caution is advised whenever there is foliage. Many times there has been accidental spin-outs, especially at high speed.

Current Issues: N/A

• Right after Checkpoint 2, there is a joker lane situated at the merging lane. Normal route would continue straight to the hairpin. Both route will intersect at Checkpoint 3.
• Racer must be mindful for the technical turn at Checkpoints 8-9, for this is a tight alleyway and the corner for Checkpoint 9 is a right angle fence corner. Hitting this will cause the fence to collapse and may be a debris hazard for racers following behind.

• Xbox One race is virtually the same, with a few minor changes. All concrete barriers have been swapped with tire walls, start line is moved forward to accommodate 30 racers, ramps are put right before the start/finish line to prevent T-bone collisions, and a generous amount of lamps litter the track to illuminate the roads at night.
• There are no longer any stunt jump cameras. This is to create better flow during the race.

• Old-gen track and new-gen track now differ great in terms of size and course layout. Starting grid is now in front of campus at the flag pole.
• The route through the Richman Hotel driveway has been reused, though with the direction reversed from east-to-west to west-to-east. Also, the parking lot of the Richman hotel is utilized for the pit lane. Lamps have been placed to offer better visibility if driven at night, late evening or very early morning.
• Joker lane is immediately before the start/finish grid, located on the lawn in between the ULSA sign and the large brick building.

Updates: This track has been redone to include a short joker lane as well as a pit lane. Most of the original routes have been used for this course. Please refer above to any changes.

[Xbox 360]: View on Social Club
Players: 1 to 16
In-game description: With so many right-hand turns in this race, pray that a slight left through the Richman Chicane will prevent you from getting dizzy and either wrecking or hitting a poor college student. This is very technical high-speed course that navigates around the ULSA campus, the Richman Hotel, and the exclusive Mansion.

• Start line is moved forward to accommodate 30 cars on the start grid. This makes the first turn a possible place for pile ups. Caution is advised if playing with players who are not part of our crew or do not know NODO's racing etiquette
• The major difference between the two tracks is the added off-road section that sits in a field north of LSIA. This make possibilities for collisions and accidents. Recommended switch from Standard to Non-contact for this race.

Updates:

• The section right after the third hotel driveway has been changed into a tighter corner and no longer brings racers up onto a parking lot. This section has a penalty box/pit lane that if GTA race is activated, has a bunch of wrench pick-ups to repair your vehicle.
  

• Starting grid has been relocated to an area that can accommodate 30 players.
  
• There are corner where it is better to powerslide/drift than to grip.
  
• Track has been expanded to include a section that is off-road. Caution is advised as this is a place full of foliage that at times can spin players unpredictably. There is varying heights off the hills, so the Speedophile beach flags have been placed to allow players to see the next checkpoints in this section
  

• The most major change is the relocation of the start line from outside the lot of Los Santos Customs to next to Mt. Zonah Hospital. The route around Rockford Hills City Hall and past the Rockford Hills Police Station has been omitted and has been switched with a S-curve through a nearby intersection.
• The upper route underneath the Rockford Plaza building that would eventually bring racers to jump into the street below has been omitted, due to a joker lane being added. The route has now been closed off, with the only open route through the tunnel passing the parking garage lot.
• As stated above, a joker lane has been added right after Checkpoint 17-18. It is located in the a merger lane and allows racers to take the inside line. The normal route is taking the longer way around. The normal route also can send racers into the grass if understeer is not managed.
• A tight and technical hairpin sits right before the finish line. Racers must utilize both the street and sidewalk to get through this part of the track unscated.

• This track utilizes a loop format. Loop starts in the parking lot of You Tool, where the course will go counter-clockwise around the building and meet with the start of the loop where a set of ramps have been place in hopes of preventing a collision. At this intersection, where the front and back will eventually meet, racers must yield to the faster traffic or if skillful enough, maneuver their way around somehow.
• Joker lane is also located in the front parking lot of You Tool. Marked with yellow tire walls and Speedophile beach flags, the joker lane is the inside line whereas the outside line is the normal route. Racers will intersect at the other end of parking lot. Careful braking is needed for racers taking the joker route as the sand tends to make cars understeer into the guardrail.
• First corner is a fast corner, but note that too much speed while going into the dunes will result in cars crashing into the arrow barriers, even with top-level brakes installed. Pumping the throttle is a good way to mitigate this.

• Right after starting, racers should notice a pit lane (if race is done as a GTA-race) to the left before the first checkpoint.
• A portion of the track takes place in the rear parking lot of the Crastenburg hotel in La Puerta. A series of sharp turns through the lot followed by a short jump that should soar over those following behind is what racers should expect here.
• A joker lane has been place right before the finish line. It's located in the entrance to the lower lot. Normal route is to the outside of the entrance, where racers must hop over a small grassy bank to get to the starting grid.

• As the description says, at the start of the race, racers should notice the joker lane to their immediate right. Due to the proximity, whoever is second in the pole positioning has the right of way into the joker lane, if one wishes to take it on their first lap. Normal route is the longer route, bypassing the joker and turning right around the ramp's supporting column. Both route will eventually intersect at hairpins and caution is advised at this section as traffic may be congested. Good use of the handbrake and accelerator is needed for this turn.
• Once racers ascend up the ramp, they will come up to a S-curve or sorts, where the first bend is open and wider, while the second is more enclosed by the barriers and is tighter.
• There is a brief off-road section through the middle of the construction site and the route exits near the Vapid building.
• After Checkpoint 10, there is a tight chicane, that if navigated carefully, can be sped through without stepping off the gas. The chicane will lead to a right-hand turn, which has been made tighter with tire walls.
• Right after the turn through Checkpoint 17, racers will make another left into the parking garage. Speed must be mitigated here to prevent collisions with the tire walls set up outside the garage. This was changed from the original route which led higher up the street to the next intersection, where racers would jump a ramp into the street below. Since it was too gnarly a jump, with risks of landing into the freeway instead of the street, the jump was changed to the current route through the parking garage.

• Fans of the current GRC held by Red Bull in Ft. Lauderdale should recognize how this track is shaped. Taking a L-shape and utilizing a ramp that sends racers from asphalt to the off-road section. Only differences is the location of the joker lane and the location of the starting grid.
• Instead of being on the southwestern part of the track before the hairpin, the starting grid is location right after the off-road section.
• Instead of being a shorter part of the hairpin in the southwestern part of the track, the joker lane is located somewhat parallel, to the left of the jump. Since this is a high speed lane, racers must be careful when re-enter the normal racing line where the two routes intersect. In trials with my upgraded Massacro Racecar, I've found that too much speed will send the car into the slope of the train tracks, where the car will further look control or end up on the other side.

Races added:

SA-RX: Big Ear, opening race of the second season of the San Andreas Rally X Championship (playlist coming soon)