Mount Akina SUCKS; Here's Why...

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  • @TSRB
    @TSRB  3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Do you want an Assetto Corsa Touge Server that isn't just running Akina? Well, I've launched one, so come and check it out! Join my Discord for server info: discord.gg/fvvDadaRjt

    • @repingers9777
      @repingers9777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      2017 version of akina was better

    • @throckmortonthebrave6634
      @throckmortonthebrave6634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      try fruits lane by far my number 1

    • @ezioramirez7227
      @ezioramirez7227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@repingers9777 Exactly!!

    • @ymb9shinzou743
      @ymb9shinzou743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can understand that for an experienced and dedicated player Akina might seem boring; particularly solo. I feel this would be "Akin" to calling the AE86 a boring car. Sure you might in time outgrow it but I think that's more of a comment on your skill as a driver than the run itself.
      As someone who flat out isn't any good and trying to be better I love Akina online with other people. There's enough margin of error to push a little harder without every corner being death, I can much easier let people by who are way faster, the straights vs hairpins lets me see handling vs power in a very obvious way.
      Even the long straights are engaging for someone like me still trying to understand the right line, time and pressure with which to brake.In the same way the AE86 is a car that teaches the driver, I feel the same about Akina as a run. But I guess you are the one who teaches around here, so I'd like to hear your opinion on Akina as a method for learning.

    • @d066y
      @d066y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the best news I heard today :DDDDDDD

  • @hopstr9606
    @hopstr9606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1599

    You understand why takumi didn't like driving when the story started, he had to drive this road for 5 years straight.

    • @danielnemeth2017
      @danielnemeth2017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Rare smartness so true

    • @SHIZURAKU
      @SHIZURAKU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      oh no now it all makes sense 😂😂😂

    • @thehwguy4293
      @thehwguy4293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      This comment needs to be near the top.

    • @DarkShinobi11
      @DarkShinobi11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Reminds of this race with Seiji, right before Takumi overtook him. He had that disgusted look on his face because racing on akina was too easy for him.

    • @lndhsjgdnwnkshsonfc9364
      @lndhsjgdnwnkshsonfc9364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This mans got 1000+ iq

  • @juliemittel3931
    @juliemittel3931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    i think one of my friends who plays both AC and various F1 games put it beautifully into words: "mt. akina is comparable to shanghai international, meh to drive on, but excellent for racing. you'll find practice or qualifying boring, but in a race, with an equally skilled opponent? then, the track comes alive."

    • @tankiller9638
      @tankiller9638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That could be said about most tracks though it's not the track at that point let's be real it's your opponent

    • @Josh_reilly
      @Josh_reilly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I gotta agree with the other reply here, the track could suck but of course it’s engaging when you have opponents

    • @wanshafiw6487
      @wanshafiw6487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Takumi from initial d : no, not really

  • @estimateddeatharrival
    @estimateddeatharrival 3 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    I swear to god I will never forget trying to drift on akina with some friends and the moment we get super close some dude with a grip car knocks us off the mountain and keeps going

    • @supawonk
      @supawonk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      if ur blocking his run then of course he wants you out the way, but if he just came out of nowhere or you gave space then fair play

    • @estimateddeatharrival
      @estimateddeatharrival 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@supawonk Nah bro we made a room called ' Touge Drifting ' me and my friends are drifting (4 of us) and this dude comes in like crazy shifting gears like a maniac and speeds up when he sees us and rams us off

    • @ye7170
      @ye7170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      A clean driver would've slowed down and passed at a different time, maybe on a straight. But he definitely did that on purpose.

    • @swagmessiah17
      @swagmessiah17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      dickass. set a password that says “fuck dirty racers” should keep them out

    • @estimateddeatharrival
      @estimateddeatharrival 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@swagmessiah17 yea since then me and the bois only practice on priv servers

  • @SaijoRhen
    @SaijoRhen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "Beginners can drive fast on a straight line, that's cake. Intermediate drivers start to work a little better by mastering the corners, but the truly advanced drivers find their own course."
    - Ryosuke Takahashi.
    Put bluntly, if you find the track boring you just aren't going fast enough, push the knife's edge my man.

    • @TSRB
      @TSRB  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wrong

    • @SaijoRhen
      @SaijoRhen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@TSRB Am I?
      There is no principle of what makes a touge good or bad, every touge is unique and that's what set them apart. Now Akina is very unique because the layout is not similar to any other touge, whereas "narrow touges" are all about s-turns and consecutive corners, hence sharing a similarity. There is really nothing that can decide whether a track is bad or not, it's one own's intuition and how far you can take that course to the limit. It's not the track that's boring, you're boring yourself out.

    • @Dinguhs
      @Dinguhs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TSRB Low margin for error is a joke right? What times are you pulling in kunos touge cars? (2017 and ek ver)

    • @SnerASDF
      @SnerASDF 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      im fast up transfagarasan and many touges but at akina i always get bored.. i should practice it but every time i go for it i go to fast and crash and when i drive it slow to learn the track i get bored as hell but yeah i think to be fast on akina must feel great i just dont enjoy putting in the hours

  • @RustyRussell_YT
    @RustyRussell_YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I love Tsuchisaka, its flow doesn't break the tempo till the very end, especially the old version with start near the tunnel, makes you you wanna keep going for hours!

    • @icebrew
      @icebrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      not my favorite touge but its by far the best touge for racing others

    • @alsa4real
      @alsa4real 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      u make awesome videos

    • @RustyRussell_YT
      @RustyRussell_YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alsa4real thanks! 😅

    • @revi5343
      @revi5343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      tshucisaka is a great touge, battling on it is just so fun and competitive

    • @threadworm437
      @threadworm437 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadamine and Tsuchisaka are my favorites

  • @s1l3nt30
    @s1l3nt30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Tsubaki is probably my favorite touge. I don't think it's the best for overtakes, but it's really satisfying to get right. Especially the first section where if you get it perfectly you don't even need to use the brakes.

    • @kyototomokui6676
      @kyototomokui6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Myogi downhill can be done without ever touching the brakes.

    • @recarsion
      @recarsion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love driving Tsubaki in the MR2 on Initial Unity, probably my favorite touge+car combo in that game.

    • @carakyfullsender7280
      @carakyfullsender7280 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah tsubaki is sick uphill version to!

  • @izzyusagi
    @izzyusagi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    As other good touges I'd also add Happogahara and Shomaru.

    • @suitedmonkey0
      @suitedmonkey0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Akagi is also quite pog

    • @ktkv419
      @ktkv419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Shomaru is a joke if you make public lobby

    • @izzyusagi
      @izzyusagi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ktkv419 I don't play online so I wouldn't know

    • @mycatmufasa5436
      @mycatmufasa5436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Happogahara feels so tight in comparison to Akina with corner upon corner back to back (and of course the quite literal narrow road).

    • @asphyxianado2112
      @asphyxianado2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ktkv419 XDDD shomaru is good only if you're alone or racing a good driver. People even suck on Akina (Touge Life 1). I'm going ultimate speed harding the 4.40 and this random dude with r34 wallriding and cutting me. Can't even think what would happen on Shomaru tbh.

  • @KatarinaWasTaken
    @KatarinaWasTaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    pretty funny that in initial D they talk about akina perfectly matching the 86 and how keisuke could hardly use his 350 horsepower but after the second hairpin you're pretty much flat out 80% of the course

    • @ralexcraft990
      @ralexcraft990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think in Initial D land Akina is curvier

    • @KatarinaWasTaken
      @KatarinaWasTaken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ralexcraft990 and steeper, you're correct to be fair, but you'd think they'd have chosen a course that matches it better

    • @ralexcraft990
      @ralexcraft990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@KatarinaWasTaken someone pointed out the straights in this version of Akina pass are longer than the real one so it might’ve gotten edited for the non-drifters the Competitive racers are

    • @KatarinaWasTaken
      @KatarinaWasTaken 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ralexcraft990 oh i see

    • @NerdyCatCoffeeee
      @NerdyCatCoffeeee ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ralexcraft990 such a shame, though

  • @Katari-san
    @Katari-san 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I had a talk with the creator of the early version of Akina, and he did tell me the map wasn't exactly on scale with the real life version. After looking it up on google maps, I had to agree with him. I'm still waiting for a version that will stand up to the real thing.

    • @BladezAndrew
      @BladezAndrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly the real life Akina is smaller with shorter straights

    • @jac_238
      @jac_238 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wonder if they modeled the track after the version from the Arcade Stage games

    • @tankiller9638
      @tankiller9638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jac_238 more than likely which would make sense on why it's so wide

    • @Gadgetmcflyv2
      @Gadgetmcflyv2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a guy working on it now

    • @portablerefrigerator4902
      @portablerefrigerator4902 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty sure this is literally running the track from arcade stage. theres the PK2022 akina which is much better

  • @SteremyJeele
    @SteremyJeele 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This video underpins exactly why I still prefer 2017 Akina to the newer ek_Akina. The margin for error is too large on the newer track, and the wide sweeping banked roadway hand-holds most of the lower power cars through each corner. I still find the narrower roadways of 2017 Akina to be plenty engaging, especially when battling.

    • @Doubledunk
      @Doubledunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EK tracks are so flat they are only good for show drifting

    • @d3admaub938
      @d3admaub938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Doubledunk bro the akina 2017 map is flatter than the ek map lol

    • @NerfMaster000
      @NerfMaster000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Akina 2017 doesn’t even have proper gutters lmao

    • @d3admaub938
      @d3admaub938 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NerfMaster000 That’s a good thing lmao the gutters on ek are cancer

  • @SHIZURAKU
    @SHIZURAKU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I don't even have favorite Touge I guess.. but I like to think that Nagao is like my home course cuz it's the first Touge map I ever played at when I first started.. I learned all the basics there, made few friends there and had a ton of fun and races with random players.

    • @d3admaub938
      @d3admaub938 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nagao isn’t my home touge but honestly might be my favorite, it has SUCH good flow on the corners. It’s nice cuz you really don’t have to brake super hard it’s more about just connecting consecutive corners

  • @Kyuschi
    @Kyuschi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:43 never did i think i would be excited to hear the words "realistic wet leaf physics"

  • @munmunyee
    @munmunyee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    To me, Akina is the Dust 2 of the togue world. It's a classic. The 4 sections are like 4 movements of a concerto, each with a different tempo/approach (at least in TA)
    It's kind of like Suzuka, in that regard.
    Iroha, then, would be like Laguna Seca.
    Tsubaki Line is kind of like the Nordschleife. Plenty of flow, but also extremely technically demanding as well as being demanding on consistency, not to mention countless blind corners that can only be mastered through repetitious experimentation.
    My personal favorite though (though Akina comes close due to some stupid sentimental attatchment I have), is gonna have to be Happo - it's the most intense rally course on asphalt.

  • @moisesezequielgutierrez
    @moisesezequielgutierrez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Akina looks like one of the road course for newbies to me.
    Irohazaka, Happogahara, and Akagi are my favorites so far.

    • @asphyxianado2112
      @asphyxianado2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Akina is only fun if you're battling. Driving alone on Akina is pretty boring.

    • @SHIZURAKU
      @SHIZURAKU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      true.. I use Akina mostly as a warmup when I don't play for a week or longer or when I'm switching cars to warm up in a new car again lol

    • @d3admaub938
      @d3admaub938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Eh, akina might be easy to drive but it’s pretty hard to get genuinely fast on. Not necessarily because of how hard the track is, but because people have put the most hours into that map by far. People have pushed the limits of akina further than any other touge imo

    • @asphyxianado2112
      @asphyxianado2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@d3admaub938 yeah i have seen guys doing 4.30 with the 86 when my best is 4.40. I drive with controller so i’m not very smooth but still. They are scary dudes.

    • @suhvearly
      @suhvearly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@d3admaub938 true

  • @ivansidorov6391
    @ivansidorov6391 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Usui's rythm is amazing. It feels like a never ending weight-transfer dance.
    One of the few tracks where you don't have to memorize every turn, but adjust to the frequency and swim along it, because it doesn't give you a break. Simply hypnotizing.

  • @bsn0730
    @bsn0730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The road through Zion canyon in Utah would be awesome. I doubt it's in any game, but having driven it at night when there's not anyone else out there, it's an awesome drive. The road widens and tightens at different points, even on the steep section at the bottom with lots of big hairpins (that would be a lot of fun to drift) there's some chicane-like twists that make for interesting corner entrances and exits. Toward the top of the run, a lot of meandering twists and turns cambered to help you around. In the middle is a long, very tight tunnel with several turns ranging from a fast kink to some surprisingly sharp but still sweeping corners. I wouldn't want to push it in real life with my own car but if, between the close rock and tunnel walls and cliff edges, pushing it and getting it right on a video game (or even a car I didn't need to use daily) would feel amazing.
    Also, besides seeing a couple of these videos recently, I know almost nothing about touge. I just love driving a fun road

    • @toddthezondalover645
      @toddthezondalover645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blue Ridge Parkway is another awesome American road. Deals Gap/The Tail is modded in AC and it's awesome too. After doing it in real life w my uncle, it's very close to the real deal. It's in Beam.NG too now that I think of it

  • @iElementGraphics
    @iElementGraphics ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just had to double check if the mudslide is still there so I went on google maps. As of 2014 when they last took the photos, so 10 years ago now almost mind you, it was still there. Incredible lol. The same 2 yellow gates too.

  • @ksweew7476
    @ksweew7476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    for me there is no bad tracks in touge as long as you can physically drive it to the end ofc. Because unlike race tracks they were not meant for this and this means you have to addapt to the track you'r on and have to abuse it's mechanics, it's all about learning what is the track about. That's why i like touge, it's more of your relationship with the track rather than learning patterns you can apply to almost every track ...

  • @baccarah7010
    @baccarah7010 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Straights connected to hairpins is how you build a mountain road.
    If you dont want to drive all the way around the mountain in loops you need to do this.

  • @mrreal6296
    @mrreal6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I guess I might be the only person who finds Akina to be the hardest touge out of all others. For me my reality is completely the opposite touges that you said was more technical I feel are simple and easy to drive but going fast or me trying my best to be fast on Akina is a real challenge just 1 run on Akina drains me. For me its like the Nurburgring of touges.

  • @justadummy8076
    @justadummy8076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ngl but the Volcano in Forza Horizon 5 is such a fun Touge map, the downhill flows so well that if you coast & drift each corner you never really need to break which makes it feel so satisfying when you nail it

  • @kyototomokui6676
    @kyototomokui6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I respect your opinion, but you also have the skills of Keiichi Tsuchiya mixed with Ricky Bobby. Akina may be too easy for a professional like you, but for new players, it’s actually challenging and a fun learning experience.

  • @LightGesture
    @LightGesture ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Akina is a "home track " for test and tune and master technique, according to the Initial D manga

  • @BakuGone
    @BakuGone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm glad to see most people agree here, I thought I was crazy when I didn't enjoy Akina that much

    • @christiantaylor1495
      @christiantaylor1495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't agree
      This is kinda like saying Monza is bad

    • @BakuGone
      @BakuGone 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christiantaylor1495 but Monza is sick

  • @salty1099
    @salty1099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I really enjoy tsubaki line, it just has the right mix of tightness, and mixture of corners, and it flows well too

  • @korozetto
    @korozetto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My favorites are easily Irohazaka and Hakone Imbound. Irohazaka for fast paced zig zagging, and Hakone for wide open sweeping turns that you fly down at 180mph

  • @genesisfd4418
    @genesisfd4418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's cool to see everyone's favorite track. Ranges from iroha, happ, akagi, tsuchi, tsubaki. I'd definitely have to say momiji is my absolute favorite.

  • @TooFlyNico
    @TooFlyNico 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That touge with back to back hairpins is my fucking favorite. I can’t define the thrill of goin through those. I play it all the time on Initial D 8 at my local arcade !

  • @mattmattmatt131313
    @mattmattmatt131313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you ever get bored of a touge road try doing a single lane run. It will bring you a whole new experience, in fact on some touges (Otarumi) I prefer it...
    or/and
    add traffic.

  • @calvinstraveldreams
    @calvinstraveldreams 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The thing about Akina is that it works great as an INTRODUCTORY course for touge racing, as it is relatively wide and easy by touge standards, but still teaches the skills needed to master the touge (slip angle, 4-wheel drifting, engine braking, inertia drifting, gutter techniques...). Obviously once a driver learns these skills, it becomes possible to apply them to more demanding courses like Irohazaka, Momiji, Happogahara, Shomaru, Sadamine, Tsuchisaka, Tsukuba, Yabitsu, Nagao, Nanamagari, Tsubaki, etc...

  • @suhvearly
    @suhvearly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    haruna, ek usui, gunsai, and happogahara are my favs rn

  • @kimberlynguyen6171
    @kimberlynguyen6171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    usui is still my favorite bc of that c-121 corner and how tight the roads are

  • @patrick_0206
    @patrick_0206 ปีที่แล้ว

    Personally, for me, Touge has a different approach to the race track, a race track is exactly what you mentioned in the video, but Touge is a "chilling street" where you swing from side to side with the car, feeling the curves and listening to some music at the same time, eventually drifting/sliding or going fast in some parts

  • @20ege008
    @20ege008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Akina is a good touge for beginners. It has wide and long straights and high margin of error. But it becomes bland after you get experience

  • @vdfritzz
    @vdfritzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i don't know if this is the game's limitation or poor set up, but you should try using 16x anisotropic filtering on your GPU settings, it's literally free, 0 performance cost, and will make the further asphalt textures look sharp, right now they are blurry

  • @gitrekt-gudson
    @gitrekt-gudson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man... lookin at these comments, some people are legit nuts. Talking about Akina like it's some sort of deity. "It's a holy ground that trains the senses" "It teaches techniques" "Push the knife's edge" "It's about the relationship with the road"... People be taking Initial D too seriously for real.

  • @MitchMobiles
    @MitchMobiles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think akina a signature feature is the gutters not the hairpins

  • @gergokolozsvari5457
    @gergokolozsvari5457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank god you said this and launched a server on Nagao, I always played other touges by myself cus I never liked Akina. Hopefully more people will try to launch a server on a different touge

  • @jeypi__
    @jeypi__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would be mad if I wasnt kind of bored myself. But Akina does act like some kind of holy land for weebs coming into sim racing, gotta pay respect to the OG course(in Initial D's context)

  • @michakasprzak6869
    @michakasprzak6869 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    TSRB: "Akina is wide, too easy and boring"
    Me (who's just started) trying to get a proper racing line or drift through the hairping and ending up in the guardrail: Excuse me?

  • @socks2441
    @socks2441 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:56 i love this touge. i have not played many, but so far this is definitely one of my favourites, maybe even in no.1 spot.

  • @MZPlayz101
    @MZPlayz101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Design rule number 4" **shows (DESIGN RULE #3)**

  • @aqiimkhairin101
    @aqiimkhairin101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ah I see.... No wonder I felt weird why does Initial D characters from 1st and 2nd stage can speak all the time during racing. They're clearly bored AF

  • @blazi2293
    @blazi2293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well... Pretty much everything you said about Akina are reasons why I love it.
    I don't like claustrophobic tracks like Shomaru or Takigahara I don't want to be stuck in second gear and having to hit the brake pedal more often than the accelerator.
    I absolutely DESPISE Irohazaka. I was sick of this touge in Initial D Arcade Stage 8, an arcade game made to be FUN. I can't imagine driving there in real life 🤢
    The signature features of Akina? Well, what about the high speed sections? If my car has 300HP, I don't want to be stuck in sub 80km/h speed. I (and the car itself) want to hit 4th and 5th gear. After all the drifting, It is so satisfying to just floor it and let the engine roar. Like a wise man said, I paid for the speedometer, I'm gonna use the whole speedometer.
    And about the overtaking opportunities, well, that alone makes it great. You can have proper racing without turning the race into bumper cars

    • @CopCaptureOfficial
      @CopCaptureOfficial ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @MakhnoDripGod
      @MakhnoDripGod 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      iroha is my best map on every initial d game lmfao, though I suck at it super hard in assetto

  • @Hashiriya985
    @Hashiriya985 ปีที่แล้ว

    im moving over other more underground touge tracks, and now i realize after driving 1000km in Akina that indeed sucks..

  • @Triple259772
    @Triple259772 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mt haruna is definitely not boring in person. Shit is terrifying and makes takumi look absolutely insane

  • @agree602
    @agree602 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If TSRB's reasoning about Usui is to be believed, then it would totally explain Takumi's insane performance at Usui despite the lack of any real practice. (especially the drift at C-121)

  • @stormzz8157
    @stormzz8157 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    akina is one of my favorites to race on out of all of them, it is a boring road, but once you got two people with tons of hours on it its pure driver skill

  • @MilesPrower1992
    @MilesPrower1992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always crash on the hairpins, so it's plenty challenging to me

  • @Squeallyweegon
    @Squeallyweegon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been loving Touge Life #3 for the constant stage rotation, without having to download a bunch of random cars (though I LOVE the non-Kunos cars on other TL servers, sometimes feels like a mild chore after work,when I don't have them already and the server rotates/updates (looong subtext))
    Nagao was damn fun in the MX5 😀

  • @grandicellichannel
    @grandicellichannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Drive in Shomaru and you'll even have time to think "This is boring"...litterally.

  • @Joshua_N-A
    @Joshua_N-A 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Haruna is alright to me, it's one of the 3 mountains of Jomo in Gunma. Takigahara and Irohazaka are places to push one's limit, nearly perfect for 3 pedals and a stick driving.

  • @cb22ng
    @cb22ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I grew and built my technical skills on Akina and I will never stop running it, but I agree. I honestly prefer Sadamine over any other touge, just because of how beautiful it is. Driving wise and looks wise. The low speed winding corners at the start let you prepare for the high speed section ahead, which then goes back to low speed corners. It's the most fun I've had on a touge and I highly recommend you drive and practice it.

    • @totalhydration5240
      @totalhydration5240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly, Sadamine is the track I practiced drifting it. I can't even count the number of runs I've done on that track.

  • @rubyterrell8001
    @rubyterrell8001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Irohazaka is my favourite course to run on the downhill especially, I don't have a chance to relax especially when I'm pushing to break my records on it, it holds my focus more than any other course

  • @Kiry-eu9lm
    @Kiry-eu9lm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For me, Akina is like a home track, I have ridden it a lot, after long races on it, I agree, it is not the most interesting track(but with opponent it fun, when you drive in solo, real boring), I prefer Tsuchisaka or Irohazaka, Myogi, Akagi, Tsubaki Line, Maze Pass

  • @Nico8DS
    @Nico8DS ปีที่แล้ว

    I held a former world record on Akina, thousands of hours there and several touge courses. And, to this day, Akina is the most enjoyable touge of all❤. I love Akina dynamics and corners

  • @ezioramirez7227
    @ezioramirez7227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I personally really love Mount Akina 2017, but I really dislike the EK Mount Akina that was ripped from IDAS.

  • @hugovilag
    @hugovilag ปีที่แล้ว

    May I add, if anyone really wants to feel like there's no space even to open the door look no further than any Monte Carlo or Rally Argentina stages not "official" touge, but you gotta drive yourself through them

  • @stickybuds05
    @stickybuds05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I play a range of sim racing and other games, sometimes I need to brush up on the basics/feel when I come back to AC. And Akina is perfect for that, and testing new cars too. Usui is probably my fav touge though

  • @flex9696
    @flex9696 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:59 *Rage Your Dream starts playing*

  • @jaxx1360
    @jaxx1360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whoever was driving the yellow miata in the gameplay was driving really well.

    • @TSRB
      @TSRB  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do all of the driving in my videos hahaha

  • @calvinstraveldreams
    @calvinstraveldreams 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorites, based on my limited Arcade Stage 5 experience, would have to be Happogahara and Nagao. I also think Yabitsu is really cool based on the gameplay from the new Initial D game.

  • @Lk_5272
    @Lk_5272 ปีที่แล้ว

    tsubaki line feels harder to drive on than akina because the section where there is no guardrail entierly. if you mess up on that part thats it your gone and also it has many blind corners unlike akina

  • @filipprucnal
    @filipprucnal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    >finds straights on Akina long and boring
    >drives an MX-5
    On a more serious note, Shomaru would be one of my favourites. Very tight and unforgiving. On the other hand I don't see a way for more than 1 car to race there (at least at my skill level)
    I'd definitely like a different touge server, you can only drive on Akina so many times before it gets boring, even with other people

  • @jokerismyname7654
    @jokerismyname7654 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ive been driving on the 2017 akina prob for almost 2 years now and I cant break sub 18, while some drivers get sub 10s (same car btw). Thats why its difficult, it requires knowledge as well as great skill to master. While nagao and isui are boring for the little driver growth they offer. These as well as other tracks you mentioned are just too easy. In the first five tries you can get within 5 seconds to the fastest lap times (a bit of an exaggeration, but you get my point).
    A real test for your talents is still akina

  • @drklener
    @drklener 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! big respect for using intelligent drum n bass too ;)

  • @76254r
    @76254r 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Better Touge Choices:
    Shomaru (Very Twisty and Unkempt)
    Usui (Very twisty and smooth)
    Tsukuba Fruits Line (Fun and flows well)
    Irohazaka (The twistiest and flows well)
    Myogi (A less straight Akina, flows pretty good)
    Momiji Line (Flows very nice)
    Tsuchisaka (Tunnel is cool, narrow and fast)
    and Happogahara (Just awesome)

  • @otakurt1149
    @otakurt1149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I entirely disagree, if anything Akina is the holy ground mixture of what Touge's could turn into in terms of character, I believe it's just a matter of personal preference on what each Touge Racer prefers, adding the fact Akina is a great course that trains the senses, skills and techniques of both novices and seasoned veterans.
    Plus an important factor is your presentation keeps looking at Akina at not for what it is, but rather what other courses are, while it's healthy to compare it is not a fully bonified rule book to adhere to, in my opinion a better perspective is looking at courses for what they are and what they present to you the driver and your car.
    Nevertheless great presentation, commendable explanation and overall intriguing points, this is why I love being a part of the community you and I are both in. Enjoying the videos man, keep it up.

  • @dankdachshund
    @dankdachshund ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this is an old video, but I love this channel, I've always had this opinion and damn near never heard it seconded. Love the videos

  • @Drift4Drifters
    @Drift4Drifters 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good review. Im not a big fan of touges with long straights and key corners where you have to know exactly the optimal speed and breaking points to exit as faster as possible to another long straight section.
    Maybe as a "fictional" road in the anime, they imagined it like that to give some advantage to racers who knows the path inch by inch, like Takumi. That's how his underpowered car comes up in the mirror like a unnatural freak.
    But yeah, I also prefer narrow tracks with a bunch of corners, even if the average speed be much smaller and have less overtake opportunities.

  • @giahieutran9807
    @giahieutran9807 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro, how good your content can be, keep it up!

  • @H20nas
    @H20nas ปีที่แล้ว

    Tsukuba Fruits Line is probably my favorite. If I can describe it, it's really similar to Usui. It's technical but the flow is really great.

  • @nsxlocalities
    @nsxlocalities 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shomaru Pass is stupidly tight but not too tight that it's good enough for a touge for battles

  • @vapour_xs9235
    @vapour_xs9235 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honestly, Akina (haruna) is both boring and fun at the same time. It offers low speed, quick cornering and long straights to build up speed again, but at the same time is littered with narrow corners that are hard to slide through. I think it's redeeming feature is the gutters (yes ik, cliche as hell but it's the only thing that really brings it's status up).

  • @dimitridimitrescu5476
    @dimitridimitrescu5476 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ??? The mid speed sections are difficult and interesting, and the straights offer braking zones that you usually wouldnt find on most touges. Its not a simple map either theres a lot to master

  • @TrueKivan
    @TrueKivan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So to iterate on what you are saying, Akina is a perfect touge to learn the ropes? Great! Can't wait till I get all my sim stuff around March. I want something both easy and iconic to start me off, so your criticism elevates this track for me.

  • @Draax1
    @Draax1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bunta after seeing this: YOU WOT M8?

  • @seventh-hydra
    @seventh-hydra 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Happogahara gang. Momiji line is also really cool and underrated af

  • @deinso
    @deinso 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh man nice to see one of my favorites touge being featured its nagao time 👌

  • @Dryfloorsign
    @Dryfloorsign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can touges be on other countries?
    i came back to this video to say that im both happy and horrified that based on these "jl selayo padang" or more known as sitinjau-lauik is possibly a decent touge course(outside of the traffic)
    it had a somewhat suprising variety of corners due to elevation change? (note:see street view). quite the flow probably and 2 signature features
    its the bridge corner before "that" corner and said corner.
    im still unsure about flow and overtaking opportunities. and idk how long it is but after panorama 2 i guess it could be boring. sadly it is kinda short(?) at 8km and it probably felt short too.
    width is about 6 metres since its probably designed to be a truck two way. so i guess thats a minus.
    i just need to find a mod for this. to test it out.

    • @TSRB
      @TSRB  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course! They're just called mountain roads or hillclimbs elsewhere lmao

  • @casp3rnz563
    @casp3rnz563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I started sim drifting I was originally drawn to touge maps than flat drift tracks so I tried Akina since it was all any server was running so I thought it must be good.. Even as an inexperienced driver with much to learn I found Akina really boring after the first few runs. I never really thought about why but this video perfectly sums up how I feel about Akina, I couldn't agree more.

  • @mike123ftw
    @mike123ftw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't know if you've tried Akina 2017 but it is much better than EK Akina.

  • @RaZGriZx86
    @RaZGriZx86 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty good video, I agree with it. You demonstrated each of your points and views nicely, and it's all neatly put together.
    With that said-- try Project Kaido's Mt. Akina (Haruna), it just recently released. I think you'll find it's a lot more interesting to drive.

  • @J7T800
    @J7T800 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Akina does get boring, but it's where I learned the basics of driving. Usui is my current favorite. I get to attack at the very end because I usually drive a low powered car.

  • @NoName66426
    @NoName66426 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have had absolutely great times running down mount Akina. If it is so shitty why is it so popular?

  • @RPS13DRlFT
    @RPS13DRlFT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy lane drifting tsukuba fruits line online when the server has competent drivers, been doing it at least a couple times every week for over a year now

  • @ΕουγκένΜπέγκαι
    @ΕουγκένΜπέγκαι 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should really do this as a new series ranking every mountain pass. Next should be myogi

  • @Dominik189
    @Dominik189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually only drove Akina twice and honestly didn't like it that much. I favor EK Tsukuba, Hakone Ohiradai, Dousojin, Shobudani, Shomaru and Nagao. Usui is a bit, idk, too tight? Not narrow, but just odd for me. It's hard to drive when doing grip, Usui is really more of a drift Touge in my experience. Maze is nice.

    • @zwenkwiel816
      @zwenkwiel816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I really like usui more for drifting with like the Wdts cars or something too. Make this distinction for a lot of tracks. Some are for drifting with the wdts cars others are for grip racing with the kunos cars.

    • @Dominik189
      @Dominik189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zwenkwiel816 actually a lot of tracks can do both. EK Tsukuba, Nagao and Dousojin are good for both drift and grip.

    • @zwenkwiel816
      @zwenkwiel816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dominik189 oh ofcourse. It's just more of a personal preference. Also whatever the server happens to run. Like if I learn a track drifting I just pick up habits and it becomes a drift track in my mind.

  • @fish4fun1011
    @fish4fun1011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you trying to talk about togue and compera to some track don't forget that all those roads first of all wasn't designed for racing on it. It is all about public roads in mountains. Complaining about long srtaights and hairpins, lack of overtaking opportunities on tracks that based on real road is quite bad. In AC lots of tracks that was design for racing and just have scenary to look alike japanese public road.

    • @TSRB
      @TSRB  ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty sure I said that

  • @rawrbrz
    @rawrbrz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who else remembers Mt. Akina was even labled as "easy" on the Initial D arcade game haha

  • @MrLolx2u
    @MrLolx2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And you'ld think why Takumi earlier on kept telling his dad that he needs glasses was because he got soo fast on the easy course that he felt everything was slowing down and even when competition came, he beat them easily and even smashed Ryosuke and Keisuke.
    Once he got to Usui Pass and battled Mako, he nearly shat his pants before composing himself and then again with Irokazaka when he was battling Ken Kagoshiwa. Heck if you think about it, nearly everywhere Takumi battled, he always nearly shat himself because those courses like the ones with Tomoyuki Tachi from Todo at Happogahara and even his final battle on the Hakone Skyline was a total twisty track with no bars for error and little overtaking space thus he panicked when getting pushed whereas on Mt.Akina, he got soo used to it and with the track being soo forgiving, he doesn't have to worry of people giving him pressure.
    Also, why do I love Irohazaka? "Pulpsy". Keichii Tsuchiya. 'Nuff said.

  • @kopfnuss53
    @kopfnuss53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice vid as always, but please consider adding links to the mods used in the description.

  • @takukumniefujiwanker1529
    @takukumniefujiwanker1529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you want Akina to be less boring, try out driving a supercar (my personal favourite is DB9)
    also what is the background music?

  • @LaidbackMarco
    @LaidbackMarco 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also remember it's not MAZE it's like mah zay! Great videos by the way!! I love all your content so don't wanna make it seem like I'm flaming you. Just want to point out that japanese is bi syllabic so the pronnunciation is different.

  • @fishsticks7340
    @fishsticks7340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So that's why takumi didnt want to drift akina anymore

  • @ottroyb
    @ottroyb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m sure everyone would prefer a tight I mean narrow touge road lol great vid

  • @d1scopotato222
    @d1scopotato222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    True. As a big fan of initial D. I find myself barely racing on Akina

  • @dovan3039
    @dovan3039 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Akagi and sadamine have been my favourites ever since i drove on them

  • @ASOTFAN16
    @ASOTFAN16 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd say Shomaru Touge is another great one. I personally find that one pretty difficult too