[4K] The BTG 2017 (NOOBS) Guide to the Nürburgring

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This is my NOOBS guide to the Nürburgring! Showing all the boring stuff, like how to get into the track, buying your tickets and getting off half way. Send it to a friend who's never been, but should!
Full guide at www.bridgetogantry.com

[@trymondarlington]

Excellent video. Quote of the day: ""If he's behind you now, and wasn't before, then just move over!"" If more people were to follow that advice, harmony would spread all over the world. Or the ring, at least.

[@PT82]

This video should be pinned when you type 'Nurburgring' into KZbin. Great introduction Dale.

[@Ward413]

This video made me immediately boot up Assetto Corsa and hit the Nordschleife.

[@samfrancisss]

I feel like everyone needs to watch this before they’re allowed on the track. Great video.

[@Troub11]

Thanks to these guys and the tutorials I studied their videos HARD for a fortnight before my first trip to the ring, on my 5th lap in a engine standard e36 1.9 318ti BMW compact I managed a SAFE 9min 34sec lap bridge to gantry! Thanks guys, awesome trip loved every minute 👍🏻😎

[@DonPedro6901]

I always wanted to see JUST this! Thanks a lot! :-)

[@markbuursma5895]

Thank you for this video! It really helped me during my first ever drive on the nurburgring yesterday. I will definitely come back :) And for those who are thinking should I drive the track or not, YES you will love it, even when you have a 'normal' car!

[@mxochimera]

Excellent vid as usual Mr. Lomas, thank you for always taking care of us. Also, lol @ miscounting the tunnels again on this year''s vid :P Cheers!

[@stuartchristie654]

Great informative video, thanks for taking the time to make it. I have been a couple of times but we are surprising a mate on his 40th with his first visit. I will make sure he watches this video before hand..

[@domonicwills9336]

great instructional video. been before but never knew about coming off at half way. enjoy the vids. look forward to the next one

[@shred_ninja1316]

I actually stopped off at that halfway point when I heard my doorbell ring - in Gran Turismo.

[@Al3xisAE]

This is great, your track knowledge and driver skills are on point 👌🏻

[@archetypex65]

Well done mate. good solid info. the nordschleife a is definitely on my bucket list I hope to get there one day...

[@garytaylor4014]

This is a superb upload, thank you so much for sharing!

[@bighoh9819]

Good guide, very helpful, going for the first time in June and I can't wait.

[@justinryan2618]

great video dale, lovely tips. I hope to be back again soon, thanks again for your awesome taxi ride in 2015! ;]

[@cluxseltoot]

Excellent introductory video. I'll tune-up the Reliant Robin this afternoon. Just being there would be so much fun.

[@jjSomers]

I love your channel. Awesome video. Thank you for sharing great content!

[@OviLexSoft]

Thanks ❤️

[@Ziccolumbia]

Excellent video, thanks for making this!

[@crookboysharveymotorsportc1109]

Great video , really helped before we came over for the first time .

[@bengel3271]

thanks for that great Video:) this helps a lot if you are going to Nordschleife for the very First time. 💯

[@ashleyslingers2814]

I really appreciated a video like this. I'm looking to visit

[@timmietz]

Amazing video. Thank you for posting!

[@dubtube6691]

nice introduction to the nordschleife. I probably will never have the chance to drive on the nordschleife in reality but it was interesting to watch.

[@xiaoyu88]

Why not? you should.

[@PitrsCZ86]

Nothing is impossible. I live in Czech Republic, and I also been on Bathurst in Australia few years ago.

[@davidtheking341]

It really helped me the first time I drove there, it was the 2nd I was there. At the first time I didn't know where I can enter the track

[@AgentJot23]

Fantastic guide!

[@kfearok]

great video, I'm going to note and memorize all your tips. especially the ones regarding the human ego (:

[@heleuw]

Nice guide :) going there for my first time this summer :)

[@teromarjamaki]

An unrelated question, but can you pls tell me why the 2km marker on the Nordschleife is already at Hatzenbach? :-)

[@boombox469]

Great vid and useful to familiarise myself with the ring before my maiden lap. Are there any changes for 2018?

[@therickman1990]

Good to know they moved the ticket office, I want to have a go this year again :)

[@tumbleweed16]

Great video I'm planning a ring trip next year good info for a newbie like me

[@wikki11]

Thanks a lot (again) for that Video. Is the traffic heavy under week? I like to go smooth without disturbing others.. :D

[@markbuursma5895]

Great video soon I will do my first lap!

[@Adam-xc4wk]

This is AWESOME. I've always wanted to know this stuff. Hoping to make a trip here from USA next year. Thanks so much.

[@R3Cat]

Adam Sturdevant you absolutely can not race on a tourist drivers license from outside the EU.

[@chron151]

I'm confused by this statement. Where did the OP say anything about racing?

[@yuralife_]

@Re Where did you get such info?

[@imrmalibuz5145]

he's talking crap, you only need a normal drivers license.. so the american license may not be enough (depends on whether the EU accept it or not, though i assume they do) and you could be required to get an international license (which is basically another test and a few bucks to buy it and thats it i believe).

[@chron151]

There's absolutely no need for an international driver's license unless you plan on competing amateur or professionally in which case you're paying your fees to the FIA... blah blah blah.

[@JesusIsGod222]

good video sir . made me feel i was there

[@landypaule]

Just watched your 2016 video on this topic and the first minutes are kind of familiar: the fuel station, the squealing brakes and you get the number of tunnels wrong again: it's 3 not 2 :-)

[@betoski]

nice video. Very informative. I can only dream of taking a lap at the nurb :(

[@jamesgilliver9967]

great video lad!!!!

[@bigbaza30]

Awesome vid

[@TheXeolias]

One question : this speed limit at Breidscheid, is it enforced sometimes or do people simply not respect this? Thanks for the tutorial.

[@simphizz]

People simply don't respect this but because it's a public road on the Touristenfahrten it has to have these signs.

[@PitrsCZ86]

Hi, how is it with onboard cameras in 2019? Are they still prohibited?

[@termi130]

Thank you so much :)

[@CodeAndCoffee404]

Do you have to exit at the end of every lap?

[@MrPropanePete]

Great video

[@PFCKruger]

Just in time to get my motivation up to finally fix my track car :)

[@maXXik1337]

Never been there, nice guide. On the other hand you should step on it, track was SOOO empty.

[@erraldstyler]

Thank you for this video, i really want an e36 now :D

[@suzicomsrad1700]

hahahahaha the inside is crazy man

[@Ihateslowtube]

Gives me confidence that I'll be able to have a crash-free and successful day for when I eventually visit for the first time (I'm thinking 2018). I think I'll try to rent a car from one of the several garages around, and sign up for one of those 2 day trackdays. Would you recommend Destination Nurburgring for setting up all those plans? Are these other similar services?

[@user-hr2zy7ct8h]

just pay me I'll handle it

[@yarisTSk]

as helpful as ever, thanks !

[@funkyjazzfingers9398]

I'd love to see and hear a AE86 with N/A 20V (or 13b) engine cruise around the 'ring!!!

[@vincentbaelde-millar670]

The old bigports sound much nicer than 20Vs IMO

[@paulfairchild8942]

Thank you sir.

[@salvadorsimoesdecarvalho6516]

You da man !! Great vid ;)

[@hypnotik174]

Bravo Video!

[@TripleTSingt]

did my first lap earlier this month. Really slow, hugging the right side and with a really slow Seat. Was a great time tho.

[@dumiiionut8607]

Nice video.

[@harrydang9]

What spectator areas are there and where can you park? I'm thinking about visiting from America during the summer.

[@droceretik]

Go to the web site.

[@Louisvdv]

This is the place to be if you don't know your way around the track yet. It's easy to access, lot's of parking space and a good view of the track: www.google.be/maps/@50.3699758,7.0061182,387m/data=!3m1!1e3

[@1D0N]

Nice vid. Next time do a little detour and enter the NS through Nurburg village. And if only all were like you "if he doesn't want me to overtake, I won't".

[@markusholzer3569]

Are they controlling if someone is filming with a go pro in the car? Do they care? Officially its forbiden, but do they care at rhe entrance?

[@Tekzoned]

I´m planning to do my first visit and drive at the Ring this year, awesome video!

[@DnBDubstepManiak1]

I'm very tempted to go :P But I'm wondering how often do they really check whether the car is street legal or not? Cause I often see upgraded cars that wouldn't be legal on public roads. Although it might be that in germany they aren't as strict as they are up here. But for example, my new exhaust system is technically not legal in my country because it doesn't have all 3 mufflers. (non-resonated cat-back exhaust). And if you chiptune your car or something like that, that is normally not legal up here either. It would be a pain in the ass if you go up there and get denied bc of the exhaust, even though a lamborghini or ferrari would still be much louder, because I know there technically also is a decibel limit. Anyway great video to make everything clear and it seemed like you couldn't hold back the temptation of going faster in the end :P It was like you wanted to show the M3 that he was no match for you if you wanted to xD

[@lennert8530]

HardstyleBeats_Mixr I don't think they ever check your car unless something is obviously wrong with it, i.e. leaking exhaust, leaking oil or body parts being loose, broken lights etc. If you drove there over public roads, you can drive it on the ring. Chiptuning and many engine and exhaust modifications are perfectly legal around here and your car has to be seriously loud to not be allowed on the track. Also I think you mean Focus RS instead of M3? Didn't really see an M3 in the video.

[@coast2coast00]

I think they regularly check the tires are not race tires (just looking at them) and that your exhaust is not too loud (i'm sure they have a dB meter around the office they bring out if you make their ears hurt[i've read of bikers shoving a pop can into their pipe to beat the meter and be allowed onto the track]), but other than that as long as it doesn't look like your car will burst into flames and leak oil around half the track, they are fine with it.

[@yuralife_]

Are NORDSCHLEIFE and GRAND-PRIX TRACK located at same place (50.333909°, 6.94706°) ?

[@LimaUniformCharlieA]

They are both part of Nürburgring, so yes. Touristenfahrten is only on the Nordschleife, other track days or races use both or just the GP course, they are connected.

[@jongeephotography]

Misha Charoudin sighting at 6:09....

[@W42PZ]

Sorry to hear that!

[@iWalkerzx]

hi sorry for a noob question but at the ticket office to buy your laps for the ring can you pay cash for them?

[@thehostler0]

iWalkerzx yes you can use cash or card

[@iWalkerzx]

thehostler0 sweet cheers!

[@NathanSijpkes]

Perfect

[@Xeriuw0w]

very nice video dude :) may i drive my first round in 2 weeks there :)

[@clockworkpotato]

Good one. As absolute noob I would like to point out, that All-Wetter-Reifen (All Season tyres) are not the best choice. You drive with 80km/h in some turns with tyre sounding like you are driving 200.

[@xiaoyu88]

thank you very much :)

[@behindthen0thing]

What happens if my car is too loud

[@christophteichmann4741]

how does the online payment work?

[@AiOCrlJaPT]

At 7:34 there are cars parked in the main strait, why? I can see the main strait is closed, but why park cars in it?

[@Sandplatzgott96]

they straight is closed behind them...you have to drive through the parking area when you want to drive a second lap ;)

[@RingRingRingBananaPhone]

That's not what he asked

[@AiOCrlJaPT]

OK, but why park in it? Because the park is (or was) full? I don't understand why park in the "middle" of the track, when there is a parking lot in just a few meters.

[@Sandplatzgott96]

mhm don´t know...

[@Sandplatzgott96]

but there should be a "wall" or something like this on the straight to prevent this!

[@arifirul123]

Can someone from other nation going in nurburgring? Sorry for my english

[@ForeverOFC1901]

Nice Video :)

[@delfo032]

7:15 If I use the QR code I must scan it in the same place?

[@sim0_ms]

Did you found out man? I have to know the same thing

[@hellcatreloadedairsoftteam8092]

Yes it's in the same place

[@leonardomorales4175]

Hellcat Reloaded Airsoft team iooht

[@lisacorleone1629]

Can you give me the link of the car rental? Thanks!

[@BTGDale]

Lisa Corleone just google racers retreat nurburg:)

[@mreggbird]

So. They didnt say anything about you filming, while on the website they say it's strictly forbidden. Does this mean I'll also be able to use my GoPro?

[@BTGDale]

This was the last one I did before the enforcement of the new rules. Individuals aren't prevented from filming, but if you have so many followers, you become commercial and they will ask you to license up...

[@mreggbird]

@@BTGDale Ah okay, thanks! I'm going to do some laps this may. Can't wait, and have to bring some proof of course! :p

[@mad-b264]

Well worth watching even your just learning the track for sim racing.... I bet its always a great day waking up with the knowledge you're spending the day racing cars, Surely the ring taxi driver got be one of the most enjoyable jobs in history lol.... What's the score with the Russian oligarch owning the Norshliefe track, Is it going to be boycotted until putins crazy ideas are stopped, Is there anything those oligarchs do not own.... But yeah this a great video if you want an idea of everything you needs to know.... Race etiquette is vital for safety.....

[@itsmekiroto]

Show your steering wheel

[@suzicomsrad1700]

good vdo .. we dont need to know whos planning a trip to the ring from america just go ..

[@DSHanska]

Very cool guide. Let's me have the "Nordschleife experience" without being able to go there :D

[@chron151]

See ya all in September...

[@Lynqs0]

anyone noticed the PORSCHE ? at 00:33 .

[@Squril]

I could imagine a big problem adding fuel to the go-fast-instantly fire is the ticket price. People see 30€ (on weekends), for a single lap and somewhere heard it was "cheaper", like the GP Track's 29€ for 15 minutes, (or worse Hockenheim's "15€ for 15 minutes"), which probably sounds like more value, if only subconsciously, than "30€ for one lap". But they don't get the dimensions of track you get for it. Of course that doesn't mean the prices are too high, especially now with marshals (do they even get anything for it?), but peoples' appreciation for what's behind the 30€ is warped. Added to that, of course, the increase over last year. I do realize that cheaper laps would only change the angle of approach of this thought, this is just a guess at possible mindsets.

[@mrwick7961]

thought they were taking the speed limits off this year.

[@BTGDale]

Those speed limits have ALWAYS been there and ALWAYS will be in TF. You're thinking of the 200 and 250 limits from 2015.

[@mrwick7961]

ahh ok, good to know

[@ephirial]

Do you mean the speed limits at Breidscheid exit? I have been to TF once and I was the only one to follow those speed limits. All other cars were ignoring it, so I wasn't quite sure if they are really ment to be followed? ;D

[@TruggyRico]

So what about laptimes? Arent even possible because you have to leave after 1 round? Or is it possible to hammer through the cones at the end of the straight on some days of the year?

[@dschadu]

Its called "bridge to gantry" for a reason: Your laptime starts at the bridge after the cones (so you have time to accelerate) and ends under the gantry at the beginning of the straight "Döttinger Höhe", a few hundred meters before you have to leave the track.

[@XERRAV]

Gibts das auch in deutsch?

[@user-bb6xb3cz1k]

XERRAV kannst ja untertitel machen, aber eigentlich ist das ja ziemlich selbsterklärend

[@tehpillemannerator]

"Germany, the land of responsibility" Ah not anymore :(

[@timmietz]

First!!

[@simonpetrus1981]

Why did it take you almost 20 minutes to go around the Nurburgring when it should take about 12 minutes?

[@isctony]

All the chat of driving with car and attention or quickly buy safely.. you may be the ring taxi driver but 17:44 surely you could have hung out left a little more and given the other car at least a bit more room!!

[@donny303]

isctony don't be such a Nancy

[@isctony]

Drive safe Jeff!

[@CosmicSeeker69]

basic information good but i thought woefully short on lines and braking point.. there's Much better on YT..

[@BTGDale]

Graham Hobbs this video is for first timers. Braking points and turn-in points come later, when a basic level of competence and comfort has been achieved. Otherwise you get noobs wobbling onto the apex at 150kmh without checking mirrors for that 275kmh Porsche

[@droceretik]

Graham Hobbs. Did you read the title of the video or description? It wasn't about fast lines or getting a quick time. It's about a first visit to Nurburgring.

[@Dowent]

I really don´t think it´s a great idea to look up the lines, apexes, breaking points, etc. b4 the first visit to a particular track. First of all, it´s much harder to get it in your head when you don´t have experience with the track, but more importantly, you might become too reliant on it and it is quite important to be able to ride unknown or updated part of the track on your own, without a guide.

[@JDMricist]

Since this is the n00bs guide to the nurburgring then that was the perfect opportunity to stop and help that guy out. Would have been nice to see what to do in case you encounter that.

[@thehostler0]

Janky Garage you are not supposed to stop. It could be very dangerous.

[@ArumesYT]

If you had actually watched the video for 30 seconds longer, you would've heard him explain why he didn't stop, and that he fully expected noobs like you to flame about it.