Mount Akina SUCKS; Here's Why...

[@TSRB]

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]

2017 version of akina was better

[@throckmortonthebrave6634]

try fruits lane by far my number 1

[@ezioramirez7227]

@@repingers9777 Exactly!!

[@ymb9shinzou743]

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]

This is the best news I heard today :DDDDDDD

[@hopstr9606]

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

[@danielnemeth2017]

Rare smartness so true

[@SHIZURAKU]

oh no now it all makes sense 😂😂😂

[@thehwguy4293]

This comment needs to be near the top.

[@DarkShinobi11]

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]

This mans got 1000+ iq

[@estimateddeatharrival]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@estimateddeatharrival]

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

[@juliemittel3931]

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]

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]

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

[@wanshafiw6487]

Takumi from initial d : no, not really

[@RustyRussell_YT]

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]

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

[@alsa4real]

u make awesome videos

[@RustyRussell_YT]

@@alsa4real thanks! 😅

[@revi5343]

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

[@threadworm437]

Sadamine and Tsuchisaka are my favorites

[@s1l3nt30]

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]

Myogi downhill can be done without ever touching the brakes.

[@recarsion]

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

[@carakyfullsender7280]

Yeah tsubaki is sick uphill version to!

[@datgamerian]

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

[@suitedmonkey0]

Akagi is also quite pog

[@ktkv419]

Shomaru is a joke if you make public lobby

[@datgamerian]

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

[@mycatmufasa5436]

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

[@asphyxianado2112]

@@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]

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]

I think in Initial D land Akina is curvier

[@KatarinaWasTaken]

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

[@ralexcraft990]

@@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]

@@ralexcraft990 oh i see

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

@@ralexcraft990 such a shame, though

[@SaijoRhen]

"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]

wrong

[@SaijoRhen]

@@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]

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

[@SnerASDF]

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

[@SHIZURAKU]

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]

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

[@SteremyJeele]

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]

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

[@d3admaub938]

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

[@NerfMaster000]

Akina 2017 doesn’t even have proper gutters lmao

[@d3admaub938]

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

[@moisesezequielgutierrez]

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

[@asphyxianado2112]

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

[@SHIZURAKU]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@vargasaidan7366]

@@d3admaub938 true

[@munmunyee]

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.

[@bsn0730]

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]

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

[@Kyuschi]

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

[@Katari-san]

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]

Exactly the real life Akina is smaller with shorter straights

[@therock238360]

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

[@tankiller9638]

@@therock238360 more than likely which would make sense on why it's so wide

[@uberlephrad8218]

There's a guy working on it now

[@portablerefrigerator4902]

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

[@ivansidorov6391]

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.

[@ksweew7476]

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 ...

[@iElementGraphics]

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.

[@salty1099]

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

[@mrreal6296]

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.

[@korozetto]

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]

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]

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 !

[@BakuGone]

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

[@christiantaylor1495]

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

[@BakuGone]

@@christiantaylor1495 but Monza is sick

[@justadummy8076]

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

[@baccarah7010]

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.

[@kyototomokui6676]

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]

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

[@kimberlynguyen6171]

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

[@mattmattmatt131313]

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.

[@vargasaidan7366]

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

[@Kiry-eu9lm]

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

[@gitrekt-gudson]

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.

[@vdfritzz]

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

[@ezioramirez7227]

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

[@gergokolozsvari5457]

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

[@20ege008]

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

[@calvinstraveldreams]

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...

[@casp3rnz563]

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.

[@dimitridimitrescu5476]

??? 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

[@CopCaptureOfficial]

Exactly.

[@Joshua_N-A]

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.

[@MitchMobiles]

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

[@stickybuds05]

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

[@patrick_0206]

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

[@jokerismyname7654]

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

[@Dominik189]

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]

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]

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

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@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.

[@NoName66426]

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

[@calvinstraveldreams]

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.

[@MrLolx2u]

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.

[@blazi2293]

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]

Agreed

[@MakhnoDripGod]

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

[@Squeallyweegon]

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 😀

[@jeypi__]

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)

[@rubyterrell8001]

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

[@aqiimkhairin101]

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

[@cb22ng]

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]

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

[@MilesPrower1992]

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

[@Lk_5272]

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

[@MZPlayz101]

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

[@hugovilag]

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

[@mike123ftw]

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

[@fish4fun1011]

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]

I'm pretty sure I said that

[@ΕουγκένΜπέγκαι]

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

[@jaxx1360]

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

[@TSRB]

I do all of the driving in my videos hahaha

[@H20nas]

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.

[@est351]

Wouldnt akina's feature be the gutters?? 🤔

[@flex9696]

5:59 *Rage Your Dream starts playing*

[@Enz3d]

I mean you can just look at what track online are populated and what isn't , EK Akina always has populated servers so that's where people migrate to. Tracks that flow too well get boring pretty quickly that's not challenging.

[@kemurikusari9629]

it really depends on the car you are driving on it. the nd really is boring because its stabke and predictable on the high speed sections. with the tuned 86 you are constantly in a flowing state sort of sliding but not really too much so you dont have to correct with tbe steering wheen but more with the pedals. i started out on akina i think 3 or 4 years ago and im still driving it every now and then. my best time was lousy 5:19 but for me its still the most challanging, frustrating and fun touge tracks

[@agree602]

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)

[@michakasprzak6869]

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?

[@dukeofdream]

i must suck so bad cause i have about 2 hours in practice and i still haven't gotten a flawless run 😅 It definitely is not boring for me, at least for now...

[@TSRB]

2 hours is an extremely short amount of time in terms of driving haha, keep at it

[@dukeofdream]

@@TSRB I know, it's just a week since i got my fanatec setup :P Give me some time :P I was really good at Fujimi Kaido on Forza motorsport 3 but the track feels much slower in AC... Also tons bumpier in the last update... I think i'm gonna try to master Akina and then move on to other initial D touge xD

[@lvrrb0y312]

idky but akina is always hard for me but whenever im on iroha,happogahara, hakone and fruits line i do great so its really weird whenever i switch to akina and do complete ass

[@dankdachshund]

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

[@otakurt1149]

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.

[@Hashiriya985]

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

[@000ragnarokPK]

This Akina is way too wide, which can fit in 3 to 4 vehicles shoulder to shoulder. There are KZbin videos showing how narrow the real mt. Haruna/Akina is. If you think the footage is too slow, you can try with 2x speed.

[@takukumniefujiwanker1529]

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

[@giahieutran9807]

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

[@Makini90]

Great Video. Can I ask what music you use for this? :)

[@RPS13DRlFT]

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

[@Drift4Drifters]

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.

[@RaZGriZx86]

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.

[@mahiru20ten]

What do you think of other touge such as Akagi, Irohazaka, Tsubaki Line or Happogahara?

[@stormzz8157]

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

[@Nico8DS]

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

[@lordofrims]

I used to love Akina but grew to love Irohazaka downhill because how sharp its hairpins are and the next one I love is Initial D (PSP) Myogi ring touge.

[@vapour_xs9235]

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).

[@grandicellichannel]

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

[@Doubledunk]

Most of the touges getting recommended by people are more for show drifting (pretty much only the EK tracks..) they are usually FLAT as fuck 0 feel to the road and despite the layout and elevation being good, it feels like an arcade game. Mulholland drive is one of my favourite feeling roads, feels almost laser scanned bumpy and incredible feeling camber. Akina 2017 shits on EK Akina btw in terms of road feedback and road width/sense of speed

[@stylojp1385]

So you won't say Isui is tight but you will say overtakes on Akina "come on thick and fast"? Okay bud

[@TSRB]

I don't even know what point you're trying to make here...

[@0luc83]

Whats your opinion on Akagi? It's been my favorite and the one that I always drive.

[@Draax1]

Bunta after seeing this: YOU WOT M8?

[@seventh-hydra]

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

[@drklener]

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

[@TrueKivan]

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.

[@xenomaxi8504]

God i wish i could drive and slide like you do. Everytime i try to drift in Assetto i either spin, understeer or both while almost slitting my wrists with my wheel. Absolutely love your content though and kinda agree on the Akina statment.

[@goob8945]

Time and patience my friend!!! Good luck

[@TSRB]

Yeah I've been doing this for years lol. Practice, practice, practice.

[@maciejskiba7606]

Akina is not my favourite togue (I like Usui, Akagi the most), but I disagree with difficulty point. Due to togue characteristics it is INSTANTLY more difficult than ANY typical race track that I have driven (personal opinion), due to tricky steepness and (some) narrow corners. Executing racing lines is much more easier on typical racing track in F1 car, than in togue (including Akina) in

[@white_mage]

i've never played that track on any game. it just doesn't exist. i've played togue races and they're the most fun theres is, but there are so few games with so few tracks that i don't even think of togue when someone asks about cars.

[@thomasthetoadsage]

Nagao, shomaru pass, and irohazaka are currently at the top of my list. I couldnt get usui to run well in beamng but i hope to put it on the list someday, i found akina very boring after an hour or so