What is different about the new Spa circuit?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by morsify, Jul 15, 2026.

  1. morsify

    morsify Active Member

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    I already own the previous version of Spa, with 3 layouts, all of which are 7.004km.

    This new one has 4 layouts, again all of them are 7.004km, and the layouts all look identical.

    So what makes this worth buying? If it's just the addition of a bit of new paint & graphic enhancements here and there, I can't see the incentive to buy.

    It would surely have been better to at least add the old bus stop version.
     
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  2. majuh

    majuh Well-Known Member

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    The old version of Spa still has the old runoffs and surroundings before the circuit was renovated in 2022.

    The Classic and Combined layouts use different pit lanes. The Moto layout uses the tighter apex at Speakers Corner, so the length of that layout should actually be slightly lower.
     
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  3. morsify

    morsify Active Member

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    Thanks majuh, appreciate the info,
    OK, some altered runoffs and a tighter apex for the moto layout.
    (but the different pit lanes already appear in both versions).

    I normally to collect them all but sadly I don't think that's enough difference to justify me buying it again, except maybe in the future at a very generous sale price.
     
  4. Nico Kunze

    Nico Kunze Well-Known Member

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    Just for completeness sake, within game context a somewhat crucial difference is that you can drive the new spa on ranked/competitions/leaderboards which is not possible with the old spa.
    But yeah, purely track wise the differences are minor
     
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  5. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    I've heard that new Spa is more accurate to the real one and it definitely feels a bit different than the old one.
     
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  6. LOVE

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    do we have a new one??
     
  7. ShortyBuzzGER

    ShortyBuzzGER Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Yes we do. And it has one more layout, the Moto variant.