World Track Championship, RW S43: W01 Tuesday 27th September

Track scoring criteria for season 43 has been tweaked a little, but mostly just wording. (see inside spoiler)
Host reviews for week 1

1) R76} Grand Senora GP by Roar-76-
25/30 (3,2,0,3,3, 3,2,3,3,3)
Cool otherworldly route around... well, the title says it all. Nice big strokes on the flow front and the track does all the talking it needs to by relying on good containment or just leaving the natural environment in the right sections, instead of using too many checkpoints (although at a couple of points it did feel like it was missing a checkpoint). I loved the simple touch with the dropped track in the gully outside the prison. Mild downer was the chicane section which felt a bit rushed, both in how fast you hit it, but also the propping itself - it felt a bit off compared to the rest of the track. And I guess due to available props there's very little smoothing if any on most of the transitions, and the clunking did start to grate a little as the race went on.

2) $M$ Fornel City by FuMeGa75XD
23/30 (3,2,3,1,0, 3,3,2,3,3)
Beautifully smooth city street track, with a really pleasing route on some of the best roads in town. The road islands are handled well from a route perspective, but the props often used are not really fit for purpose - they look really cool in places, but can also be hard to see elsewhere. Lampposts are a compromise long city circuits sometimes have to just live with, and this is no exception.

3) APQ GP Litte Seoul by MisterioDX
20/30 (2,0,2,3,1, 1,3,2,3,3)
Exciting street race in F1 cars. More than decent route although there's some rather narrow bits - its largly been smoothed out very well though which helped while managing the tighter sections. Visual design is a bit chaotic, but I decided to keep it at full marks on that criteria because some of the signage - and there's a lot of it - is actually very helpful, and it should be credited as a good design choice. Like most city tracks it's compromised a little bit on lampposts but only really in two sections which keeps a bit of a lid on it which I appreciated. If i was offering feedback I'd just point out that a lot of the containment props are on the snaggy side, and in my opinion the checkpointing needs a rethink - there's a few too many checkpoints, but the big thing was that many of the necessary checkpoints are placed too late after turns, and on a city track with high barriers a driver could use more communicative checkpoints.

4) Skywards by plrstn3
25/30 (3,1,3,2,3, 3,2,2,3,3)
I looooved the flow of this track. Really was a pleasure. There are a few spots where the propping could be more refined, and It's got a good 2 or 3 checkpoints too many. Not much to say really, just a great race in muscles. (I guess the pit is a little odd, but I had no business with that)

5) P-GP: Vinewood VIP by prototypetom
26/30 (3,3,2,1,3, 2,3,3,3,3)
Not quite as smooth as I'd like it on a couple of transitions. A couple of corners need more apex containment and one is a little too dangerous (eh Black?)

6) (JCB) Harbinger Racepark by jcbvortex
26/30 (3,1,2,2,3, 3,3,3,3,3)
I mean, let's get it out the way, this is beautiful - the surrounding stands feel great from the moment it starts. The route is well considered and has a sort of "proper" racing game feel to the flow. That said, it is a bit on the flat side after the grid. Speaking of the grid, it seemed like the opening transition into the flat has a bit of clunk to it, as pretty much the only big transition on the track I noticed it every lap - just one more track piece might make the difference! My main concern with the track though was the reliance on checkpoints, there's a few too many, and they're not strictly effective at keeping you honest - to me this is screaming out for some apex props to keep drivers on track with a firmer hand. But it is a beautiful track, and I'll make a point to try it on four wheels.

7) DirtyDelPerroBrioso300 by dirtykiwi
25/30 (2,2,3,3,3, 2,3,2,2,3)
Got to be blunt here, without a custom brisio300 this was a real drag. The only upside to it was with the ridiculously slow pace of the low traction stock trolly, I had all the time I wanted to admire the propping - which mostly is absolutely first-rate, it really is very, very good indeed. Unfortunately the route fails to be engaging or fun in the stock restricted car, I only removed one point because perhaps it's better in a custom - it looks like it's nice. There's a couple of other minor criteria faults, but away from a horrible stock car, most of the craft on display here is really impressive.