The Nürburgring Südschleife

[Bram Hengeveld]

We all know the Nürburgring Nordschleife (North Loop), the legendary 20 plus kilometers long track in the woods of the German Eiffel. What not many people know if that the original Nürburgring track also included another challenging layout called the South Loop, or in German the Südschleife. The two layouts combined made for a stunning 28 kilometer long original version of the Green Hell.



I recently ran into the YouTube video below of two Britons driving a lap around the abandoned Südschleife that is still in tact for almost 70% of the original layout. When the Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit was built in the 1980s the Südschleife was partly demolished and therefore not longer in use for racers and motorsport fans.

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To give you an impression how big the balls were of the real pilots that conquered this track in the late 60s have a look at the video below taken during a Formula Vee race.

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[Jack Sargent]

Love the legendary Sudschleife and the myths surrounding it. There was a pretty decent version for rf1 somewhere but I dream to be able to drive the whole combined circuit in a sim one day.

 

[Ian Craft]

How long are they combined?

And why does someone want to drive in hell?

 

[Jack Sargent]

Over 17 miles I think.

The tyres warm up faster in hell......

 

[Teemu Toikka]

Anyone have a link for Südschleife rf1 version? I've been searching for one ages now.

 

[Morten Wernersen]

There is one here for Rfactor, it seems to work fine
http://rfactor.filefront.com/file/Sudschleife_10;118535

 

[Von Butters]

I think i have it, give me a few mins while i rar it and upload it. I dont have rf installed so i cant test it, but it might be the one!

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

parts of the Südschleife are still in use today, once a year, as part of a local rally stage. this info and much more can be found in this amazing book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Autodrome-Lost-Race-Circuits-Europe/dp/1904788319/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350844510&sr=8-1
the second part of which had been promised for last year but never materialized

 

[ceSniper]

yeah, I´ve been there and did the lap myself. I was lucky enough to talk to a local old man who used to race there and explained to me how the road went. The bottom part is what is missing and the uphill section goes paralel to the new road. It was fun trying to find the actual layout and nice to be able to recognize the old track

Also got a very nice book on it, "the other green hell" which explains lots of details and the one the author of the Sudschleife for rfactor used to make the track.
We are only missing the complete track (sud+nords) version

 

[ceSniper]

my lap at the sudschleife
http://youtu.be/Q4-7GMpUu-U

 

[Jack Sargent]

Nice video!!!

 

[ceSniper]

thanks

 

[Antony Snook]

You can race it on R07 with the GTR Evolution pack. The Raceroom add on will give you a modern F1 car Model. You can also use the F3000 witch feels like a retro F1 from the early 90's when you ran monster rear tires.

 

[Cris Emme]