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F1 24 » F1 24 Canada Track Guide & How To Be Faster
Here is our F1 24 Canada track guide with tips on how to become faster around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Includes braking references, the best racing line and car setup.
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The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is the home of the Canadian Grand Prix, and it is a very fast and flowing circuit in F1 24. It features an incredibly long straight that tests your car’s straight-line performance, as well as a series of fast chicanes.
To succeed around Canada you’ll require an F1 24 Canadian car setup that is very responsive whilst ensuring the rear of the car isn’t too loose. Keeping the rear of the car in check through the fast right-left chicanes is key to a fast lap around this circuit.
In this Canadian track guide, I’m going to show you a hotlap of Canada in F1 24. I’ll look at how to become faster around this circuit by running through each corner, its braking zones, best line to take and a few tips and tricks.
The current time trial record around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in F1 24 is 1:06.839 seconds. If you’re looking to achieve a top 5% time, you’ll need a lap of around 1:08.654 while a lap time of 1:10.084 is a good average pace.
Below is a video guide of the Canadian track in F1 24 that we have produced to show the best braking points and racing line.
Braking Point | Gear | Minimum speed |
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175 metres | 3 | 90 km/h |
Turns 1 and 2 are among the slowest corners around a lap of Montreal, and turn 2 in particular can be a real limiting factor with your car setup. Get this wrong and you can end up in an embarrassing spin.
Approach the corner with your car positioned far right and keep an eye on the concrete patches to the right of the track. Your braking point is just before the end of the large whiter concrete patch.
You’ll want to shift down to fifth gear while braking in a straight line, then start to trail brake whilst turning in towards turn 1. Position your car right up and over the inside kerb while shifting down to fourth gear.
Give the throttle a little squirt on the approach to turn 2 before applying around 50% brake pressure and downshifting to 3rd gear. Don’t touch the inside kerb of turn 2; otherwise, this will almost always over-rotate your car.
Start to apply the throttle gradually as you drift out wide and over the pit exit line. Continue applying more throttle while you short shift up to fourth gear. Try to straighten your car as quickly as possible using the entire width of the track. This will make it easier to find traction and not spin your rear wheels.
Braking Point | Gear | Minimum speed |
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50 metres | 6 | 220 km/h |
Approach the next chicane with your car positioned far left. Watch for the 50 meter board on the left of the track. You’ll want to be aggressive through this chicane. Apply just a little brake pressure and throw your car in at the same time.
Again, position your car right over the inside kerb. Start to accelerate as soon as your over the first kerb and your aiming your car towards the left hander of turn 4.
You can be cheeky and take a bit of grass on the inside of turn 4. Don’t worry about this as your tyre will be clean by the time you reach turn 6. As you hit the apex of turn 4 you should be full throttle and aiming to run your car as far right as you can without touching the wall.
Braking Point | Gear | Minimum speed |
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80 metres | 4 | 125 km/h |
Continue accelerating through the kink of turn 5 keeping your car far right. Point your car towards the outside of the corner on the approach, looking for the 100 meter board.
You’ll want to start braking a split second after passing this brake marker. Continue to brake straight and watch for the concrete patch on the outside of the corner. At this point, start turning in towards the apex whilst reducing your brake pressure.
Try to position your car 50% over the inside kerb. You’ll want to shift down to fourth gear for this corner and start gradually accelerating before the apex. This is a much larger kerb so be careful not to accelerate too hard while on it.
Try to straighten your car before turn 7 before applying full throttle. You can lose the rear of the car here so be a little cautious.
You’ll want a little lift on the throttle as you swing the car right and over the inside kerb of 7. Then, gradually reapply the throttle as you drift towards the left-hand wall. Again, be careful on the throttle here, and you may need a slight lift if you’re on worn tyres.
You can push the limits right out to the wall if needed before switching attention to the next chicane. Don’t forget to hit the DRS if your on a hotlap or behind another car.
Braking Point | Gear | Minimum speed |
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90 metres | 5 | 190 km/h |
This next chicane is much faster and you’ll want to use the bridge as a guide on when to brake. As soon as you reach the shadow or just after the 100 meter board, start braking hard.
Quickly shift down to fifth gear and at the 50 meter board start turning in. You can get up and over this inside kerb once again, but this is probably the most brutal kerb of any at Canada in F1 24.
Straighten your steering as soon as you can whilst accelerating hard over the inside kerb of turn 9. Be careful of track limits on the inside of 9 as you can be thrown out wide if you hit turn 8 wrong.
You’ll want to be applying 100% throttle through turn 9 as you drift out towards the wall. Use all of the track and be careful of the rear of the car as things can be a little squirmy here if your car is unsettled.
Braking Point | Gear | Minimum speed |
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90 metres | 2 | 75 km/h |
Turn 10 is the really slow chicane. We’ll be aiming for second gear here to maximise traction on the exit. This corner is pretty normal, brake just after the 100 meter board on the left and gradually apply your steering as your car slows.
As you round the apex, resist accelerating too early, gradually applying the throttle. To get the best traction, it can help to quickly shortshift up to third gear while accelerating. Be really careful applying the throttle and watch your revs. This is a prime area where you can spin your wheels which can lose you a lot of time down the long straight.
You can short shift into fourth before accelerating at 100% pressure down the long straight. F1 24 is a bit easier when racing without traction control as it is harder to spin your rear wheels this year.
Braking Point | Gear | Minimum speed |
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75 metres | 6 | 215 km/h |
Remember the DRS zone as it can allow for an overtake into turn 13. Keep your car far left and watch out for the 100 and 50 meter boards. You will want to be braking hard in between these two markers, shifting down to fifth or sixth gear. Keeping it in sixth gear will help maintain minimum corner speed.
Once again, be aggressive on the corner entry, shortening the chicane as much as possible. There aren’t any large sausage kerbs this year so the corner is easier in F1 24. However, be wary of cutting the corners.
You can get on the throttle really early as you pass over the turn 13 apex and accelerate hard towards the outside wall. Lift off the throttle as you hop over the inside of turn 14 before accelerating hard towards the line to round out a lap of Canada in F1 24.
When watching our Canadian track guide video, you’ll see the analysis on screen that is provided by Track Titan. Track Titan is a sim racing telemetry tool where you can analyse your laps from F1 24.
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For a good Canadian car setup, you’ll require a responsive car with a really stable rear end. Through the fast chicanes, your car’s balance will be tested a lot. The slower corners of turns 2 and 10 are real tests of traction and your anti-roll bar setup.
Below is our recommended Canadian car setup for F1 24.
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