Coastal Highway Circuit
The signature road racing circuit of FH6. Long oceanfront straights connected by technical cliffside sections. The view alone is worth the drive, but the racing here is genuinely some of the best in the game.
Best Cars for This Track
This is the signature road circuit in FH6 and I've spent way too many hours grinding rivals here, ngl. The meta splits into two camps, top speed builds for the oceanfront straight and handling builds for the cliff section. I've found the sweet spot is S1 class with a balanced tune, something like a Porsche 911 GT3 RS with aero maxed out. You need enough top end to not get walked on the 2km coastal straight, but if your car can't handle the cliffside switchbacks you're gonna lose all the time you gained on the straight. AWD is the play here, the cliff section has elevation changes that make RWD twitchy af. Simple as that.
Don't sleep on the Ferrari FXX K in S2 if you can handle it. The downforce through the cliff section is straight up broken, the car sticks to the road like glue while everyone else is fighting understeer, and it's honestly kinda unfair. But in A class a well-tuned Subaru WRX STI with rally tires cleans up, the all-wheel-drive lets you powerslide through the coastal sweepers without losing speed. I've beaten guys in S1 cars with that build, they get so mad in chat. The track is long enough that consistency matters more than one-lap pace, you want a car that doesn't punish small mistakes with a trip into the barrier, you get the idea.
Racing Line Breakdown
The coastal straight is a trap, I'm telling you. Everyone pins it and thinks they're gaining time but the real racing happens at both ends. Coming into the cliff section after the straight, you gotta brake about 30 meters earlier than the racing line suggests, the downhill entry makes the braking zone longer than it looks. I lift slightly before the suggested braking point, settle the car, then trail brake into the first left hander. The cliff section itself has this rhythm to it, left-right-left-right with decreasing radius, and if you nail the first two corners the rest flows naturally. Miss one apex though and you're fighting the car through the next three turns, it cascades hard.
The final sector spits you back onto the coastal road for a sprint to the finish. This part is all about corner exit speed out of the last cliff hairpin onto the straight. I sacrifice the hairpin entry every single time to get a clean exit, brake early, rotate the car with a tiny bit of handbrake, then full throttle before the apex. Two tenths gained. Minimum. And don't cut the inside curb on the last fast kink before the finish line, it looks flat but there's a bump that unsettles the car and you'll lose traction for a split second right when you should be accelerating. Ask me how I know.
Common Mistakes
The number one error I see online is overcommitting on the coastal straight. People build their cars for 380kph top speed and then can't brake for the cliff section, straight into the guardrail every single time. Balance your tune, you need handling too, a 380kph drag missile with no brakes is just a guided missile aimed at the ocean. Second mistake is disrespecting the cliff section curbs, they're not like normal curbs, some you can attack and get free rotation, others will spin you instantly without warning. Took me about 50 laps to memorize which ones are death.
Third thing, people forget about tire wear on this 8.3km monster. By the final sector your tires are getting toasty, especially the fronts if you're pushing hard through the cliff section. I run slightly higher tire pressures to manage heat buildup over a full race distance, about 1.5 psi higher than my normal road tune. And the last hairpin before the finish straight catches everyone out, the braking zone is downhill and the corner tightens at the exit. Brake in a straight line, turn in late, power out early. Do it wrong and you're in the ocean, race over, enjoy the swim back to the pits.
Weather and Seasonal Tips
Weather on this track is wild cause half of it is exposed coastal road and the other half is sheltered cliffside. I've had races where the straight is bone dry but the cliff section is damp from ocean spray, completely changes your braking points mid-lap, it's like driving two different tracks stitched together. In wet conditions the coastal section gets sketchy with standing water near the seawall, stay off the painted lines cause they turn into ice when wet, no exaggeration. For seasonal championships that force rain, I run a full AWD build with wet tires and soften the anti-roll bars two clicks front and rear. The cliff section in heavy rain is actually kinda fun honestly, the reduced grip makes the switchbacks feel like a proper rally stage. Just don't expect to set any personal bests in those conditions, it's survival racing at that point.