Costa di Amalfi

Costa di Amalfi is a street circuit set in Italy, on an island that is based on Capri and the coast of Amalfi. One can get a glimpse of the Mediterranean Sea while racing.
Costa di Amalfi appears in Gran Turismo 4,Tourist Trophy and Gran Turismo PSP. It also appears in Gran Turismo 4 Prologue and Gran Turismo 5, but as a hidden track in both games.
Costa di Amalfi also goes by another name, as seen on the start/finish line pylon, Autodromo di Azzuro. 
==Characteristics==
Costa di Amalfi is a very tricky circuit, with both extremely tight hairpins with speeds as low as 30 KM/H/18mph (such as the double hairpin that leads to the finish line) and fast sections (such as the elevated half of the circuit, the hill that starts the descent to the start/finish straight and the start/finish straight). One of the defining aspects of the track is its big altitude variation, and unexpected bumps and crests in the track that may turn into jumps at higher speeds - making car control particularly tricky. For those and other reasons, inexperienced players may not like this track. 
==Sections==
===Starting Line Straight===
This is one of the fastest sections of the track, with speeds well over 200 KM/H. It has a long, wide sweeper on the middle, and going too fast on it will almost certainly lead to understeer on FWD cars.
Turn 1
This corner can be very treacherous, as it is an almost 180 degree turn after a large straight. It is best to do it around 60-100 KM/H, so start braking early or get hard on the brakes. After it, there is a large crest on the road that may cause the player to lose control, so before hitting this crest, do your best to keep the car straight.
Climb
This section involves turns 2-6. These are similar to one another - tight hairpins after long upwards straightaways. Cars with low power will struggle to climb and accelerate out of the hairpins. In the reverse version of the track, the car will be going downwards with much higher speeds, and braking points will be far earlier.
Upper Section
This involves the higher section of the track and is a high speed section with wide kinks. This section can be done mostly full throttle, taking care to not miss the turn-in points or understeering. One of the things that makes this section a little difficult is the shadow of the mountains, which may make some corners difficult to spot and prepare for.
Downwards Section
This section comes right after the Upper one. It involves a very steep downward slope with another very tight hairpin at the end, so knowing the braking points is essential. The following turns are simpler to navigate - being relatively open, sweeping turns. The dip before this section's final double-apex right-hander threatens to destabilise faster cars, making it advisable to take a cautious approach to braking here. 
===Twin-Hairpins===
This is the last section of the track and the lowest-speed one. The hairpins are extremely tight, necessitating the use of the full width of the track. Adequate speeds are around 20-35 KM/H. The last of the two may lead to heavy understeer on FWD cars, as well as oversteer on RWD cars - therefore attention should be paid to particularly smooth application of the throttle.
==Races==
====Easy====
*Capri Rally; 2 Laps - Race 1
*Capri Rally (reverse); 2 Laps - Race 2
====Normal====
*Capri Rally; 3 Laps - Race 1
*Capri Rally (reverse); 3 Laps - Race 2
====Hard====
*Capri Rally; 5 Laps - Race 1
*Capri Rally (reverse); 5 Laps - Race 2
==Typical Opponents ==
====Easy====
*Lancia DELTA HF Integrale Evoluzione '91
*Renault 5 Turbo '80
*Audi quattro '82
==Trivia==
*This one of the three courses from "City Circuit" list to have Special Conditions races, the other being George V Paris and Citta di Aria.
Category:GT4 Circuits
Category:Tourist Trophy Circuits
Category:GT PSP Circuits
Category:Italian Circuits
Category:Rally Circuits
Category:Circuits with no pit-lane
Category:Circuits with an average gradient above 3%
Category:GT4 Prologue Hidden Circuits