my god ... I am getting old...I was about to put in a reply earlier (...with a wild guess like "in 2004"...), because I drove on the old course many times before it was changed. If my memories are correct driving into and out of the forest was a bit "boring", as you did full trottle (which was fun) but then you had to wait and wait and wait, yawn..., for the next brake point - therefore, I do like the "new" layout...