√Hyundai N’s Track Maps tech to add more Australian circuits

The new Hyundai N hot hatch, sedan, or SUV can now record lap times around most Australian race tracks, following a software update.

10 August 2022: As reported by Drive last year, Hyundai Australia has expanded the range of in-built Track Maps available inside the i20 N, i30 Sedan N and Kona N.

The full list of tracks and layouts available – downloadable for free from Hyundai’s website – is below:

Race track	Layout
Queensland
Lakeside Park	Lakeside Park Circuit
Morgan Park Raceway	Circuit B
	Circuit D
	Circuit E
	Circuit K
Queensland Raceway	Clubman Length
	National Circuit
	Sportsman Circuit
	Sprint Circuit
New South Wales
Sydney Motorsport Park	Amaroo (South) Circuit
	Brabham Circuit
	Druitt (North) Circuit
	Gardner GP Circuit
Wakefield Park Raceway	Wakefield Park Raceway
Northern Territory
Hidden Valley Race Track	Hidden Valley Raceway
South Australia
Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala Motor Sport Park
The Bend Motorsport Park	East Circuit
	GT Circuit
	International Circuit
	North Circuit
	South West Circuit
	West Circuit
Tasmania
Baskerville Raceway	Baskerville Raceway
Symmons Plains Raceway	Symmons Plains Raceway
Victoria
Sandown Raceway	Sandown Raceway
Winton Motor Raceway	Club Circuit
	National Circuit
Western Australia
Collie Motorplex	Collie Motorplex Long Circuit
	Collie Motorplex Short Circuit
Wanneroo Raceway	Long Circuit
	Short Circuit
	Supercars Circuit

“Track Maps intuitively identities the racetrack and layout, allowing the driver to run an automatic lap timer triggered when crossing the start/finish line, freeing brain capacity for hitting each apex, rather than a lap timer button,” Hyundai Australia said in a media bulletin.

“The position of the vehicle on the track is also shown in the multimedia display, along with live lap timing and a log of previous lap times (lap timing also displayed in the driver’s digital cluster).”

Our original story – published late last year – continues below unchanged.

Originally published 23 December 2021: The latest generation of Hyundai N performance cars will be able to navigate you to a race track – and then help you set your best lap time, courtesy of a new program built into the infotainment system.

Known as Track Maps, the system – available in the i20 N, i30 Sedan N and Kona N, but not the i30 N hatch or Fastback – allows a ‘circuit widget’ to be loaded into the the N program in the car’s infotainment system, which alerts the driver when they approach a “compatible” race track.

With the Hyundai driver’s intended track layout selected, the Track Maps serves as an automatic lap timer, employing what its name suggests – maps of the track – and in-built start/finish line locations to record the driver’s times without needing to press a button manually.

Track Maps will initially offer support for Sydney Motorsport Park (SMP) at Sydney’s Eastern Creek and Wakefield Park near Goulburn in the i30 Sedan N.

The Hyundai i20 N and Kona N initially trace only Sydney Motorsport Park – though Hyundai Australia promises “more than 10” new Australian tracks will be added with a free software update in mid-2022.

The final list of circuits to be added is yet to be confirmed, though Hyundai says they will be “major circuits around Australia”, indicating Hyundai N buyers from other states will be able to make use of the feature.

South Australia’s The Bend Motorsport Park could be one option – a circuit the South Korean company is familiar with, having hosted the i30 Fastback N’s media launch at the facility in 2019 – as could Winton (in Victoria) and Queensland Raceway, both venues of past Hyundai N Festival customer events.

The Track Maps software update for the 2022 Hyundai i20 N, Kona N and i30 Sedan N is available to download and install at home through a page on Hyundai’s website.

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