Flooded Spaces

In various places of the Japan Track, water is flowing onto the track. If you start the Round on a flooded Space, Shifting down a gear in Step 1 costs 1 extra Heat. This means that shifting down a single gear will cost a total of 1 Heat, shifting down two gears will cost 2 Heat.

Chicanes

Chicanes are a Feature that can be found on both Tracks in this expansion. They are composed of 2 consecutive Corner Lines with the same Speed Limit and 1 or more Spaces between them. Blue curbs are featured on both sides of the track to help recognize them. If you don’t play with the Weather and Road Conditions Module, simply treat Chicanes like regular Corners. If you play with that Module, during setup, only draw one Road Condition Token for each Chicane (this action is automated on BGA). If the token shows the Sector Symbol, it modifies the sector after the Chicane. Otherwise it modifies both Corner Lines. As a helpful reminder, the tent artwork associated with the Chicane features a border with the same blue curbs pattern as the Chicane itself.

In Championship Mode, the Press Corner can be one of the Chicane Corner Lines. In this case, it will always be placed on the last Corner Line (when exiting the Chicane) as indicated on the Track Card.

Tunnels

In various places of the Spain Track, the track will pass through tunnels. As long as your car is on a tunnel Space, you cannot discard any cards from your hand. This rule takes precedence over any effect that would allow you to discard (Event, Upgrade, Road Condition…)

Note: Cooling down is not discarding (the card ends up in the Engine, not the discard pile). Using the Scrap icon, explained on page 4 of the Advanced Play rulebook, is not discarding either (the card comes from the top of the deck, not from the hand). So both cooling down and scrapping are still allowed in Tunnels.