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Hyundai N’s Track Maps tech to add more Australian circuits – UPDATE: Full details

The new Hyundai N hot hatch, sedan, or SUV can now record lap times around a race track near you, 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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