The Crew 1 - Proving Grounds (Perf spec PvP Race Track 16)

The Crew 1 has been shut down on March 31, 2024. I spent the final 3 weeks of the game recording as many things as I could, so that people will still be able to see what they were like in the future. One thing that I recorded were runs on all 77 PvP race tracks. Here you can see the Perf spec track "Proving Grounds" in the Mountain States region.
Timeline:
0:00 Track Intro
0:17 Proving Grounds
Proving Grounds takes place in the desert north-west of Roswell. Here you can see a map of the track: i.imgur.com/7Yebwgs.png (created by me)
This track can not be recreated in The Crew 2, as the road has been removed on the new version of the map.
There is a also a faction mission called "The Branchu Loop" that takes place on the same road. It is named after physics/handling designer and veteran developer Sylvain Branchu, who allegedly used this track to test cars during development.
Note that I had hundreds of different things to record in the final weeks of the game, so for most of the PvP tracks I was only able to record basic runs and not do a lot of practice or record all the possible cuts. The first goal was to record an acceptable run on every track and then I returned to some of them for improvements but I wasn't able to do that for many of them before the game shut down. At least there will be a full playlist with a video for every PvP track though, so you will be able to find footage of all of them in one place and in high video quality.
All runs are solo runs, for which I invited my secondary account into a private lobby. I played with gamepad and automatic and I didn't use wheel mode, so that I could show the handling model that most people have been playing the game with.
What are your thoughts on the Proving Grounds track? Did you have any memorable races here? Feel free to share your thoughts and stories about the track in the comments.