The type of activity you choose will mainly be dictated by your budget. The average RSR customer spends around 1700€, but of course this greatly varies from customer to customer, and there are options for almost any budget! Here’s a guide for what sort of things you can do for the following levels of budget:

For under 250€, you’re a little more limited with what you can do, but there are still some options.

• You could get some professional instruction while driving in your own car.
• 2 Taxi Laps in an entry-level car during our Premium Trackdays.

A budget of up to 900€ is a good starting point for some proper first experiences on Spa-Francorchamps. You could do any of the following activities:

• Enter on a trackday driving your own car outside of the peak season
• Do a Test Drive with an entry-level RSR Rental car: 6 laps driving for yourself on Spa Francorchamps with an instructor.
• Taxi Laps in a supercar or a race cars during our Premium Trackdays.
• Historical Spa Guided Road Tour with sports cars such as Porsche Cayman GTS.
• Sign up for a 2 hour After 6 track session with your own car

Starting from this budget you can rent a car for a full day of driving on track, alongside many other activities on track.

• Enter a trackday with your own car, including an additional driver, passenger or adding on some instruction
• Rent a car from us to drive on a trackday, including entry fees.
• Test Drive with Porsche on Spa Francorchamps (6 laps driving on Spa with instructor).
• A back to back program combining driving the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps in one trip!
• After 6 track session with a rental car and instruction
• First Timer Package (6 laps driving, 2 taxi laps, lunch & museum tickets)
• A Driving Academy training program in your own car

When you’ve got a budget of over 2500€, you can combine a lot of great activities together, and do some really fun programs!

• A full day experience driving a mid- to high-level rental car on a trackday, with instruction.
• Driving Academy with full time instructions & theory in one of our rental cars
• Trackdays over multiple days, or at different race circuits.
• A fully tailored package to maximise your experiences.

Don’t worry if you don’t understand what the different activities above are – you’ll find out more about these on the next step!

There are many different activities you can do at Spa-Francorchamps, and if you have a special request that you don’t see then just get in contact to asks us for help!

This is what the vast majority of people want to do when they come to visit Spa-Francorchamps.

This is where you hire a car to drive Spa-Francorchamps yourself. Most people opt to have an RSR instructor join them for the first hour, to help them improve their experience.

Recommended for:

• People who enjoy driving on race tracks
• Adrenaline junkies who don’t mind a bit of risk
• When they like to do it “for themselves”

See the RSRSpa rental car fleet here!

A taxi lap is where you ride along as a passenger while a professional driver takes you around the track at a high speed. Often people will do this after driving the track for themselves – to “see how the experts do it”.

Recommended for:

• Adrenaline junkies who want to see the circuit at pace
• Someone who’s a but worried about the financial risk of driving the circuit themselves
• Someone that loves cars but are inexperienced driving for themselves
• A person that’s not comfortable in their skills for driving on track themselves
• Doing after (Not before!) you’ve driven the track for yourself

More about Taxi Laps here!

A Test Drive is the suited track experience for someone who wants to get his/her first driving experience on track. This is a carefully developed package that includes the rental car, fuel, trackday entry and instructor.  This all-inclusive package is the most popular option for people that want to have their first experience on Spa-Francorchamps or as a gift to someone you care for, often paired with Taxi Laps after they are done driving.

Recommended for:

• Adrenaline junkies who want to experience Spa-Francorchamps for the first time, behind the wheel.
• When you want a great bang for buck on what to experience at Spa-Francorchamps.
• Someone that doesn’t feel comfortable spending a bigger budget on a full trackday.

More about Test Drives here!

Do you want to learn the track properly? Then this is the way to go. These are individualised one-to-one packages tailored to you and your driving style. No matter your level, we can help you improve your driving skills.

Recommended for:

• Someone who seriously wants to learn the circuit – properly!
• A driver that wants to improve their track driving skills
• When you realise that going faster is more about the driver than the car!

RSRSpa Spa Driving Academy

A road tour is where you get to drive the car, but follow along one of our staff in a lead car (convoy style). You drive on the public roads (not the circuit itself) and make stops around the area to talk about the circuit and its broad history.

Recommended for:

• A driver that likes spirited driving, but without the pressure of driving on track.
• When you want to get a better feel for a higher end car in a more comfortable scenario, at a lower financial risk.
• Doing as a group when you want to share and test drive different cars.
• Someone who wants to be better prepared before driving the track themselves.

Find out about the Historical Spa Guided Road Tour here!

A package deal where you get the best of both worlds. Driving on Spa-Francorchamps, and learning about its history. You start with a road tour, drive around the old track of Spa-Francorchamps and visit the museum of the race track, followed by 6 laps of driving yourself on Spa-Francorchamps, and 2 taxi laps. Lunch is also included.

Recommended for:

• First time visitors to the track.
• When you just want a great package deal on what to do around Spa-Francorchamps.
• Someone who wants to do multiple activities in one day.

Special offers – First Timer Package

You don’t need much to enjoy the Nürburgring! Just a great attitude and some of the following items:

Documents and papers

• Valid drivers licence from your country of origin.
• If your licence isn’t in English or of EU origin, then an international drivers permit.
• Passport or ID.
• Credit card for incidentals or deposits.
• Race licences are not necessary.

Clothing

• Comfortable clothing, race suits are unnecessary.
• Narrow shoes (Sneakers are ok, but no boots, sandals, bare feet or high heels!)
• Helmets are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you like. Open face is preferred for instruction purposes.
• Most of our cars have normal seatbelts, so a HANS device is unnecessary and not mandatory. (Our RSR Edition cars have race harnesses that can support a HANS device if you want to bring one to use).

Age restrictions

• Drivers must be over 18 years of age with a full drivers licence.
• Passengers must be a minimum of 16 years of age.

Deposits 

• Most cars do not require a deposit up front
• We may ask for one for the following reasons:
  • Driver age / driver behaviour or attitude
  • Customers that have difficulty with any of the languages we speak
  • Customers from non-European countries
  • If you book a top end supercar (required)
• Please bring a credit card with a suitable limit for this. You may need to check with your bank to allow a higher amount.
• The deposits we ask for can range from 1.000€ to 20.000€.

Documents and papers

• Passport or ID.
• Credit card for incidentals or deposits.

Clothing

• Comfortable clothing / you will normally get quite hot on the lap!

Age restrictions

• Taxi lap passengers must be over 16 years of age.

Documents and papers

• Valid drivers licence from your country of origin.
• If your licence isn’t in English or of EU origin, then an international drivers permit.
• Passport or ID.
• Credit card for incidentals or deposits.

Clothing

• Comfortable clothing.
• Narrow shoes (Sneakers are ok, but no boots, jandals, bare feet or high heels!)
• We do some walking on our tours, so appropriate footwear for this!

Age restrictions

• Drivers must be over 18 years of age with a full drivers licence.
• No minimum age, but bring an appropriate child seat if necessary – we don’t have any! Not all cars are compatible with child seats!

Most of the time, people have a good idea of what type of car they want to book! Generally the type of car is dictated by your budget, but if you’re unsure of what car to drive for your first visit here then find a few suggestions below. If you’re trying to book for someone else, then you may already have an idea of what type of car they like! Otherwise here is what we recommend.

Our most popular cars also are generally the best all-rounders, They are good for any weather condition, have enough power to be entertaining without being over the top, and sit in the low to middle price range, giving a great bang-for-buck. You’ll notice they are generally front or all wheel drive, as this is in most cases preferable for your first laps at the track, and doesn’t have too much impact on the driving feel when it comes to the Nürburgring!

• Hyundai i30N Performance – Front wheel drive, 280hp, turbo, with paddleshift automatic gearbox.
• VW Golf R – All wheel drive, 320hp, turbo, Paddleshift automatic gearbox.
• BMW M240i xDrive – All wheel drive, 369hp, turbo, paddle shift automatic gearbox.

These are all great choices if you’re not sure which car to pick and will give an excellent driving experience!

If you’ve got a bit more experience driving on a race track, then we have a few good options with cars. Some of them are stock and good enough to go on track, others are modified versions to drive on track. Generally, these cars corner harder, have more grip, but are generally less forgiving for first timers or inexperienced drivers. These are great options for someone who does a lot of track days or have raced in the past

• VW Golf R REVO Edition – All wheel drive, 380hp, turbo, Paddleshift automatic.
• BMW M2 AC Schnitzer Edition – Rear wheel drive, 450hp, turbo, Paddleshift automatic.
• Porsche Cayman GT4 – Rear wheel drive, mid-engined, 420hp, Paddleshift automatic.

We spend a lot of time fine tuning these cars to perform well in the hands of someone with a bit of track experience!

For the most part, the choice of car is secondary to the fun of driving the Nürburgring. And while there is no such thing as a wrong choice, it can enhance the experience when chosen correctly!

• If you’re a BMW fan, then choose a BMW!
• If only a Porsche will do, then that’s the way to go!
• If you’re still completely lost, then get in contact with us and we can help you pick!

At the end of the day, we’ll do the best to make sure you have a great experience, and will do our best to help match you with the best car for the day!