The first turn here is sharp, but can be taken at nearly full speed if you approach from well on the outside, especially if you lay off the gas to gain control. The subsequent tunnel is a good opportunity to ram your competitors into a wall; it's followed by another fairly easy right turn.
After you bypass the construction area, you're faced with a couple of independent turns that lead to the terminal tunnel. The best way to approach these turns is to just stay off the gas entirely as you pass through them; this eliminates the need for braking, and lets you turn into the second curve without having to sacrifice much speed. Traffic, of course, will dictate your tactics, but it's always good to avoid braking whenever possible.
The tunnel here is a killer, and will result in more last-place race restarts than almost any other track section in the game, especially when traffic is heavy. The optimal path relies on you entering it in the right-hand lane and crossing over to the oncoming lane in the middle of the curve. If you have to swerve back outside to avoid traffic, do so, but if you do, you'll need to brake as you exit the tunnel to make the left-hand turn that immediately follows.
Past the airport, you'll hit another construction area. The dirt segments of this section present a tempting target for shortcutters, but some parts conceal nasty bumps that can send you flying if you hit them at an odd angle. Past that area, though, there's another long curve leading to the finish line. You can take the shortcut through the curve, if you're suicidal; the jump requires you to slow your car down quite a bit before you hit it, and the walls on either side will crush your hopes for victory if you happen to impact them. On the whole, it saves you virtually no time; take the outside curve and live to drive another day.
Reverse:
The jumping shortcut here is actually accessible if you hit it just after the race begins; you won't have built up enough speed to make it dangerous, so long as you can hit it correctly. For subsequent laps, though, play it safe and proceed through the outside curve back into the construction area.
The terminal tunnel is no less dangerous here than it was on the forward version of this track. Again, approach it in the right-hand lane, then shift over in the middle to reduce the severity of the curve. You'll need to head back outside to make the following hard left, but you will have to time to adjust your position after you exit the tunnel for this; just concentrate on making it out of there without getting in a collision.
After that turn, you'll be faced with a fairly clear path to the finish line, save for two more hard lefts that will need to be taken after laying on the brakes.
From the beginning of the race, hold the pedal down until you reach the end of the sewers; everything from the start line through there should be familiar to you, and little of it requires braking or even letting up off the throttle.
After you exit the ditch, though, you'll be faced with a long left turn that segues into a semi-sharp right. The elevation changes can make this transition difficult, so lay off the gas as you approach the right to avoid slamming into the wall, then floor it. There's a seemingly complex series of roads ahead, but in reality, you have an easy choice: take the right-hand road at the first fork, head straight across the dirt shortcut, tap on the brakes to gain a little control as you exit and round the sharp left turn, then floor it until you hit the finish line. The computer will occasionally turn left at the fork; if they do so, you will sometimes be able to get a five-second lead on them by following the path outlined above.
Reverse: As with the forward version of this course, you can build a monster lead on the AI cars by taking the same path through the maze of streets that now lead off the track. Take the first left that's available to you, slam on the brakes when you reach the red markers pointing you to the right, then cut back through the dirt shortcut and floor it. From there, it's easy curves until you reach the sewers.
When you hit the exit from the sewers, take care not to extend too far to the outside. There's a street that runs across your track, and if you go too fast, you can hit the wall here and lose all of your speed, which is a bad thing to have happen just before the finish line.
