DMR WIN'S JAPAN rebuilds its layout and keeps the straight
Two years after opening, the Chiba circuit has posted a new layout it describes as turn-heavy while retaining its signature straight. Here is what the video post confirms, and what it leaves open.
Chiba
One line kept, the rest redrawn
The announcement is short enough to read in a breath. On October 6, the channel DMR Mikasu-Works posted a video titled for the new layout at DMR WIN'S JAPAN, with a description that says the circuit has reached two years since opening and that the new layout is finally finished. The phrasing that matters for drivers is in the second line: a layout built around turning, with the circuit's well-known straight left in place.
That is a specific decision rather than a general refresh. A long straight sets how a session feels at 1/10 scale — it is where gearing and the chase car's commitment show, and where a train can string out and re-form before the next entry. Keeping it while making everything around it turn-heavy suggests the circuit wants both halves of a run on the same lap: one section that rewards a settled, fast line, and a sequence of direction changes that asks for transitions and proximity work.
“名物ストレートを残した超旋回レイアウト”
What the post does and does not describe
The description does not break the layout down corner by corner, name the clipping points, or say how many lanes or walls changed. It also does not state the surface. Plenty of Japanese circuits run on P-tile, the Toli vinyl composition tile many tracks use, but the post itself does not say what DMR WIN'S JAPAN runs, and we are not going to assume it from a thumbnail. Tyre rules are likewise not mentioned: whether the circuit mandates a spec tyre is not confirmed in this material.
For anyone planning a setup around the new flow, that is the honest state of the record. A turn-heavy layout and a long straight pull in different directions on gearing and on gyro gain, but the right answer depends on the surface and on the tyre the track allows — neither of which this post settles.
Who posted it
The channel behind the circuit
The video comes from DMR Mikasu-Works, listed in the description as Drift Mania RC - MikasuWorks, the RC drift channel among several channels run under the Mikasu name. The same operation sells parts: the description links DMR's own front knuckles, a normal type and a high-upper type, through the Mikasu Works BASE shop. The listings are the shop's own; the video post does not give prices or say which chassis the knuckles fit, so check the product pages before ordering.
If you are driving out to it
The description gives the circuit as 439-1 Minamitamatsukuri, Tako-machi, Katori-gun, Chiba, and calls it a large circuit for RC drift and more. Opening days are listed as Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 to 00:00. The circuit's own page is the DMR WIN'S JAPAN site, which is where a first-time visitor should confirm anything time-sensitive.
Where to watch
The layout reveal is on YouTube from DMR Mikasu-Works, published under an embed-and-credit policy. At the time this was written the upload showed 1,603 views, 30 likes and no comments, so there is no community reaction to the new layout on the post yet — the first driver accounts of how it reads will come from the sessions, not the announcement.
Sources
Reference links used for this piece. Confidence labels show how firmly each source is established.
- 1.【ラジドリ】DMR WIN'S JAPAN 新レイアウト‼️【RC DRIFT】【ラジコン ドリフト】
DMR Mikasu-Works on YouTubeCommunity
Primary source: layout announcement, circuit address and hours, shop links. Posted 2026-10-06.
- 2.DMR WIN'S JAPAN
DMR WIN'S JAPANOfficial
Circuit site linked from the video description; not independently reviewed for current hours.
- 3.DMR front knuckle, normal type
Mikasu Works BASE shopRetailer
Listing linked in the video description.
- 4.DMR front knuckle, high-upper type
Mikasu Works BASE shopRetailer
Listing linked in the video description.
- 5.
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