Clocaenog Mid

Clocaenog Mid is the 1st stage of the Vauxhall Rally of Wales (and thus the opening stage of the Mobil 1 BRC, the A8 Championship, and the 6th and final Arcade level).

Overview
As described in-game:"This is one of the hardest tests in the Welsh forests. It runs along a high plateau and its roads are narrower than usual. The junctions in Clocaenog can be quite muddy and recent forestry commission logging has made the road hard to read in places."Clocaenog Mid is a very diverse stage, consisting of many different surfaces - from roads made of various gravel types (including an unidentified yellow variant exclusive to this track) and at times mud, to different kinds of grass surrounding them.

The stage is quite a challenge, presenting all sorts of obstacles, such as gates, ditches and steep roadsides, which are likely to make even the most experienced players roll over.

Fallen tree road
The biggest known shortcut for this stage can be done by driving straight on the junction shortly following the first checkpoint (where the stage turns square right) if in simulation mode, and turning around after reaching the penultimate checkpoint and turning left at the nearest junction if in Arcade mode.

After entering the junction, the player must maneuver between two trees (which stand next a fallen one, hence the name).

The videos below (courtesy of Komuh) show how to execute the shortcut in simulation (mark 1:00) and Arcade (mark 6:45):

Guru Meditation
Clocaenog is very likely to trigger the Guru Meditation error at high framerates and in Arcade mode, which causes the game to crash. The best way to avoid it is to limit the framerate using software like the RivaTuner Statistics Server.