Vision motorsport-www.rally-driving-days.co.uk

where do i start?finding the place is a challenege,sat nav sent me to the wrong entrance,after driving through an industrial estate and up the worst road riddels with pot holes i came to hand written sign stating that this entrance was for Vison Mootorsport employees and deliveries only.The sign tells you to go back to main road and follow signs for Banbury.Back out and by luck i found the tiny entrance up a dirt path again riddled with pot holes.(Look out for small signs that just say "VMS)

The Aston looked great from the outside but inside has seen better days.The track is tiny(surely this is a go-kart track)

The drive was over in a matter of minutes,waste of time and money,never ever going again

I had a red letter day voucher given to me by my workplace, I booked the super 5 car experience for the first week in Dec 2015. I always like to read reviews about any product/services before hand so read all the reviews on here the day before the outing, I was so upset after the reading the reviews as I was really looking forward to the experience it spoilt the rest of that day and in the end I did not even bother going. I have been driving for over 15 years and to have a instructor tell me when to change gears will really annoy me and I can carry on....Probably would have got in to an arguement. I know you should not always read reviews but for this product all the reviews made sense and true. Instead I went out with my family and had a lovely day out rather than risk travelling 100 miles to get upset and have a really bad day.

My Wife bought me this track day experience as my 50th Birthday gift, yet when I tried to book I was asked what my height and weight was?

I told them I was 19st and was then told I couldn't do it in the race or Bmw!!! and only could go on the land rover experience!

Yet nothing was explained about these restrictions when she booked it! she wouldn't have wasted almost £200!! they refused a refund so I had to sell for peanuts!

Total rip off in my opinion.

My heart is still thumping. The track is very narrow, and it looks like people are plodding round in procession. How wrong was I? The Chief said he was happy for people to drive fast, that's what the cars are about. But don't lose control. Tyre tracks showed that one person had lost a Ferrari today.

I was expecting the cars to be quick, but BLIMEY! I was shocked just how quick, and how tightly they gripped.

Ferrari 360 - my first car - the circuit is as tight as a farm track, and it's hard to use it all. I never got the hang of this car.

Aston Martin Vantage - Less silly power, more regular handling, very nice machine. A HUGE grin after driving this.

Lamborghini Gaillardo - O My Word. 550 horses. Nail it. Scream. Anchors. Turn. No sign of slip or slither, power and MORE POWER. By lap 3 we had hauled in and overtook the Ferrari, mid corner on a 6 m track. That was a moment of extreme concentration (ahem).

I would have loved to be taken around the track once to get to feel it first. In a Mondeo would have been OK!

A very disappointing experience, due partly to an over-zealous instructor who had far too much input into the drive and was extremely over-critical of my driving ability on the debrief. Additionally, the circuit would be more appropriate for the use of go-karts than performance cars having a very short strait and ridiculously tight bends at which you nearly had to come to a standstill. Clearly designed to restrict speeds and therefore limit wear and tear on their stock. Frankly, I would have had more fun driving a vauxhall corsa on the circuit. A complete waste of time and money.

My experience drive had been cancelled earlier in the year due to the snow we had in March but this time we got lucky with the weather. The whole experience was good from the booking in, the pre drive briefing and the drives themselves. My first experience was in the Atom and although I'd watched and knew what to expect the initial acceleration onto the track was just awesome. Although things got faster it was easier to adjust to the speeds down the straights and keeping the helmet on at 135mph was difficult.

Moving onto the Aston. The instructor was really good, clear explanations and encouragement to go flat out once he had gained confidence in your ability.

A 50th birthday present I won't forget, just a shame my kids couldn't see my face as I first went onto the track in the Atom.

A great day out.

I arrived and went in for the briefing, where they state all the health & safety stuff and then talk about the driving experience.

The events manager was very professional, and said we should easily be achieving 130mph on the straight!

So outside we went to await our 2 laps being driven around in a pro drive wrx subura.

We then got told we would be taken round in a.........ford puma as the subura takes too long to strap people in!!!!!

I was gutted by this, as I was really looking forward to the drive in the subura.

The straight was very short, so I was dubious of these alleged 130mph achievable speeds!

So once that was done it was Lamborghini time.

Got in the car, adjusted the seat, and fired it up.

Beautiful sound and by now i was very excited.

So into 1st gear, pulled away and quickly told to change in to 2nd gear, then 3rd!!!!

Then for the next 5 laps the greatest speed achievable was 70-80mph at a push, as I was told to keep it in 3rd and not drop below that, so coming out of the last tight corner onto the straight in 3rd was so sluggish you simply couldn't get a fast straight speed!

The circuit being so small meant the 6 laps were over before they had hardly begun and there are so many corners and turns its ridiculous.

Yes it's a purpose made track..... Purposely made so you can't go fast!!!!!

We arrived at 09,.45am......we were on our way home at 11am!!!!!

The whole point of the day to the organisers is to turn people round as quick as possible.

They offer you 2 lap drives in all the other cars.....for £35, which is cheap considering my track 'day' cost £160!!!!

All in all in my opinion its a very disappointing experience.

Plus if you want pictures of your drive it cost me £20 for a cd with them on, taken by a professional photographer.

Now bear in mind I had 6 laps and on my cd i had.......2 images on it, as that's all the photographer took!!!

Is it a rip off....yes.....would i go again....no.....would I recommend it to anyone.....DEFINITELY NOT!!!!!

I hope they read this to be honest, as they said they are open to suggestions, and there's plenty in this review to give them some food for thought!!!!

I read reviews about Vision motorsport and it appeared that the supercar track at Oxford is very restrictive. So I booked for Elvington which is laid out on an airfield. i drove the Aston Martin Vantage, Porsche GT3, Audi R8 and the fantastic Lamborghini Gallardo. It was awesome. the instructors let me go once I had done a lap and showed I knew what I was doing, going for the apex etc and breaking before the corner and powering out. They pushed me to floor it and have fun. "Ignore the boards that say 'BRAKE' - just go for it! Lol

If you have the ability to drive fast safe, this is for you. I was 120mph down the straight and that was past the 'brake' boards' - cant say they will do that with everyone but this day is great!

I had a brilliant session on the ride and drive experience on 15/03/13. Got to drive the subaru impreza round the track and contrary to other reviews did not find the instruction restrictive but encouraging to do more. After that I was driven around the track in the ariel atom for three laps and couldn't wipe the smile off my face for the rest of the day.

firstly we had the safety briefing then we were split up into groups.

my order of the day went- porche gt3, aston martin. lamborghini and ferrari. my experiences are as follows-

porche gt3

[name removed] is an awesome instructor, he got the most out of me and the car.he encouraged me to put my foot down. brilliant !!!

aston martin v8 vantage

the car was dull and heavy, i think the instructor knew this. this was a poor example of probably a great car. it was noisy and i almost asked if a wheel bearing had gone

lamborghini gallardo

4 wheel drive and the performance to make the most of it,loved it!!

ferrari 360

no abs or traction control, a drivers car! again encouraged to make the most out of the performance, awesome!! downside- squeaky brakes!

i would have liked a longer straight on the track, you just get up to a decent speed then have to brake.also the red and white safety cones need renewing as they are faded and not very visible.

all in all I thoroughly enjoyed my day. going to book my sister in soon!

as a passing note the cars are only as good as your instructor, thankyou [name removed] xx

kind regards margaret