Catalogue of composite track elements
A composite track element can be seen as a track element that is built up out of a combination of different track elements. However, in order to execute a composite track element, you are not supposed to follow the road.
The chicane is the most important track element to build up composite track elements. The chicane track element acts as if it has an asphalt surface all over. This allows the driver to leave road without slowing down, making it ideal to build up a composite track element by adding other track elements to the chicane(s).
But the chicane is not the only option. Other track elements such as the crossroad or the split could also be used instead of chicane(s).
When executing a composite track element, you may skip up to two track elements without receiving penalty time.