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In GT5 that was the case as it was modeled after PD's new headquarters in Fukuoka, with the setting based on the Hakata port town and road design coming from the Fukuoka expressway. In the distance just left from the starting straight, a city scape could be seen across the ocean, and the vegetation is relatively green. It was originally given the PDI flag as it's assumed as a fictional location.Are we sure SSRX is based in North America? All the old SSR tracks were modelled after Japanese highways and SSRX has all its markers in meters. Was the location ever confirmed to be in the US?
But it has since been changed to a US setting, with the USA flag to prove in GTS. More evidence is how the airplanes sport only a single Blue Moon Bay livery that's based on the classic American Airlines colour scheme, suggesting SSRX is that airline's storage airport and hangar. The cityscape in the distance is gone and the scenery is noticeably more arid and dry.
Some people suggested Fishermans Ranch is the one in Arizona, I have my doubts. This dot is located right where the US-MEX border levels out, at the town of Nogales, just below Tuscon. Not sure why they would call it Fishermans Ranch when there is no water body nearby. The only source of water nearby is and extremely small river/creek that runs through the valley. I have no clue what this Arizona one could be. Even Northern Isle would be a strange name for this location. I am going to guess this is a new or returning original track.
(Edit: There is Organ Pipe Cacti on the Fishermans Ranch track, which is native only to Arizona in the US. But there are also Joshua trees which you wouldn't find near Tuscon. so it's possible we shouldn't take this too seriously )
Fisherman's Ranch was given that name because the map creator's name in English means fisherman. There is an interview somewhere either in GTP or elsewhere that sheds light on this. It ironically has no relation to embodiments of water.
The World Tour events have located Fisherman's Ranch before, and while it's close-ish to the dot on the US-Mexico border, it clearly isn't in the same place:
The small red circle I added is the dot in the GT7 trailer.
Could be an oversight, though.
Not an oversight. Those animations were done by PD. They have the knowledge behind the race course after all. If that dot's in GT7, it's definitely the same course. This is evidence that the Arizona dot is Fisherman's Ranch. Thank you for providing this.