Real maps of GT4 circuits (Google Maps/Earth)

[Speedbird223]

I didn't know Citti d'Aria (sp?) was real!

El Capitan is a fake course, but set in a real place...Yosemite National Park

 

[zonekill]

I did the the track in red by hand also a challenge!

And some other shots, notice the elevation on the postcard! (And the Suedschleife ''South track" in the upright corner)

 

[Speedbird223]

Awesome! That above picture shows the Sudschliefe (sp?)

 

[stan394]

Awesome! That above picture shows the Sudschliefe (sp?)

I think it's Nordschleife, but looking from the North

 

[Caio]

DAMN, simply crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wfooshee]

The Sudschleife is in the picture, in the distance at the upper right. The parallel straights connecting the Nord- to Sud- is where the current Grand Prix track lies. The '60s-'70s F1 track used the Nordschleife and the straights, up to that little loop at the end, but not the Sudschleife.

 

[Sprite]

Flerbizky where did you find the Nasa images?

coz ive dont a search and cant get um anywhere! did you pay for it or was it free? if you could post a link to the site containing the images i would be very happy.

 

[wfooshee]

Flerbizky where did you find the Nasa images?

coz ive dont a search and cant get um anywhere! did you pay for it or was it free? if you could post a link to the site containing the images i would be very happy.

Um, reading is a skill right up there with writing and spelling. In his VERY FIRST POST he describes where they came from, and puts each picture's link RIGHT ABOVE THE PICTURE .

 

[stan394]

oh I think he's referring to Flerbizky's NASA picture he glued together for the Seattle image Post #7

better than the other "Challenge" thread

 

[Flerbizky]

Flerbizky where did you find the Nasa images?

coz ive dont a search and cant get um anywhere! did you pay for it or was it free? if you could post a link to the site containing the images i would be very happy.

I suck - I'm sorry.. It wasn't NASA, it was Microshafts Terraserver I used..

Microsoft Terraserver

And a link to Terraserver featuring Seattle

 

[wfooshee]

oh I think he's referring to Flerbizky's NASA picture he glued together for the Seattle image Post #7

better than the other "Challenge" thread

Woopsy. Like I said, and now apply to myself, reading is a skill. . . .etc. Sorry for the misdirected flame. To embarrass myself further, I remember well the original thread where this Seattle montage was posted, and the reference to Terraserver. . . .

 

[Sprite]

Thanks Flerbizky. will give these a look.

wfooshee no harm done. i know my other post was in childish language, but i was in a rush to get it on and look at something else.

 

[zonekill]

The Sudschleife is in the picture, in the distance at the upper right. The parallel straights connecting the Nord- to Sud- is where the current Grand Prix track lies. The '60s-'70s F1 track used the Nordschleife and the straights, up to that little loop at the end, but not the Sudschleife.

Yep, thats correct.

 

[Speedbird223]

The Sudschleife is in the picture, in the distance at the upper right

Thanks for clarifying what I was trying to say but didn't make clear 👍

 

[Toshi]

Nice job on the OP

 

[kyle]

Simply incredible. I tried to map out the tracks but you sure got me beat.

 

[chinko]

google maps wont let me do anything :S only america



edit: finally, im gonna go look for oulton park (local track)

 

[ExigeEvan]

Fun eh?

 

[chinko]

^you just gave me an idea. im gonna see if i can find a house i know in prestatyn


edit: goddamnit....i cant zoom in enough....

 

[stan394]

I am trying to add the latitude, longitude coordinates as well.

 

[WhiteShadow]

^you just gave me an idea. im gonna see if i can find a house i know in prestatyn


edit: goddamnit....i cant zoom in enough....

💡 try using this program instead: http://earth.google.com/ it called google earth, and u can use it to view satelite images of places.

 

[ving]

sic!

 

[stan394]

updated OP with latitude and longitude so you can input it into the Google Earth program

 

[T07N]

OMG YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY! How did you manage to draw out those map? Major work man... too much.

 

[Messiah]

Now that's a sporting weekend I'd like - playing on the golf course at the end of the Mulsanne straight...

 

[SilverEclipse01]

That course is supposed to be on the island of Capri, west of the area you've selected. The main straight is real scenery, but I don't think the course itself is real. If you watch a replay of a run on that course, the "back" side of the island is not very well modeled, and the size of the course isn't big enough to actually reach the other side of the island, in my opinion.

The main straight is indeed actual scenery. I just got back from a Mediterranean cruise with my wife a few weeks ago. We were on an Amalfi Coast drive in a bus and when we turned a corner, I saw it. Check out my picture...

On the left hand side of the pic you can also see some of the zig-zag road that goes behind the straight and up the hill. But, the backside of the track is all fictional as far as I can see.

This is further east than the town of Amalfi on the mainlad coast (not on Capri), but I have forgotten it's actual name. If I have any recollection, I will update the post.

 

[wfooshee]

Here are some links to images of Marina Grande, on the north side of Capri. This is the main straight of the GT4 course, but it's all I can match up from the island to the game course. Look at the red building, which is very prominent in all the pictures, and check out the buildings to either side of it. Then go in the game and look at some replays.

Marina Grande, from the water

Another view

A more distant view, showing (to me, anyway) that the course can't reach around the mountain

 

[stan394]

Inspired by a post in the playstation forum, now added Rome from GT3 to OP!!!

 

[356C]

Very Cool 👍

 

[stan394]

Bump.

just for the sake of it