Real maps of GT4 circuits (Google Maps/Earth)
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probably the only tack from any gt series ill ever get to drive on...and i of course have driven it, just not at racing speeds. heres a little sample of the only track from gt ill ever see in person...
The start finish is on Alaskan Way. (A surface street version of State Highway 99.) We parallel the Alaskan Way Viaduct which is the bypass through the city. The slight left turn takes us past the ferry dock and under a footbridge that allows pedestrians to hop on a ferry. Although it empties into a 2 story McDonalds before the ferry terminal. The arches have been mysteriously left out of the game. The sharp right-hander uses Marion Street briefly before we are taken under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. It's important to know, underneath the viaduct is not really a road, instead its about a mile and a half of parking spaces. The quick uphill left puts us on Yesler Way. It also takes us right by the restaraunt I went to for Senior Prom in high school.
The next left takes us up James Street. The road seems steeper in real life, yet I'm not too sure I want to see if I can get as much air as I can in GT4. That 90-degree right forces us onto 5th Ave, southbound towards Yesler again. We cross Yesler and take the next group of right handers to South Washington Street and then Prefontaine Place. Whether or not it's noticed in the game, Prefontaine is a pretty narrow street. You'd be crazy to go over 50 down it. A left back onto Yesler before the hairpin onto 2nd Ave.
We're actually going over train tracks and a train station as we make the slight right which puts us on 4th Ave. We pass the start of I-90 as well as Qwest field (Go Hawks!) as we we prepare for the right hander that takes us by Safeco Field. (I am a Seahawks fan, but the Mariners can suck it.) As you can see, there is no room for a chicane of any sort here. The original manifestation of the Seattle Circuit was created pre-Qwest Field, and pre-Exhibition Center, as you see there. The original right-left, left-right combos would have taken you through the Kingdome parking lot, but I'm but certain. We are now on South Royal Brougham Way.
All thats left is the final right hander and the chicane. We're back under the Viaduct, racing through what is essentially a parking lot. I can only hypothosize about where the chicane actually is. The only street is too far down Alaskan way for it to be what is actually used in the game. The front stretch wouldn't be nearly long enough. So I assume that on of the many "alleys" or driveways, even, were used as part of the chicane. There should aslo be some railroad tracks that we fly over in the game that have been omitted as they were omitted from the very first corner taking us under the Viaduct.
I didn't put this is race report, because it's not a race report. It's a track report. Unless there isn't a difference...
The start finish is on Alaskan Way. (A surface street version of State Highway 99.) We parallel the Alaskan Way Viaduct which is the bypass through the city. The slight left turn takes us past the ferry dock and under a footbridge that allows pedestrians to hop on a ferry. Although it empties into a 2 story McDonalds before the ferry terminal. The arches have been mysteriously left out of the game. The sharp right-hander uses Marion Street briefly before we are taken under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. It's important to know, underneath the viaduct is not really a road, instead its about a mile and a half of parking spaces. The quick uphill left puts us on Yesler Way. It also takes us right by the restaraunt I went to for Senior Prom in high school.
The next left takes us up James Street. The road seems steeper in real life, yet I'm not too sure I want to see if I can get as much air as I can in GT4. That 90-degree right forces us onto 5th Ave, southbound towards Yesler again. We cross Yesler and take the next group of right handers to South Washington Street and then Prefontaine Place. Whether or not it's noticed in the game, Prefontaine is a pretty narrow street. You'd be crazy to go over 50 down it. A left back onto Yesler before the hairpin onto 2nd Ave.
We're actually going over train tracks and a train station as we make the slight right which puts us on 4th Ave. We pass the start of I-90 as well as Qwest field (Go Hawks!) as we we prepare for the right hander that takes us by Safeco Field. (I am a Seahawks fan, but the Mariners can suck it.) As you can see, there is no room for a chicane of any sort here. The original manifestation of the Seattle Circuit was created pre-Qwest Field, and pre-Exhibition Center, as you see there. The original right-left, left-right combos would have taken you through the Kingdome parking lot, but I'm but certain. We are now on South Royal Brougham Way.
All thats left is the final right hander and the chicane. We're back under the Viaduct, racing through what is essentially a parking lot. I can only hypothosize about where the chicane actually is. The only street is too far down Alaskan way for it to be what is actually used in the game. The front stretch wouldn't be nearly long enough. So I assume that on of the many "alleys" or driveways, even, were used as part of the chicane. There should aslo be some railroad tracks that we fly over in the game that have been omitted as they were omitted from the very first corner taking us under the Viaduct.
I didn't put this is race report, because it's not a race report. It's a track report. Unless there isn't a difference...
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Cool idea. I've always wanted to see where the track goes when I'm down in Seattle, but I've never got around to it. Have you taken any pics to compare to pics taken in GT4? Would be very cool to do a comparison of real life/GT4 photo mode. I would be happy to make the photo mode pics as close to your real life pics as possible if you did have any photos of the real roads.
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Nice finds, guys. 👍
If you could do a photomode/ real life comparision thing, like stated above, that'd be nice.
If you could do a photomode/ real life comparision thing, like stated above, that'd be nice.
Here's a thread that lists most of the reallife GT4 tracks in satellite view:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66074&highlight=google+maps
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https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66074&highlight=google+maps
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Has anyone here used Google Earth?? Its a cool program where you can zoom in from earths orbit into anywhere in the world. I literaly zoomed into my house and could see the cars in the driveway.
You could probably find most of the tracks that way.
You could probably find most of the tracks that way.
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The new thread 'Seattle Circuit' has been merged into this older thread dedicated to real maps of GT4 circuits (previously known as 'Fun with Google Maps/Earth!') I took the liberty of changing the title to enable more successful searching... hope the original authors don't mind. 👍
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greenjackI found a better picture of tsukuba.
That also looks suspiciously like the Beginner's Course on the right hand side of the picture 💡
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Was playing around on google earth, and found this a little east of Tsukuba Circuit - actually, this track is closer to where google earth takes you when you search for Tsukuba, Japan than Tsukuba Circuit is.
looks something like Test Track, wouldn't you say?
coordinates are: 36 05'06.61"N, 140 04'46.33"E
looks something like Test Track, wouldn't you say?
coordinates are: 36 05'06.61"N, 140 04'46.33"E
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Touring Mars
Do you see that track INSIDE it? Is that Motorland?
Tsukuba is the Driving Park?!?
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Anyone ever thought about "Google Mapping" the phototravel locations?
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I found a few other popular tracks, although not necessiarily from GT4...
Daytona International Raceway
Road Atlanta
Silverstone
Indianapolis Raceway
Ford Proving Grounds (Greenfield Village, Detroit)
Grattan Raceway (My hometown track, Car and Driver Magazine test site)
Daytona International Raceway
Road Atlanta
Silverstone
Indianapolis Raceway
Ford Proving Grounds (Greenfield Village, Detroit)
Grattan Raceway (My hometown track, Car and Driver Magazine test site)
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Boundary LayerWas playing around on google earth, and found this a little east of Tsukuba Circuit - actually, this track is closer to where google earth takes you when you search for Tsukuba, Japan than Tsukuba Circuit is.
This is the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) proving ground. Too small for Test Track, just over 3 miles around.
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...Anyone know where the Lutzring is outside of Detroit? I was looking for it for about an hour on Google Earth, but no luck... The only information I could find on the internet was a short test of the Z06 that was done there, but no placement anywhere in the Detroit Metro area.
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^^ in addition to those, I couldn't find the Bahrain circuit either. But I've located every other circuit on the F1 calendar, as well as a few former circuits now used primarily for testing. (Jerez, etc...)
If you're using google earth, take advantage of the elevation feature to really get a clear idea of how hilly some of these tracks are. TV has this way of sorta flattening out the image....
I thought the descent through the Senna Esses at Interlagos was great (although, pehaps not quite on par with Laguna Seca's Corkscrew)
If you're using google earth, take advantage of the elevation feature to really get a clear idea of how hilly some of these tracks are. TV has this way of sorta flattening out the image....
I thought the descent through the Senna Esses at Interlagos was great (although, pehaps not quite on par with Laguna Seca's Corkscrew)
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