Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-61.3.63.25-20161203054959/@comment-5904736-20161204013438

It's important to note that RR3 already has easily the greatest public road-based track on Earth, Le Mans, and arguably the second greatest, Bathurst. However, what we don't have are any real-life city street circuits. We have a fictional street circuit, Melbourne aka Fairbank. (or budget Albert Park as I like to call it)

Long Beach, Monaco, Adelaide, Albert Park, Singapore, Azbaijan, Kuala Lumpur, Gold Coast, Guia, Pau, Ipswitch. Tho se are just the street circuits I can name off the top of my head and looking through the list you can see some impressive names. Icons of motorsport.

And then there's Homebush. Anyone with half a clue about Australian motorsport would know that the 2016 Supercars championship was decided yesterday with the final race to be held today. That's notable for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it marks the first time since Jim Richards won in 1992 that a non-Australian has won the ATCC. Secondly, the Holden Racing Team as we know it will run its final race today, ending its 26-year history. But the final and most relevant point is that in less than 12 hours, Homebush street circuit will close for good.

This is the last time that races will be run on the streets of Sydney, and the last time that the track can be recorded for games. Now there's every chance that someone might start it up again in the future. After all, Homebush is the place to be for sports in Sydney and Australia is one of not enough countries to take immense pride in its olympic precints 16 years on so the roads aren't likely to be detroyed but for the foreseeable future, this iconic track is to be no more.

My point is that if someone came up to me today and asked me what track, out of any in the world, would I like to see in Real Racing, I would say, without hesitation, Homebush Street Circuit. If they asked me tomorrow my answer would be the same, but it would be too late.

So why hasn't it been added? My theory as to why we haven't seen any city street circuits such as Monaco or Albert Park is that our devices simply can't render those backgrounds. Now, Melbourne does exist but it's a fictional track so they don't have to do any justice to the source and corners can be cut. I have asked Firemonkeys to comment on my theory but I got no response.

I just realised I have written quite a few of these without ever doing a full piece on Albert Park. Huh. Tune in next time!