Craning over the Australia track: the Australia racing game

Australian Grand Prix

Australia Racing GameRace a 4.3 km circuit drawn from Australia's outline

Length: 4.3km
Turns: 16
Main straight: 590m
Slowest corner: 76km/h
Climb: 20m
Setting: Harbour

The Sydney Opera House is the first thing you see, and the coastline of a whole continent is what you drive. This Australia racing game hosts the Australian Grand Prix on a race track shaped like Australia: from Queensland round Wilsons Promontory and Cape Otway, across the Great Australian Bight to Shark Bay and Western Australia, up to the Kimberley Plateau, then over Arnhem Land and the Gulf of Carpentaria to Cape York Peninsula.

It's a harbour circuit in the spirit of Sydney Harbour, rolling over 20 metres, with 16 corners in 4.3 km.

The Australia circuit map

The racing line (orange) inside Australia's outline; ○ is the start and finish. Open the map

T1Queensland
T2Wilsons Promontory
T3Cape Otway
T4Gulf St. Vincent
T5Great Australian Bight
T6South Australia
T7Manjimup
T8Shark Bay
T9Western Australia
T10Kimberley Plateau
T11Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
T12Northern Territory
T13Cobourg Peninsula
T14Arnhem Land
T15Gulf of Carpentaria
T16Cape York Peninsula

Each corner is named after the place on Australia's outline it traces.

Screenshots from the Australia circuit

Through the slowest corner, Cape York Peninsula

On the grid for the Australian Grand Prix: Australia racing game screenshot — On the grid for the Australian Grand Prix

Across the bridge, Australia: Australia racing game screenshot — Across the bridge, Australia

On board around Australia: Australia racing game screenshot — On board around Australia

Chasing through a corner in Australia: Australia racing game screenshot — Chasing through a corner in Australia

Over the crest, Australia: Australia racing game screenshot — Over the crest, Australia

Around the Australia track

Sydney Harbour is the setting. The Opera House sits on the water, the lap crosses a bridge over the harbour with the Harbour Bridge itself in the scenery, then curls around a marina full of moored boats. Further out the country appears in miniature: Uluru, kangaroos on the savanna, wheat fields. Utes, four-by-fours and cars are parked by the fence. The banner says G'day · Welcome, and the boards read Melbourne, Bathurst, Perth, Adelaide and Phillip Island.

Sydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Uluru
Kangaroos

How to drive the Australia circuit

The main straight is 590 metres and ends at Queensland. There's a crest on the lap where the car goes light, so keep it pointed straight over the top. The slowest corner is the last one, Cape York Peninsula, at 76 km/h, and getting out of it cleanly sets up the run to the line.

Ways to race Australia

Time TrialA lap for the Australia leaderboard, chasing the record holder's ghost. Grand Prix RunRace your way across the world's circuits. One free run every day.

What country is this? Guess Australia from one lap

One lap behind the leader, with the racing line drawing itself as it goes. By the flag it's Australia's outline. Could you name it before the reveal?

With sound: the video has a voiceover.

Australia lap record

The Australia leaderboard loads here. Set a lap in Time Trial to get on it.

Set a lap in Australia ▸

Australia racing game: questions

Does the Australia track go over a bridge?

Yes. The harbour lap crosses a bridge and loops round a marina, with the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in view.

Is the Australia track set in Sydney?

It's a harbour circuit in the style of Sydney Harbour, but the layout is drawn from Australia's coastline, with corners named from Queensland to Cape York Peninsula.

How long is the Australia circuit?

4.3 km, with 16 turns and 20 metres of climb. The main straight is 590 metres long, and the slowest corner, Cape York Peninsula, is taken at 76 km/h.

Can I race Australia on my phone?

Yes. Globe Prix plays on phones and tablets with touch or tilt steering, and on desktop with a keyboard or a gamepad.