Chinese Grand Prix
China Racing GameRace a 4.3 km circuit drawn from China's outline
- Length
- 4.3km
- Turns
- 14
- Main straight
- 670m
- Slowest corner
- 84km/h
- Climb
- 8m
- Setting
- Modern
Fourteen corners take you right round the map in this China racing game. It's a race track shaped like China, so the lap opens at the Gobi Desert, heads north-east over the Greater Khingan Range to Heilongjiang, comes down the coast past the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas, Zhejiang and Fujian, then turns west for the Himalayas, the Pamirs and the Tarbagatay Range. Every corner carries the name of the place it traces.
This is the Chinese Grand Prix as a modern purpose-built circuit: wide, flat, and in the spirit of Shanghai.
The China circuit map
- T1Gobi Desert
- T2Greater Khingan Range
- T3Heilongjiang
- T4Liaodong Peninsula
- T5Hebei
- T6Shandong Peninsula
- T7Zhejiang
- T8Fujian
- T9Leizhou Peninsula
- T10Indochina Peninsula
- T11Xizang
- T12Himalayas
- T13Pamirs
- T14Tarbagatay Range
Each corner is named after the place on China's outline it traces.
Screenshots from the China circuit
Around the China track
The Great Wall runs along the hills beyond the track, and a light haze hangs over it all. Closer in you pass the Temple of Heaven, a pagoda and a cluster of karst hills, with rice paddies and tea terraces filling the ground between. Cars, buses and mopeds are parked behind the fences. A roof covers the grandstand, the banner reads 欢迎, and the boards name Shanghai, Guangzhou, the Yangtze, Guilin and Beijing.
- Great Wall of China
- Temple of Heaven
- Pagoda
- Karst hills
How to drive the China circuit
With 8 metres of climb, the lap is as flat as they come, so it's all about braking points. The 670-metre main straight ends at the Gobi Desert, turn 1, your best chance to pass. The slowest corner is Hebei at 84 km/h, turn 5, tucked between two peninsulas: brake early, then build speed down the coast.
Ways to race China
What country is this? Guess China from one lap
One lap behind the leader, with the racing line drawing itself as it goes. By the flag it's China's outline. Could you name it before the reveal?
With sound: the video has a voiceover.
China lap record
The China leaderboard loads here. Set a lap in Time Trial to get on it.
China racing game: questions
Is the China circuit based on Shanghai?
It's a modern circuit drawn from China's outline, built in the spirit of Shanghai: wide, flat, with a roof over the grandstand.
Can you see the Great Wall from the China track?
Yes. The Great Wall runs through the hills beyond the circuit, along with the Temple of Heaven, a pagoda and karst hills.
How long is the China circuit?
4.3 km, with 14 turns and 8 metres of climb. The main straight is 670 metres long, and the slowest corner, Hebei, is taken at 84 km/h.
Can I race China 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.
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