The helicopter over the Papua New Guinea circuit: the Papua New Guinea racing game

Papua New Guinea Grand Prix

Papua New Guinea Racing GameRace a 4.3 km circuit drawn from Papua New Guinea's outline

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Length: 4.3km
Turns: 14
Main straight: 730m
Slowest corner: 77km/h
Climb: 32m
Setting: River jungle

Fourteen corners carry this lap around the mainland. The Papua New Guinea racing game uses a race track shaped like Papua New Guinea, starting at Sandaun in the north-west and heading down the north coast through Madang, Cape Cretin and Morobe. It rounds Milne Bay at the eastern tip, then runs west along the Gulf of Papua past Kerema to Daru and the Torres Strait.

This is the Papua New Guinea Grand Prix, a rolling jungle circuit with 32 metres of climb.

The Papua New Guinea circuit map

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

T1Sandaun
T2Madang
T3Cape Cretin
T4Morobe
T5Northern
T6Milne Bay
T7Central
T8Kerema
T9Gulf of Papua
T10Gulf
T11Giwaretore
T12Western
T13Daru
T14Torres Strait

Each corner is named after the place on Papua New Guinea's outline it traces.

Screenshots from the Papua New Guinea circuit

Through the slowest corner, Milne Bay

On the grid for the Papua New Guinea Grand Prix: Papua New Guinea racing game screenshot — On the grid for the Papua New Guinea Grand Prix

Chasing through a corner in Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea racing game screenshot — Chasing through a corner in Papua New Guinea

Craning over the Papua New Guinea track: Papua New Guinea racing game screenshot — Craning over the Papua New Guinea track

Over the crest, Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea racing game screenshot — Over the crest, Papua New Guinea

Around the Papua New Guinea track

A Haus Tambaran spirit house stands over the jungle, the first thing you notice. Stilt houses line the river, a bird of paradise statue watches from the infield, and palm-oil plantations fill the flat ground. Mist sits low over the water. Pickups and minibuses are parked behind the fences, a Welkam banner greets the crowd, and the boards name Lae, Madang, Sepik, Highlands and Rabaul.

Haus Tambaran spirit house
Stilt houses
Bird of paradise statue

How to drive the Papua New Guinea circuit

A 730-metre straight opens the lap and ends at Sandaun. The slowest corner is Milne Bay, turn 6, at 77 km/h: brake hard for it, because the south coast that follows rewards a clean exit. The rolling ground never climbs far, so the challenge here is rhythm rather than gradient.

Ways to race Papua New Guinea

Time TrialA lap for the Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea from one lap

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

With sound: the video has a voiceover.