So What Is Location Racing?
Location Racing is a multiplayer location based racing game which has been developed for Android. The application detects the players location either by GPS, WiFi or Cell-ID. The application then generates a race track which is made up of the streets that surround the player.
Have you ever played a racing video game like Gran Turismo, Project Gotham Racing or Forza motor sport? Well if you have you will notice that these games include real life tracks and street circuits from various locations around the world.
Some of these famous circuits from Forza Motorsport 4 are Nürburgring Nordschleife, Silverstone Circuit, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hockenheimring. (Forza, 2013) While some of these famous street circuits of Project Gotham 4 are taken from the streets of Tokyo, New York, Las Vegas and Shanghi. (Gotham, 2013)
The problem here is that most people that are playing these games have never been to these real life locations. That means that there is a pretty steep learning curve when a player is trying to get to know these circuits so that they can race against others competitively on these circuits. Imagine if you were playing online against guys who live in these locations. These guys would have a competitive advantage over you because they know the street circuits inside out.
What if we levelled the playing field? What if there was a game developed which detects your location and generates racing circuits based on the real streets around you? Now you will be able to race around your own street circuits based on your own streets.
This will level the playing field and so that players can the most important part of racing, who will be the winner.