German Makers Desert Test Track

[z4chris99]

very high levels of desire to have a weekend here.. nice big oval and what looks like a small sprint course.

http://www.muscatmutterings.com/2013/01/the-secret...

Map:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=22.1572807&lon=57.46...

[Rawwr]

Looking at the scale on the map, that track is frigging enormous!

[StottyZr]

I thought it could be a bit of a myth so I checked on google maps. Its real, and its huge!

[StottyZr]

Check this out http://www.omanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?114...

Thats from June 2005! It appears lots of German manufacturers use the track and surrounding areas for high termperature testing of news cars.

I'm amazed I haven't heard of this before. Googling for it finds almost nothing.

[Targarama]

Yup, went past there driving down Muscat to Salalah once - no chance of getting near. To be honest it really is in the middle of nowhere and you'd be wanting to have fun in a 4WD off road out there, not driving around in circles.

[FourWheelDrift]

Looking at it in google earth using the ruler tool, the circuit is 12 miles long, 3 miles for each straight and each bend.

[Hitch78]

Targarama said:

Yup, went past there driving down Muscat to Salalah once - no chance of getting near. To be honest it really is in the middle of nowhere and you'd be wanting to have fun in a 4WD off road out there, not driving around in circles.

There's about a gazillion square miles of desert and mountains to do that in the Middle East. At least a secret test track is an interesting change!

[George7]

Reminds me a bit of the fictional 18 mile circuit 'Special Stage Route X' in GT5.

http://gran-turismo.wikia.com/wiki/Special_Stage_R...



Never dreamed there would be something similar in real life! Would love to live near that, if it was open to the public.

[Targarama]

Hitch78 said:

There's about a gazillion square miles of desert and mountains to do that in the Middle East. At least a secret test track is an interesting change!

Fairy nuff - you permie Middle Easterners don't have European roads to play on

[z4chris99]

im trying to find out which arab owns the land... so I can go have a play.

not too fussed about the loop, but the twisty bits look fun.

[Fort Jefferson]

FourWheelDrift said:

Looking at it in google earth using the ruler tool, the circuit is 12 miles long, 3 miles for each straight and each bend.

Not as big as the one in Germany it has a 5.7 mile straight.

[Targarama]

z4chris99 said:

im trying to find out which arab owns the land... so I can go have a play.

not too fussed about the loop, but the twisty bits look fun.

One of these tribes probably:

Asmi
Busaidi
Durei
Haifi
Harmali
Harsoosi
Hashimi
Hattali
Junaibi
Khusaibi
Mahrouki
Raqmi
Sheibani

But unless you've got some unknown Wasta then you have zero chance.

[z4chris99]

Targarama said:

But unless you've got some unknown Wasta then you have zero chance.

got wasta