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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 18:21:08 GMT 1
Hi there! So i´ve been wondering a bit about OC and where it might be located. It´s obviously not based on any real city because of the obvious lack of residential areas.  Stock exchange that is absolutely huge? Road separators that cover an entire lane? Chain fences? Doesn´t look like a Downtown area that i know of.  Texas? Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth combined wouldn´t have as many tall buildings as OC.  Seattle and Tokyo both have freeways cutting across them. Seattle doesnt have a multi-layer fwy and the game isnt set in Japan- So, where do you think that OC is located? Im curoius to know. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 18:35:05 GMT 1
The City would be in the US, most likely on the middle or southern east or west coast due to the palms across the city, hotels near the coast and yacht harbor.
In the PS2 Version there's a flashing arrow in a 45° angle facing North West next to the N sign.
The city consists of a mostly Downtown area with only a few suburbs and other estates around such as Chinatown and Atlantica
The Texas state advert is a company.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 19:04:56 GMT 1
The City would be in the US, most likely on the middle or southern east or west coast due to the palms across the city, hotels near the coast and yacht harbor. In the PS2 Version there's a flashing arrow in a 45° angle facing North West next to the N sign. The city consists of a mostly Downtown area with only a few suburbs and other estates around such as Chinatown and Atlantica The Texas state advert is a company.Ah, i see. Thanks for clearing that up. Yes, being somewhere in the south near the sea would be pretty much right since the port and everything. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 8:15:52 GMT 1
I've actually tried to do some theorizing on this before, there's lots of connections with Houston, Chicago, Dallas, and some West Coast cities, mainly San Diego and Seattle though. It's hard to say where OC is actually based off of, but I think most of the skyscrapers are based off of Chicago's skyline, the ports are based off of Houston's massive industrial area, the geography is based off of San Diego, and the city structure? That's the mystery.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 16:55:56 GMT 1
I thought LA cuz of the LA River, but then again Carbon has LA River and lots of other games too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 17:26:38 GMT 1
I thought LA cuz of the LA River, but then again Carbon has LA River and lots of other games too. spillway kind of canals are not inly in LA matey...also OC is mixture of many many cities(motly east, east-south coast) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 18:43:28 GMT 1
The only NFS game that has similarities to the LA River is Carbon, very wide...they are all short however.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 23:12:13 GMT 1
I thought LA cuz of the LA River, but then again Carbon has LA River and lots of other games too. spillway kind of canals are not inly in LA matey... I know they are not only in LA, but the LA River is one of te most famous in the US so I just thought… |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 2:39:53 GMT 1
I know what you mean WRX. Anyways, lots of threads about NFSU and NFSU2 are springing up now, we should add to this one to maybe clarify some things. Ok, let's start here:
- We know Olympic City is a coastal city with a harbor and a massive industrial area.
- We assume OC is in the US based on the cars and the characters' accents, but it could actually be BASED off of somewhere else.
- Olympic City is in a warm climate zone, it can't be too far north.
- There are afew hills in OC, but generally the geography is pretty stable, not overly flat or in the mountains.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2014 15:30:36 GMT 1
To add on to what ridgericer said, it has the basics of any big city… - A Chinatown (Not all cities have one but most do [in US]) - A trolley/tram - Broad boulevards etc… But, I do not think this is NYC because if it were truly based on NYC, it would have a big-ass park in the middle of it  . |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 7:06:40 GMT 1
To add on to what ridgericer said, it has the basics of any big city… - A Chinatown (Not all cities have one but most do [in US]) - A trolley/tram - Broad boulevards etc… But, I do not think this is NYC because if it were truly based on NYC, it would have a big-ass park in the middle of it . Actually not alot of cities that I've been in have a tram system that I know of. BUT, I did remember this: Olympic city has a subway ( Basically an underground train/tube for those of you not familiar with the US terms for things ),obviously you can't actually drive around in it, but on Main St. drag, if you look to your left around either the 1st or 2nd crosstreet, you'll see a stairway with a blue back-lit sign that goes underneath the road. You can see this in afew different spots but that's the easiest one to find. And OC also has a train station somewhere, if you look at 14th & Vine. I know it's usually only real major cities that use the subway, so that does help narrow things down for us. |
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