Appearance in Games
On 24 October 2007 it was announced that the PlayStation 3 game, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, will be able to download episodes of Top Gear within the game, and that the test track is one of the included circuits in the full game (Gran Turismo 5).
A very basic yet driveable version of the track appeared around 2003 for the PC hardcore racing simulation Grand Prix Legends. There is also a version of the test track for the realistic PC racing simulation rFactor, produced with permission from Dunsfold park. The track has also been produced as an add-on for World Racing 2.
Top Gear have also added a basic version of the test track on the games section of their own website, with the title of "Be a star in our reasonably priced car". A Top Gear mobile phone game also features the track.
The game Gran Turismo 5, developed by Polyphony Digital features a fully rendered version of the Top Gear Track. Players have the ability to drive and race on the track.
It was confirmed that the track would appear in Forza Motorsport 4; the Top Gear logo appeared in a trailer for Forza 4 on the Top Gear website. Cars were shown racing in the follow-through section during the E3 2011 trailer. It is known that in the actual game there is options to race on the full track, race both of the rings in separate races and race on Top Gear's drag race mile. There is also an achievement in Forza 4 for completing a lap of the Top Gear Test Track in the Kia Cee'd fittingly named "Star in a reasonably priced car".
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