Cool new view
Well, I have played my share of racing games, NFS being my all time favorite. I have also used mapping services here, most commonly google maps. Now, what if the race car view of cars was integrated into a mapping service? So, that you could virtually drive though streets with photographs of the localities to get yourself comfortable with landmarks, buildings etc. That sounds pretty unreal. Virtual Earth has something like this, which is pretty jaw-dropping. It worked on Opera for me, though, it states that it works in internet explorer only. Check it out. Btw, works for San Francisco and Seattle only for now.
