{"id":267870,"date":"2010-02-02T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/02\/nokias-ovi-maps-racing-now-available-makes-the-world-your-course\/"},"modified":"2010-02-02T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:43:00","slug":"nokia%e2%80%99s-ovi-maps-racing-now-available-makes-the-world-your-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/267870","title":{"rendered":"Nokia\u2019s Ovi Maps Racing now available, makes the world your course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/pressbulletinboard.nokia.com\/2010\/02\/02\/ovi-maps-racing-by-nokia-now-in-ovi-store\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/02\/ovi-maps-racing.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Since it looks like GT5&#8217;s still another decade or two away from release, racing gamers need everything they can to survive the wait, and this is just about the most creative way we&#8217;ve seen to do that. At a glance, Nokia&#8217;s Ovi Maps Racing looks like a pretty simple, standard 2D racer with an overhead view, but its secret sauce lies in the map: it can turn pretty much any street in the world into a racecourse. The game lets you chart out your heated battle using nothing more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/OviMaps\/\">Ovi Maps<\/a> data and your finger, meaning Manhattan, Prague, or your folks&#8217; quiet, peaceful neighborhood are all potential targets for your high-speed bedlam. Seems like a great way to inject limitless replay value into an otherwise plain-vanilla racer, doesn&#8217;t it? It&#8217;ll work on any of Nokia&#8217;s Symbian^1 (formerly known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/S605thEdition\/\">S60 5th Edition<\/a>) devices, and &#8212; for now, anyway &#8212; it&#8217;s free. Follow the break for a quick promo video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/02\/02\/nokias-ovi-maps-racing-now-available-makes-the-world-your-cour\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Nokia&#8217;s Ovi Maps Racing now available, makes the world your course<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/02\/02\/nokias-ovi-maps-racing-now-available-makes-the-world-your-cour\/\">Nokia&#8217;s Ovi Maps Racing now available, makes the world your course<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:37:00 EST.  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