Special Stage Route 7 is a fictional street circuit featured in Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6. It is a 14-mile long, high-speed street circuit set on a Japanese-styled motorway.
It appears to be based on the Tokyo-Yokohama Highway route due to its long carpool tunnel, long straights, and tight twisty off ramps. It also boasts a carbon copy of the Yokohama Bay Bridge, as well as the Haneda Airport (Aqualine) tunnel.
It consists of two 6-mile straights, running down opposite carriageways of the motorway, connected by two hairpin corners on each end. Along with Route X, it is one of the longest racetracks in the series, and ultimately replacing the previous games' Test Course, making it ideal for high-powered cars that can go well over 300 km/h. It passes through a long tunnel on both carriageways, and can also be raced in the wet.
Unlike Routes 5, X, & 11, it does not have a pit lane, making it impossible to refuel or change tires.
It is one of four Special Stage Routes in the series, with the others being 5, 11, and Special Stage Route X.
If selecting full view by pausing the race, the map appears to be relatively small, making it difficult to determine on how the map looks like.
Routes 7 and 5 are connected via the first turn of Route 5 (tunnel) if one looks to the right while approaching, where there are signs indicating "Route 7".
The implied connection between Routes 5 & 7 (pictured in the first tunnel of Special Stage Route 5).
The track appears to be a work in progress, with design flaws such as a tunnel buttress that abruptly appears at the outside lane with no prior warning signs or crash barriers. Also, the background appears to be glitchy and incomplete in places.
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