Pyongyang Racer is a browser-based driving game developed in North Korea, giving us curious westerners a chance to drive around the odd landmarks of the secretive state’s capital city.
Pyongyang Racer was commissioned by travel agency Koryo, a group that organises group trips to the bizarre communist country. It’s not what you’d call an adrenaline rush of an experience, as there aren’t really any other cars to race against. You just sort of potter about some Nintendo64-era 3D environments, collecting petrol to the sound of grating local music.
It’s an advert. This is supposed to make you want to go there. And the server’s currently down as you might expect. [Pyongyang Racer via Kotaku]













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Call me when they release GTA pyongyang.
Now that would be amazing.
You play as an American, so you’re constantly on 6 stars
I’ll play as supreme leader Kim Jong Un, which means I’ll complete the game in 0.1 seconds with the highest score possible.
LOL!
Those roads are WAAAAAAAAAY too busy for that be a realistic Pyongyang!
I’m afraid i’m overwhelmed with a serious bout of WTF?!
Gary,
Did you, by any chance, did some homework and realised that Koryo is a Beijing based company and therefore the game isn’t a “North Korea’s game” but actually a “Koryo’s game”?