Victoria Peak
is really View from Victoria Peak, The Peak, Hong Kong
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Victoria Peak is one of the districts of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown's Hong Kong Island, and its winding roads look down on the classic view of Central and the harbour. The game keeps the big towers, with 2 IFC and the Bank of China Tower easy to pick out, but Hong Kong writer Ravi Hiranand notes that much of the skyline below them is simplified and that the Peak Tower itself is missing.
The real place
Victoria Peak, about 552 metres high, is the highest point on Hong Kong Island and has been the city's favourite lookout since the Peak Tram opened in 1888. The view takes in the skyscrapers of Central and Wan Chai, Victoria Harbour and Kowloon on the far shore.
Visiting
Ride the Peak Tram up from Garden Road, then skip the paid Sky Terrace and walk the flat Lugard Road loop for a free version of this view, about an hour on foot. Come late in the afternoon and stay for the lights of the city after dark.
Victoria Peak is also in Sleeping Dogs. See all 2 games side by side
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