Waikiki tower with the saucer top

In the game

In The Crew Motorfest's Honolulu, a tall tower crowned with a round, flying-saucer top rises over a street of flame trees, palms and shop signs, one of them reading Aloha. Its shape closely follows the Waikiki Business Plaza on Kalakaua Avenue, and TheSixthAxis, written by a reviewer who knows the island well, found the game's main Waikiki road and its junctions surprisingly accurate.

The real place

The Waikiki Business Plaza is an office and shopping tower at 2270 Kalakaua Avenue, Waikiki's main street. Its round top housed the Top of Waikiki, a revolving restaurant that turned slowly above the district for more than half a century before it closed; the saucer is still one of the most recognisable shapes in the Waikiki skyline.

Visiting

Walk Kalakaua Avenue from the Royal Hawaiian Center towards Kuhio Beach in the late afternoon, when the light is warm and the street feels most like the game. SKY Waikiki, a rooftop restaurant and bar in the same building, is the easiest way to see the view from up there; check its opening hours before you go.

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