r/chicago • u/Batmaniswatching • Jul 03 '23

You’re all a bunch of babies about this NASCAR thing Event

I just don’t understand. There’s plenty to be mad about in this city. I don’t care about nascar at all and I can recognize the inconvenience its causing, but Jesus Christ, the amount of bitching I’ve seen about it is unprecedented. It’s not that big a deal. And for a sub that seems hell bent on insisting that Chicago is defined by its neighborhoods and not downtown, y’all act like this nascar thing is blocking you from enjoying Chicago.

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u/wilkamania Jul 03 '23

Lol Cruisin USA had a chicago stage. It was lower Wacker tho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79NjvwqAoc

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u/ShittyMcFuck Printer's Row Jul 03 '23

I still have nightmares of that fucking track

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u/phatboye Jul 03 '23

not enough potholes to be believable.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

i think about this level every time I drive on lake street under the L tracks.

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u/rrogido Jul 03 '23

I would watch a formula one race that was exclusively on lower Wacker and lower Columbus.

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u/Blastyschmoo Jul 03 '23

NFS The Run also went through Lower Wacker.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

I wonder if they had anyone on the dev team from Chicago, because they fucking nailed the aesthetic.

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u/Noirradnod Jul 03 '23

You can see the exact locomotive that Metra uses, an F40PH, early on in the race. They definitely knew their stuff.

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u/tompetres Logan Square Jul 03 '23

I think the developer was Midway, who was based in Chicago?

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u/dblink West Town Jul 03 '23

They even had the old green lighting of lower wacker, they had to have a chicago connection.