GTA-V Track Creator - Maze Bank Arena Rooftop

Rockstar has released a beta version of the online mission builder for GTA-V online. So far, you have various options to create death match arenas and race courses. The races can either be lapped events, or A-to-B point-to-point affairs. Already, people are scrambling to turn some of their favorite spots into race courses. One unexpectedly popular spot is the roof of the Maze Bank Arena in downtown Las Santos. NASCAR fans immediately realized the potential for a "Bristol" style high banked oval. Combined with the crazy selection of cars you can get in GTA-V, such a course was bound to be a popular arena to really battle it out for everyone. The added danger of smacking into a girder or flying off the arena to the ground below makes it even better.

So far, building the track has been difficult. There is a minimum distance requirement, which is judged in a straight line between checkpoints. So you have to stagger checkpoint placement in a way that makes 2-3 laps around the roof count as one "lap" for the game. Also, it's easy to miss the checkpoints if they aren't placed perfectly, because they can only be put on flat surfaces.

One good thing is you can add up to 50 objects, including concrete walls and/or fences, making racing at the track more fun/forgiving.

Check out some of the shots we took while building our own version of the course:

Check out the banking in the corners. Just don't go over the walls.

We tried fencing for the other end of the track, to stop you from flying off.

Of course, what's GTA without a consequence or two. We put an exploding
propane tank at the outside of one of the corners. If you were unlucky enough...
BOOM!

Well.. crap.