Higashi-Dori Kita II (Tokyo). They can only be raced using the VX220/Opel Speedster cars with automatic gears. Until March 2002, players were able to upload their best times to an online ranking within Dreamarena. Players registered to Dreamarena/Seganet could also access a special MSR microsite using the built-in browser. It contained the following features: Speed Challenge Ranking: the player could enter a best time for each course or an overall best time. World Time Trial Ranking: the top 10 best lap records for each course. Players competed by uploading their Time Trial files. These files could then be downloaded by others to challenge. World Kudos Ranking: the best total Kudos scores. It was not active until 5 January 2001 due to score bugs within the first PAL editions. Ghost Attack: Pre-set ghost cars from various courses to compete against. Driving tips and links to the MSR message board within Dreamarena. The site also hosted nine 'New Time Trials' billed as "races created by Sega on an exclusive circuit that you can download and challenge", but these circuits were simply the 'Challenge' tracks (Shibuya Challenge, Westminster Challenge, Pacific Challenge etc.) already present in the game. Reports suggest the top 10 ranking for this feature was never implemented. The microsite and rankings closed in March 2002 with the demise of Dreamarena and SegaNet. Development In 1997, Bizarre Creations were approached by Sega Europe to make a street racer for the upcoming Dreamcast console. This was after Sega's Kats Sato had discovered they were behind the Formula 1 and Formula 1 97 games on Sony's PlayStation. According to Martyn Chudley, Bizarre Creations' managing director, "Kats was given the task of finding out who was developing Formula 1 for Sony. So, at the ECTS [1997], he pulled out the power cable so he could see the [F1] start-up credits." After a meeting with Sega Europe's then-CEO, Kazutoshi Miyake, Bizarre Creations accepted their offer of work. Martyn Chudley stated that Sega gave Bizarre Creations an opportunity to branch out after learning they had been lined up for further F1 titles. To model the San Francisco, London and Tokyo settings Bizarre Creations sent staff to each city to take "tens of thousands of photographs" and "hours of video footage in every last location" alongside sourcing detailed maps and aerial photographs. To model the individual buildings one general reference photo of each was taken, alongside multiple close