At right is a picture from the
Nürburgring north course. It's an old race track in Germany that's often considered to be the world's most difficult. You can also see that for some reason, it has become traditional for people to leave graffiti on the road surface. Mostly it's just people leaving "___ was here" type messages - in some cases remembering people killed on the track. Some people use the track writing to brag about their favourite car brands (there's a large VW logo in one part of the track.)
Because of the Nürburgring's legendary reputation, it's made its appearance in racing video games. And gaming technology being what it is nowadays, the virtual versions include all the authentic graffiti.
So I had an idea as I was driving my virtual car over this simulated track (or more likely, ricocheting off a virtual guardrail.) One reason the track is difficult to drive is that it's so long that you can never remember what is coming up in the road ahead. Thus, it would be very beneficial if there was useful information painted on the track. So I'm appealing to anyone travelling to Germany: please spray paint some instructions on the Nürburgring. Nothing complicated, just "Brake!" in front of some of the blind curves. Gamers the world over will thank you.
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