Ok, just for the record, depending on who you talk to, even Greece (rarely. Source: Middle East | History, Map, Countries, & Facts | Britannica) is sometimes referred to has part of the “Middle East”**, has are parts of northeast Africa. At times, some parts of the region are also referred to has the “Near East”. (The U.S. State Department, for example, sometimes uses the term Near East.) Countries, including those of the Middle East, that are officially located in/on Asia are has follows:
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong (territory), India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau (territory), Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian (territories), Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Source: Asia Map / Map of Asia - Maps, Facts and Geography of Asia - Worldatlas.com
Now then, hopefully that puts the “what is Asia?”, and “where is the Middle East?” issue to rest once and for all, lol.
Has for your previous question of what people here are referring to has “Asian” tracks, they tend to be referring to a specific region of Asia, known in some circles has the “Far East”. (This is the region that contains countries like: Japan, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, etc. just to be clear.)
Because most people in this thread are all usually thinking of the same Far East region of Asia in their own minds, when they speak of needing certain tracks from past games, and tracks that host certain popular race series, the fact that they are not specifically defining what exact part of Asia they are talking about is not a problem 98% of the time. It’s pretty much assumed that people are talking about the countries of the Far East, (and most commonly the region comprising the area right around roughly Japan and China).
So yeah, Yaz is in Asia. It’s technically an Asian track. It just doesn’t happen to be in the region of Asia that the majority are referring to here, and most of the time, when people say they want more Asian tracks, it’s pretty safe to bet they are not referring to the Middle East.*** If you see people asking for Asian tracks, just assume they mean from the Far East, unless they make statements that would suggest otherwise.
-Legal fine print:
**Not to be confused with saying, “Greece is in Asia”.
***Not to be confused with accusing, implying, waxing lyrical, theorizing, testifying, harmonizing, or otherwise conveying the notion of people not knowing, pretending, or otherwise maliciously denying that Asia comprises numerous countries other than those pertaining to the select few Asian tracks repeatedly mentioned on these boards.
Google Earth Pro was not harmed in the making of this post. (Google Search got slapped around liberally however.)
Author of this post is in no way supporting the Idea of Yas Marina declaring itself it’s own continent.
The author of this post fully endorses the use of 1960’s Batman art, by moderators, for comic relief, and/or subtle warnings of possible impending doom (imaginary or otherwise).
The definition of “pedantic” can be found here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic
This game just honestly just stuns me.