Californian YouTuber found a completely deserted city, turned every street into a race track and the scale of what he pulled off is wild

Imagine a deserted city with no speed limits, no traffic lights, and no one to tell you to slow down.

That’s exactly what a Californian YouTuber thought he’d found when he came across a completely deserted urban landscape online.

The footage showed endless roads cutting through empty districts, with no movement and no signs of life anywhere in sight.

For him, it didn’t just look like an abandoned place; it looked like the closest thing to a limitless driving playground.

He wasn’t even sure the deserted city was even real

With his curiosity piqued, YouTuber Corey Funk went on a deep search to verify whether the deserted city was real.

He studied every frame of the footage, compared road layouts, and reached out to people who might recognize the area.

Piece by piece, he built enough confidence to believe it actually existed.

However, there was only one way to confirm it for certain. And that’s just to go there.

When he finally arrived, the scale was hard to process at first.

Entire districts stretched across the horizon, with rows of houses, schools, and public spaces all left empty.

Some sections were still intact enough to drive through cleanly, while others had decayed into uneven surfaces filled with debris and hidden hazards.

Somehow, it looked less like a single abandoned site, and more like an entire city paused mid-collapse.

After driving for a while, he realized that the driving conditions changed constantly from one block to the next.

Smooth stretches of road would suddenly give way to broken pavement or unexpected obstacles, forcing constant adjustment behind the wheel.

It quickly became clear this was not a controlled environment in any sense.

Once preparations were complete, he brought in a group of drifting friends equipped with trailers, tools, and spare parts.

Unlike a race track environment, there were no marshals, no recovery crews, no predefined safety systems, and no speed limits

This meant that any issue on track would have to be solved immediately on the spot.

As soon as the driving began, the entire space changed character.

Long roads became improvised straightaways, intersections turned into technical sections, and entire blocks became exploration zones.

The variation in surface quality kept everyone constantly adapting.

Unfortunately, this also meant that damage was unavoidable, and in some cases, cars suffered serious failures after hitting hidden debris at speed.

More and more people arrived to race there

Despite the risks, the group continued pushing deeper into the city.

More drivers arrived over time, spreading across different districts and turning the session into a loose convoy of exploration.

Even brief encounters with the few people still present in the area highlighted how unusual the environment was.

The deeper they went, the harder it became to keep track of direction.

Entire neighborhoods remained standing while others had completely deteriorated, creating a fragmented layout that felt almost maze-like.

For YouTuber Corey Funk, this space represented a rare kind of freedom, and if you want to learn more about the city, check out his video below:

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