Racing Game Arts and Styles Appreciation

I have been hanging around on Youtube.com and search racing games that have epic arts and designs. I mainly focused on finding games that have Chinese culture themes. I am making a racing map that has lots of Chinese elements.

Color Schemes:
"F1 Race Stars": https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1TbwZF_6v7w#!

Here are some videos of 3 racing games.First, in color scheme wise, I really like the "F1 Race Stars". It has a map that players race among castles.

The colors are consistent and harmonious.It seems that colors with similar temperatures are placed together. The forests and mountains are greenish and bluish, and the castles and buildings are yellowish and reddish. I feel very comfortable and not too dazzling.

The surroundings in the above image is greenish and bluish.

The colors inside the castles is yellowish and reddish

I have also discovered that, those areas in between castles and forests are in light yellow, or they mixed yellow and green. By doing that, the overall color schemes can be gradually and smoothly transited.

The sky, the shadows and the buildings in the background are all in purple, they seem flat, therefore the foregrounds seem very popped.

Style and Concepts:
Apex of the Racing:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S2nIpAMXGKg#at=37

The reason I choose this game is because it has very consistant and unique styles on every map. The link above shows the map called "Le Mountain Buddha". The design of this map is all about "Buddhism". I really love the consistency of the style there: the Buddha's sculptures and classical Chinese buildings fit in the overal style of the map.