Racing Game Pre Pro - Theme

Here I'm just going to narrow in on some ideas for my racing level.

Theme: The year is 2037 and the race is the infamous Old Tokyo Run. Tokyo was struck by a natural disaster so bad everyone left and built New Tokyo. To not let Old Tokyo go to complete waste, a race track was built in part of the destroyed area. People come from all over to watch the few brave souls participate in this brutal race.

The idea is this race track is dangerous enough by itself with the cities decay, but a few things have been added to the track, like traps and switches, that makes the race even more brutal. The race that takes place would be something like a spectacle or sport (i.e. The Running Man, Death Race).

My character is this greasy metalhead whose insatiable craving for carnage and destruction draws him to this race. His car may not look nice, but it's been around for ages and he has done what's needed under the hood to make it race worthy.

The track would be in a modern (2012) city, like Tokyo but destroyed, with some near future attributes. Neon lights, holograms, structural details in traps and switches, etc. Sort of a mix between this:

And this:

Not as extreme is either case. I want this to be set at night with a color scheme similar to the top image. Something like:

We also need to come up with a concept statement/ tagline for our game.
Anyone can handle speed.
Can you handle carnage?