Yeah, it's not like I'm from the future. Two years back, I have been following the Italy progress. I still have BeamNG, yet my computer is not made for it, so I can't load the Italy map.
Since the thread has been bumped, I would like to point out that someone said that Small Island is placed in Texas? No it’s not, it’s off the coast of California.
The world of Beam is certainly a lot smaller than the real one, at least when it comes to places that aren't race tracks. For example, the land area of San Francisco is over 120 km^2 - meanwhile, Belasco's land area is less than one square kilometre.
I think they're only using a small portion of the actual city. You can tell this by the roads that are blocked off.