If it weren't for the people physically running around, tire smoke, and banners blowing in the wind, I'd have mistaken that for an addition to the Miniature Wonderland in Germany!
Yeah its a special lens that focusses in super crisp in the center then kind of bleeds off towards the edges. It helps to kind of fool your eye into distorting the perspective of what your looking at.
My father has a similar lens for his still camera and it takes some really creepy pictures haha.