I picked up the Playstation title for some laughs and sat through the
intro video. I must admit someone at EA has exactly my sense of humour.
For those who haven't seen (or bothered to wait for) the intro, it starts
with a highly modified honda Civic (lowered, fat alloys, deep spoiler with
splitter, fat exhaust, stickers everywhere) staging at a traffic light in
the middle of nowhere for an impromptu race with a stock 911. The light
changes, the Civic jumps, the Porsche launches, and then the Civic expires
in a terminal cloud of smoke while the Porsche disappears into the
distance. A good-natured jab at Gran Turismo?
Personally, I loved it, but I have a certain bias against such cars. I
thought I left it all behind when I said goodbye to North America, but
over here in Switzerland the same idiots exist, except they do strange and
*** things to innocent Opels and VWs. Well anyway, I probably
shouldn't have mentioned this. Tempers tend to be short when it comes to
this rather... er... sensitive issue. Eventually someone mentions the "r"
word (you know, short-grained, Basmati, risotto) and then all hell breaks
loose...
Stephen
