Gran Turismo Gamer Becomes Pro Race Driver 249
An anonymous reader writes "Back in 2008, Lucas Ordonez lived what seemed like an ordinary existence. The 22-year-old Spanish student was an avid motorsports fan, but he lacked the suitable investment necessary to become a professional race driver and had virtually given up on racing. Besides, he was already knee-deep in trying to complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA). But it was Ordonez' passion for virtual racing, particularly his love of Gran Turismo, that made him stand out from his peers — both off the track and eventually on it. In just a few months, Ordonez' life was transformed from console dreamer to racing the real thing at a real race track in Europe. And Ordonez managed to do the unthinkable: go from the couch car to the race car, and win."
Oh God (Score:5, Funny)
First... (Score:5, Funny)
Congrats to the kid. The best I ever did was become a plumber.
Cool! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oh God (Score:1, Funny)
Just wait 'till the CS fans get out of their parents' basements...
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Just what we need - more people thinking that since they can play games they can do it in real life. Hide all the Guitar Hero/Rock Band addicts.
And keep all the "Phoenix Wright" players off of slashdot.
"I am not a lawyer, but I've played one on the DS!"
Re:Oh God (Score:5, Funny)
Just what we need - more people thinking that since they can play games they can do it in real life. Hide all the Guitar Hero/Rock Band addicts.
Bill Belichick got his job with the Patriots after showing off his skills at bribing the ref in Mutant League Football.
Now if only it was legal to kill the quarterback and farting was a 5 yard penalty, then I might watch a game again.
I knew I could do it! (Score:2, Funny)
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I think about 98% of gamers just had their hopes dashed when they read "fitness" as a requirement.
Re:Applies elsewhere too? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, I hear NASA has a real need for tritanium miners.
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Wow, I guess Jack Thompson was right after all.
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"The best I ever did was become a plumber."
Suck to be told that the princess is another castle everyday I presume?
Re:my son did this... (Score:5, Funny)
As he tells it, he was in there a long time -- much longer than the recruits ahead of him had been. When he came out, the room was full of people, including officers, who were all staring at him.
He asked, "What's everybody looking at?
Someone replied, "The Buggers, son... you just wiped out the Buggers."
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>For his expertise, he was rewarded with an all-expense-paid trip to Baghdad in 2003...
And in his tank, it goes something like this:
"Yea tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil...
for I am the biggest, badest, mother******er in the valley..."
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The army had CD players in tanks during the Vietnam war??