Gran Turismo Gamer Takes Second In Class In World-Renowned Race 105
dotarray writes "If your parents tell you that playing video games will never get you anywhere, point them in the direction of Lucas Ordoñez. Three years ago, Lucas heard about a competition for racing game fans – the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy. Inspired, Lucas picked up a PlayStation 3 and a copy of Gran Turismo and practiced and practiced and practiced. This week, along with his teammates Franck Mailleux and Soheil Ayari, Lucas could not stop smiling as he stood on the Le Mans 24 Hours podium after taking second in class."
Re:I would be amazed . . . (Score:4, Informative)
Finishing a Le Mans is impressive enough.
Re:I would be amazed . . . (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Er... (Score:5, Informative)
Even finishing the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a huge achievement.
(Completing any 24 hour sports car race is, for that matter, even if it's 3rd out of 5 in the class.)
But, this was 2nd out of 11 in class, 8 classified as completing in class.
And, it was 9th overall out of 56, with 28 classified as completing. All of the first seven places were taken by the faster LMP1 class (and all of the first five places were taken by the remaining diesel cars).