Last week, the good bastards down at Hyper Stimulators, NZ’s longest running race simulation company, invited the team down to their South Auckland premises for a night of interoffice V8 Supercar racing. The fast talkers over in sales and marketing decided to challenge us editorial staff to a night long challenge on Brazil’s infamous Kyalami circuit. This was a poor move on their part, as they lost – badly. In fact, it was an all star NZPC finish, with news editor Gray Lynskey coming in first place in overall points and quickest laptime. I managed second overall and Pcar’s designer, Cam Leggitt, nabbed 3rd. Interestingly, the ‘Tards who originally issued the challenge filled up all the bottom spots, a good 10 seconds per lap slower. Thanks to Hyper Stimulators and the sales boys for hooking up the night, the free blat on these ultra realistic simulators was a real experience. Check it out here: http://http://www.hyperstimulator.com

Aussie Dan, NZV8 sales guy, looking confused. Right foot for fast, left foot for slow. You’ll get it one day…

The very impressive premises at Hyper Stimulator.

Its a ultra realistic simulator, not a computer game. This makes us good drivers, not nerds. “Cough*