The Japanese man broke the ‘virtual track’ island at the age of 93

Over the past year, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people suddenly find themselves having more time to play video games. And the stay-at-home lifestyle also encourages many people to broadcast online or post videos of their play sessions as a way to stay socially connected. One of them is a YouTube channel with game content of a Japanese guy named Olivon Corp.

But what makes it so popular in recent times is that in the videos, the main character is not the owner of the YouTube channel but his 93-year-old grandfather.

It is known that the old man himself had no interest in video games before. But recently, he asked his grandson to let him play one of the games he saw, the racing game Forza 7. Because what this old man always loved was cars. During the 1960s, he worked as a taxi driver in Tokyo, and in the 1970s he began a 20-year career as a dump truck driver.

So when he saw his nephew racing with the steering wheel in the game Forza 7, he wanted to try a few laps. What’s even more special is that the list of classic cars of this game includes a favorite car he used to own in his youth, a first-generation Mazda RX-7. Although he sold it before his grandson was born, he still regularly reminisces about his old sports coupe and even asks his nephew to choose a metallic silver color that resembles the old car in real life. economic.

Channel owner Olivin Corp filmed his grandfather’s gaming process, immediately creating a strong viral wave on the internet.

In his latest videos, the old man has started to try some new sports cars in the Nissan GT-R series, such as the R32, R34 and R35 models…

And if you watch the video, viewers will notice that in addition to using the steering wheel, this old man is also determined to race in manual transmission mode, with the accelerator and brake pedal and the clutch. He also turns off the game’s default traction control and anti-lock brakes while in his virtual RX-7, since his real-life car doesn’t have those modern driver aids. .

Sharing more outside the game, the channel owner said that his grandfather voluntarily surrendered his driver’s license and gave up driving seven years ago due to his advanced age. Fortunately, he has now found a new way to rekindle his love of cars.

Refer to Soranews