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\"FormulaLast night was race night at Mike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house. We played the latest release of Formula D. Besides updating it with some nifty playing aids, they also added the excitement of illegal racing in the streets of the big city. Of course, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the version we played. All of us got a specific driver with a specific special ability. Our cars were all ridged a little differently as far as the points allocated to the various car parts and there were special areas in the city where additional things could occur. Things like the residents taking pot shots at you because they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t appreciate your loud car or a hazard area where the road was littered with debris. Our cars also had nitro that we could use once per lap.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Our first race started out well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6for everyone else. Me, I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get my car started so I lost a turn. As the race progressed, Mike and Ben became the steady leaders with Owen and I lagging behind. Mike drove his car with the pedal to the metal. We honestly didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think he would finish the race. Some would call his driving style aggressive and reckless. Ok, everyone<\/em> would call it that. But this style served him well as he came in second behind Ben. Never mind where Owen and I placed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the next race, my car started normally. Now everyone knew what they were doing and we had a close race for a while. Ben again drove well and got a lot of lucky brakes as far as dice rolling goes. Mike kept to his normal hells-bells driving style. But it was poor Owen whose car was eliminated first from damage by various hazards and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbumping\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 cars with Ben. Mike followed soon after when he up-shifted when he should have down-shifted. The resulting mechanical failures left him driving a large paper weight. Now only Ben and I were left. As we were coming into the last turn, I was in the perfect position to win. That is until I rolled the dice for my movement. I was one short of the curve, requiring me to down shift. Ben on the other hand hit it perfectly and sped by me to the finish line. That was Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second win of the night. We all hit Ben with our gear boxes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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