PGR2

Project Gothem Racing 2 for Xbox came alive for me while in northern California.

I remember a track in PGR2 called Nurburgring (BTW it's actually a real place). It's a really long track that winds around all over.

When playing PGR2 I recall the engine sound effects, the braking around corners, the acelerating on the straight aways, the sometimes wide Russian tracks, the other cars leaving me in the dust :-), etc.

I experienced all that while driving all over San Jose and San Fransisco these past 2 days.

The narrow road leading me to the big Redwood trees that I was constantly braking around the curves and hairpin turns. My foot and knee were actually sore by time I got back to the hotel from all the braking and accelerating I did.

The wide freeways were very nice. My little Ford Focus rental car would roar it's engine to get up to speed.

I was surprised how nice the people out here drive. Sure some left me in their dust when they passed me with their black Porsche sport cars but overall the majority of drivers where pleasant. Which was different than when I play PGR2.