What an interesting way of putting on a real life showdown based on a video game. After watching this four-part mini series a couple of times, I have to say I enjoyed watching it. I will say that I was a little shocked at the outcome, not who won mind you, but the way the entire thing went down.In all of the events including the Atlanta Dragway At Commerce's Quarter Mile, Road Atlanta's Autocross for Drifting , Two Road Courses and Lanier Speedway's Oval Track, it was the final event on the road course that everything fell apart. Surprised would be an understatement, all of the six car which were a 2005 Ford Mustang GT "Woodward GT" with supercharger from Team Air Ride, a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe from Team LG, the two that I picked as favorites of mine, a 2004 Nissan 350Z from Godfather Customs, a 2003 Nissan 350Z from Team Royal Purple and finally a 1969 Chevy Camaro and a 1973 Dodge Challenger both from Team Year One (Two different teams for the Showdown), they had problems.
I would thought yeah, maybe one or two cars would have gone out, but all six cars had there issues. All through that final race, the corvette lost most of its power and also in that category was both the 350Z’s, and the Chevy Camaro lost a drive shalf (I think), so it really came down to the damaged, but still moving Ford Mustang and the Year One Dodge Challenger.
What a match up, This race would have been almost a run away, but a caution was out due to so many stopped cars on track, the Challenger that mind you had not been challenging in most events due to one problem after another was leading with the Mustang one lap down. When green flow, the challenger had to pit (so they said) for fuel, they could have made it and when they did, the Mustang un-lapped herself and then chanced down the Challenger, passing him on the last corner to win.
In the end, I was surprised to see that the Chevrolet Corvette broke, but not surprised at all to see the Ford Mustang GT driven by Angela Cope won the challenge and the entire showdown.
If whoever produced this comes out with another edition of this challenge, I would watch it. Also, if I owned the XBOX 360, that’s a pricey item, the Forza Motorsport 2 game would be on my short list. All in all, a last lap, last corner pass for the victory and $100,000 is a great way to end the showdown…See Yeah!
