Rewrite this title for a blog post. Remove any site names from it The title is: This player does 200 laps of the longest track in Gran Turismo 7. 28 hours later, he's at the end of his rope.

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A challenge as crazy as it is difficult

Racing game fans know it well, it's been more than two years since Gran Turismo 7 was released on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Praised for its many visual qualities in addition to its particularly good gameplay, it is considered one of the best games in its category at the moment and has gathered a large number of fans. Among them, we find a certain Rory Alexander. A professional streamer for only two years, this man decided to specialize in Gran Turismo 7 related content since the game's release. He actually quit his job at that time in the hopes of being able to live his passion fully, in addition to being able to live a more comfortable family life.

Recently, Rory Alexander has set himself a crazy challenge as we see quite regularly in the world of live video game broadcasting. The goal was obviously to create an event and potentially convince as many people as possible to watch his channel, but also to accomplish a particularly difficult challenge that he is certainly the only one to have done to date. So he decided to take on the longest race in Gran Turismo 7 by choosing the longest track and setting the number of laps required to 200.. Already this simple journey requires several dozen hours of play, Rory Alexander took the bar even higher by leaving the weather settings random and leaving the day/night cycle in its tracks.. This may seem trivial to the less initiated, but night and rain can be real thorns in the side that could force the player to spend several additional hours on the circuit.

Less repetitive than his old job

A few weeks ago, Rory Alexander posted the recap video of this challenge directly on his YouTube channel. Available below, you can discover in 30 minutes a montage that perfectly summarizes the highlights of this incredible challenge, provided you understand enough English. Whether you are a fan of Gran Turismo 7 or not (for example, I am not), the video is very easy to watch and could well move you. If you're struggling with the language of Shakespeare, allow us to give you a quick recap.

Rory Alexander starts his challenge by explaining in detail the parameters he selected to initiate his crazy race. As we said before, he chose the longest circuit and set the number of laps to 200, the maximum that the game allows. He also left the weather and the day/night cycle for even more difficulty. In other words, in addition to the classic challenges that a race on Gran Turismo 7 requires, Rory Alexander has embarked on a real marathon. To achieve his goal, he will have to drive for several dozen hours without pausing the game. In order to make it humanly possible, he takes advantage of the moments when his vehicle needs to fill up with gas to take a few breaks and eat or go to the toilet. After several hours of play, A spectator asked him how he managed to keep going without getting bored because of the repetitive nature of the race. Rory Alexander replied:

It depends on your definition of repetitive. At my old job, I had to read and respond to dozens and dozens and dozens of emails. Attend dozens and dozens and dozens of meetings that served no purpose other than to create a miserable atmosphere of competitiveness among employees. That was repetitive. What I do now is nothing, it's cool. I can hang out with you while I drive in the background, that's how I see it.

A nice way to modestly remind that he was lucky enough to be able to live from his passion, which is not the case for everyone. However, “driving in the background” is a nice euphemism to describe his challenge. Indeed, if he masters the game well enough to have no difficulty in occupying the first place of the race from the first minutes, However, you have to maintain enormous concentration so as not to tip everything over.

Several times throughout the video, Rory Alexander emphasizes the importance of his family, and more specifically his partner and children. He even allows himself to pause the game for the first time after 9 hours and 40 minutes of play (during the 70th lap) to put his children to bed, which he describes as much more important than his challenge. But while the first few hours were fairly easy and good-natured, the streamer quickly faced a serious obstacle.

Despite the rain and the night, he breaks records

After 12 hours of live and racing, what Rory Alexander had been dreading since the start of the race happened. It actually started raining in the game, which inevitably means a big slowdown in the race. Even by reducing his speed, he was unable to avoid a few skids and even spins. In addition to adding several hours to the duration of the race, Rain also has a particularly detrimental effect on morale. for one reason: it is impossible to know how long it will last. With the weather settings set to random, it could indeed last a few minutes or several hours, and each moment of rain pushes back the end time of the race further.

After two hours of constant rain, the weather finally changed. But just a few hours after this lull, it was night's turn to arrive. After 18 hours of racing (and live), Rory Alexander shows the first big signs of fatigue. He takes the wrong route, and even allows himself to pause the game for just a few minutes. After 20 hours of gameplaywhile he had kept his first place since the start of the race, he was finally overtaken by two cars and therefore dropped to third place. At his lowest mentally, he gave himself another break to enjoy his children waking up. Good news, it was just what he needed to get his energy back.

At the end of 21 hours of gameplay and during the 148th lap, the sun finally rose in Gran Turismo 7. Enough to get Rory back on his feet and allow him to catch up and retake his first place. Better yet, after 25 hours of racinghis stream reached the first Gaming page on the British YouTube. Thanks to this promotion by the algorithm, he was able to bring together no less than 1,847 spectators livea real record on his channel.

Finally, it was after 28 hours and 37 minutes that he managed to complete the 200th lap of the track and thus end his crazy race. Completely exhausted, he nevertheless completed his challenge of completing the longest race in the game. In addition to this great feeling of personal accomplishment, Rory Alexander also smashed his spectator record sinceHe finished with almost 8,000 people at the same time when he crossed the finish line.. An absolutely phenomenal feat that will surely remain in the memories of fans of Gran Turismo 7 and car simulation games in general.