The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan compe | dG1fdHZmMS1Ld1VPSkE
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00:00 I'm Jan Mardenbrough and I'm a racing driver.
00:02 And now I've made a movie about my story.
00:04 You're going to put some kid who's been playing a game
00:07 in his bedroom into a 200 mile an hour rocket.
00:11 It'll tear him to pieces.
00:13 Racing is all I ever want to do.
00:14 But it seems so out of reach.
00:16 You need money.
00:17 You need connections.
00:18 You need opportunities.
00:20 And I had none of that.
00:21 What is this?
00:21 It's a contest.
00:22 The best Gran Turismo players in the world
00:25 get a chance to compete in professional racing.
00:27 Nissan and PlayStation created the Gran Turismo Academy
00:30 and suddenly I had a shot.
00:33 I was young.
00:34 I was fearless.
00:35 I wasn't thinking about the danger.
00:36 I wasn't thinking about the risk.
00:39 To everyone else, I sounded crazy.
00:41 You know that if you get in a wreck out here,
00:43 you can't hit reset, right?
00:45 But I knew this opportunity could lead to something great.
00:49 If it wasn't my story, I don't know if I'd believe it.
00:51 Come on!
00:52 Get in the fight!
00:53 But here we are.
00:55 (dramatic music)
00:58 (dramatic music)