Rossi gets beat by Lorenzo...again

http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Nov/11112346virt.htm



Rossi Getting Smoked In Virtual World, Too

by staff

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Valentino Rossi was winless for the first time in his 16-year World Championship career this season, but that's not stopping him from issuing a challenge in the virtual racing world.



Rossi challenged the video gamers among his 250,000-plus followers on Twitter to beat his time in the popular PlayStation 3 driving game, Gran Turismo 5.



The Doctor tweeted: "I'm issuing a challenge: Gran Turismo 5. Nurburgring. Driving the Zonda R. A lap time of 6:14.211. Can anyone beat that?" Rossi then clarified that he was using simulation mode with a steering wheel and no driver aids.



It didn't take long for the world to respond, including one young gamer from Spain.



"That was a warm-up lap, right?" responded one Jorge Lorenzo.



Lorenzo then tweeted a picture of his time with the same car on the same track - 15 seconds faster than Rossi.



Rossi replied: "5:58.2 Jorge? Nice lap. I have to practice!"



Lorenzo since has lowered his best time to 5:48.7. Rossi's year from hell - on real and virtual tracks - continues.



Earlier in the season when the Lorenzo and Rossi rivalry was still raging, the real Jorge Lorenzo responded to one of Rossi's verbal attacks by saying something to the effect of 'It must suck to be beaten by kids every weekend.'







(Its the off-season people. Cold dark days ahead).

LMFAO. I've really grown to like Lorenzo the last couple of years. His sense of humour is great as shown above, we just don't get to see it often enough.

i reckon if stoner could be bothered, he'd beat em both.... on his first lap no less

if he didnt chuck his playstation controller out of the pram first that is..... haha

This Rossi guy is a big pile of crap...he should give up already

digger said:

if he didnt chuck his playstation controller out of the pram first that is..... haha

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Good to see you boppers finally understand! .......... Stoner doesn't need such electronics control!! Not sure he's always been like that from birth though, as you suggest ??

BarryMachine said:

Good to see you boppers finally understand! .......... Stoner doesn't need such electronics control!! Not sure he's always been like that from birth though, as you suggest ??

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Pretty sure he would need a controller for a Playstation, or are you saying he's that great the end of his fingertips conduct electric signals in the form of binary to control a games console ?

Pander said:

Pretty sure he would need a controller for a Playstation, or are you saying he's that great the end of his fingertips conduct electric signals in the form of binary to control a games console ?

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hahaha, nice work mate!!

Done it on PGR4 (xbox360) ,5;29 .31 secs in a Ferrari FXX.Does it count ?

DRILL said:

Done it on PGR4 (xbox360) ,5;29 .31 secs in a Ferrari FXX.Does it count ?

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haha...no. PGR4 is so easy compared to GT. I loved pgr tho, but not very realistic compared to GT or Forza

O yeah, well I have beatin all of there lap times on every track on the Gp12...........on motogp 10/11.

MdubSTYLIE said:

O yeah, well I have beatin all of there lap times on every track on the Gp12...........on motogp 10/11.

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Which means that game is very unrealistic . Im not sure how realistic any of them really are, but on GT5 , I have become bored beating the computer, except the prototype F! car where you race Sebastian Vettel. He is gone by the second corner never to be seen again

Ngads said:

haha...no. PGR4 is so easy compared to GT. I loved pgr tho, but not very realistic compared to GT or Forza

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it did seem a little easy,he he.