End of Chapter 1

So "later on this day" came, and I visited my friend. A mechanic and car parts provider who goes by the name Steve. I stopped just after the garage door, and looked inside.


Everything feels like home here... The purple Celica belongs to him, the Orange-ish Volvo belongs to Miles, another friend, and the red FTO is a customer's car. At first, nobody recognised me because oh boy do a few face marks change your appearance. But once they did, they were more than happy to see me, and we all celebrated it in the garage! It was fun. Steve even gave me a supercharger as a welcome back gift, which we installed on the spot. However, all the fun ended when the FTO's customer came in. He did recognise me, and decided to warn me that the people that took me out found out about me, and they're not happy... The customer suggested I stay incognito for a while. We all looked into each other and started laughing intensely. The customer, completely confused, wonders what's with the laughter. We then all pointed at my car. He got it instantly. There's no way they'll even bother looking inside a "beater" Corolla with a guy whose face is burnt... The first person who found out from them is Rick, a guy so far up his butt that he thinks it's his Challenger or nothing. His driving skills are surprisingly not bad, but who knows how he got on the best team... Now that I have a small upgrade, I believe it's time to try getting back on the road...

CHAPTER 3: BABY STEPS

It's about time I got my butt back on the highway. I decided to target low powered cars. Funny how time changes everything... It used to be all supercars and heavily tuned sports cars, but now? Every single hipster drives on the highway as if they have years of experience. It's sickening to say the least. First target was a BMW blasting crappy dubstep.

I don't know what was worse... The fact that the driver thought he could beat me by over revving every shift, or the fact that the music was so bad that my head hurt? Anyway, I floored it and got next to him. He also stepped on it, over revving all the shifts and causing potential damage in his engine.

We were side by side, not for very long until I eventually pulled on him.

Needless to say that this didn't satisfy me at all. Whatever happened to the highway?! Where's the challenge, the tension?! Even low powered cars could at least give you a brief challenge that lasted at least 3 or five minutes! This lasted less than 1 minute!
Then, there was that joke of a driver who managed to spin out in a Aygo...

After that, there was this guy in an Ibiza who was really desperate at trying. I zoomed past him, and he didn't even manage to stay close for half a minute.

Then lastly, I stumbled upon a Sentra driver who had a racing spoiler. He was the only guy who put up a decent fight. Thankfully, that slightly satisfied me, but still wasn't enough.

That was pretty much it for the day. I grew tired, and returned home for the day. I'll go back to the highway tomorrow, in hopes I'll find a decent fight...

I went on the highway today, see if there's anything to race against. I encountered a blue Eclipse, bone stock so I thought "Let's kick an ass just for fun"
...

I got obliterated... At first. However, there was a massive traffic jam up ahead, so we both took the same exit. The driver signaled me to follow him, so I thought "Hey, what do I have to lose?"
And so I did follow him.

We stopped outside a cafeteria, one that was familiar to me. The guy who came out was also very familiar as well! It was an old friend of mine, a guy whom I've known for very long, the guy got me into the scene. His name's Luke. But how'd he find out about me? Steve told him. Luke himself had no idea about my whereabouts, but he knew what I was driving so that's how he found me. The Eclipse he's driving isn't any Eclipse. It's his most recent project, it's a sleeper! Explains the reason he won. We sat on the parking lot, had some coffee, talked about old times, good and bad, and told him what happened to my face and such. We both exchanged our new numbers, and are now in touch. We promised a battle at some time. Today was a good day... Until eventually he got to the part where he tells me about the team that made me hit the ditch...

Matt

You might be wondering, "Who the hell is Matt?". Lemme tell you precisely who is Matt. An annoying, self-centered prick who drives his BMW like it's the only thing in the road. He's your typical douche driver, no signals and such, but double up the doucheness by 10 times, and you get Matt. When I said Luke told me about the team that made me hit the ditch, he only told me where Matt is and such. He doesn't really know what happened to the other two members of the team, so that will remain a mystery to both of us... Matt is currently in city, along with Rick... Just when I thought I could race in peace...

CHAPTER 5: VS ROLLING GUY

It's not hard to find a specific opponent, when you know who you're looking for! Every Rolling Guy team member has a sticker on the car itself, so it's kinda easy to figure out who's who. My battle against the team has begun today, and it starts with a race against a Mitsubishi Colt.

The car itself proved to be quite a challenge to beat, it kept up with me for quite some time actually. Being side to side against someone else is bringing back some quite nice memories!

The thundering sounds of our 4 cylinders kept screaming around the highway, until I eventually managed to pull on him. That eventually sealed his defeat, and my first victory against the team! Second if you count the race against the team's shop car...