Gamers Set Insane New Racing Record With 48-Hour Forza Stint

You know the feeling when you've spent a bit too long on Forza? Imagine how these five European gamers must feel after 48 hours straight on Forza Motorsport 6. At least they've got a new world record out of it
Gamers Set Insane New Racing Record With 48-Hour Forza Stint

Think you’ve had some long stints on Forza? Think again, because five gamers have just broken the world record for the longest marathon on a racing game.

The pan-European team of digital wheelsmiths spent 48 hours, 29 minutes and 21 seconds driving Ford GTs around a simulated Le Mans, completing a combined 3015 laps – or almost 25,500 miles. That’s enough to drive once around the world.

Gamers Set Insane New Racing Record With 48-Hour Forza Stint

They averaged 603 laps each, playing Forza Motorsport 6 on Xbox One consoles at Ford’s Cologne HQ in Germany. Other than drink and sweets, they were only allowed to rely on power naps to keep going.

An adjudicator from Guinness World Records witnessed the marathon race, where to stay awake for two nights straight the competitors drank 32 energy drinks, 146 bottles of water, 47 bottles of soft drink and ate more than 3kg of sweets.

After smashing the previous best of 48 hours and one minute, the ‘title’ for “longest video marathon on a racing game” was presented to the British, German, Italian, French and Spanish gamers on the Microsoft stage at Gamescom, Europe’s biggest interactive trade fair.

Let us know in the comments the longest amount of time you’ve ever spent on racing games in one sitting.

Comments

Stubaru

The longest ive been is 3 hrs trying to hit the top speed of a stock VW Beetle on LeMans…

08/19/2016 - 14:36 |
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I did that and then said “f*ck it, just engine swap it”

08/20/2016 - 14:44 |
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Noah Elliott

All the drivers be like

08/19/2016 - 15:00 |
34 | 2
Poke

The only reason the average gamer would stay up that long is to “try” and beat TX3 Laige on a Rivals event

08/19/2016 - 15:50 |
2 | 2
Anonymous

Funny, I did that with pixel racer too

08/19/2016 - 17:09 |
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gheed

I would be soo bored.. That may be just me but I get bored doing such things..

08/19/2016 - 18:11 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by gheed

Yeah I hate even doing the 20 minute ones in GRID…

08/20/2016 - 07:58 |
4 | 2
Anonymous

Wow and i thought playing horizon 2 for 15 hours straight when i first got it was a long time

08/19/2016 - 23:49 |
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The S2K Guy

some things get unnoticed

08/20/2016 - 00:04 |
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Anonymous

… all I can muster is 4 hour stints, else my brain becomes mush…

08/20/2016 - 03:13 |
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Anonymous

I did two 24 hour Gran Turismo 4 Endurance races back to back when I was 18, dunno if I could do it now though haha

08/20/2016 - 07:58 |
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Anonymous

longest time for me was 12h straight in gt4, i never got a 24h race in one stint. way to long imo!

08/20/2016 - 08:31 |
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