Here’s The Heartwarming Story Of A Kid Who Races His Late Dad’s Ghost On Xbox

Someone has made a tear-jerking video based on a YouTube comment that went viral a couple of years ago, in which a teenager described racing the ghost car of his late father

Matt Robinson

21 Apr 2016

This brilliant video is based around a YouTube comment left by a user on a video discussing the spirituality of video games back in 2014. User 00WARTHERAPY00’s comment received over 6000 likes and nearly 500 comments, and was shared all around the world. His story of dealing with loss in a unique and unconventional way has just as much resonance now as it did two years ago.

Video via Gizmodo

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

I never had the idea that playing “Ghost battle mode” will be this “heartwarming”

cries at the corner

I’ve read the story and now with this video, damn… Visualisation changes it to another whole level.

This is one of the stories, makes you light a cigarette and broody right after.

I wish my dad was into games…

I posted a pic of it, not to promote myself of what not. But if U wanted to read his words they are here

Racing games aren’t simply videogames, they are the starting of our passion:

Meme made by me

Not what my dad thought. He thought my passion wasn’t real back then because it’s from a videogame. As a kid that crushed me. Didn’t even bother to try to get interested in cars to at least steer me in a more correct direction. At least he likes cars now because of the Classic Beetle he recently got, but the deed was done. I’ll never forget how it felt.