Friday, 24 May 2013
Codemasters has announced the most insanely expensive special-edition video game ever: GRID 2: Mono Edition, which comes with a supercar and costs £125,000 (nearly $189,000).
The car is a BAC Mono. I know very little about cars beyond the facts that they have four wheels and can go very fast, so here's what Codemasters has to say about it: "The BAC Mono is a British manufactured, road-legal, ultra-high performance supercar which stars in the game. Created from high-strength carbon fibre, the BAC Mono is an unrivalled example of light-weight performance engineering and its 2.3 litre, 280 bhp four cylinder power plant will propel its driver from 0-60 m.p.h. in just 2.8 seconds."
There is only one of this absurd special edition available, and it also comes with a PS3, a copy of the game, a day at the BAC factory to customise the supercar and full "driver race wear" - the natty jumpsuit above. It's got the Guinness World Record for most expensive video game ever.
Interesting note: BAC Mono Roadsters on their own cost £74,950 (thanks Eurogamer for that fact), though you have to wait a long time to get ahold of them and they're in extremely short supply. Plus, you don't get that figure-hugging race suit. Or a PS3.
