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Recent years have seen the rise of one particularly positive story; that of the gamer turned professional racing driver, as personified by Lucas Ordóñez, Jann Mardenborough or the eventual winner of McLaren's world's fastest gamer competition that's been running through the year. This one, though, is entirely new to me - it's about a bona fide racing driver turned game developer. You might not have heard of Mike Bushell, but he's certainly got the credentials - the 28-year-old has a season of British Touring Cars under his belt, as well as two national championship titles earned in the Renault Clio Cup. Such things don't come easy. Bushell is seriously good behind the wheel.
And now he wants to prove that he's just as good behind the computer, as he indulges his other passion. "I've been racing since I was 15," says Bushell as he takes a break from struggling to fix a clutch as he lends a hand at his family garage in Tonbridge. He started his racing career when he outpaced his father - a Formula Vee racer - during a test session, though it's always something that's ran alongside another of his interests. "My dad was racing long before I was born - I was a late starter. He was always trying to take me along," he says, "but I was always more interested in playing CounterStrike."
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