Underground 2 Please Insert The Correct Cd Rom: Need For Speed

He rebooted the game.

He didn’t lose. He won the outer loop by 0.4 seconds, his Nissan Skyline’s underglow turning the wet asphalt into a ribbon of pink and blue. And when he finally ejected the disc that night, he traced his finger over the real CD’s surface—silver, flawless, authentic. He rebooted the game

Some things you couldn’t burn. You had to earn them. Or borrow them from a girl who’d kill you if you didn’t return them by Monday. He rebooted the game

He reached behind his desk and pulled out the original—the one he’d borrowed from Rachel last week when she wasn’t looking, promising to return it “tomorrow.” He’d been keeping it as an emergency key. He rebooted the game