Game Infarcer: Gran Turismo 7 Streamer Canceled For Playing Forza Horizon 5

LifeIsAHighway79 is a popular Gran Turismo 7 streamer. He was shocked to discover that he has been playing Forza Horizon 5 during his free time. 

LifeIsAHighway79, otherwise known as John Jacobs William, was finishing up a 13-hour stream of Gran Turismo 7 –  where each time he lost a race he explained that the game was busted and “buggy as hell” – when he told his viewers that he needed to take a break and eat some “chicky nuggies” heavily dipped in BBQ sauce. 

William told his audience that he’d be back in about an hour to stream the same race he had lost multiple times in earlier and seemed to shut his camera off. The audio was not killed by the streamer, as viewers started to hear familiar ASMR sounds and began to bop to it. They realized that the music was only Forza Horizon 5 after it continued to play song after song. 

“I just couldn’t believe it,” one viewer told Gamma Infarcer. “He always plays Gran Turismo 7 because it’s just better than Forza Horizon 5. Like, they’re both trying to accomplish the same thing in the racing space, and just like, Gran Turismo 7 does it better. You can’t really argue that. He was playing Forza Horizon 5! I threw up on my keyboard – that’s how angry I was.”

“I had given this guy $5 last month to help him buy that $185 digital car and this is how he repays the Gran Turismo 7 community? I won’t be watching LifeIsAHighway79 anymore,” someone else in William’s community said. 

Another viewer described Gamma InfarcerThat they don’t like William. 

“Let me say this: I speak for the entire Gran Turismo 7 playerbase and he has stained the delicate leather interior that is this community. He has soiled the name of Gran Turismo 7, ruining its purity and respect and love for the art of simulation racing.” 

Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo 7’s director, released an official statement via the PlayStation Blog regarding the current situation. Here’s what it said: 

“Why don’t you try growing up, LifeIsAHighway79? It’s your dream to have random cars being thrown at and a loud soundtrack playing. Yeah, well guess what – Gran Turismo 7 isn’t that. Enjoy Forza Horizon 5, or DriveClub. I don’t care. As for me and my crew, we’ll be measuring the distance between the outer side of our tires and the middle point of our axel to further increase our propulsion and suspension on the track that YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED ON.” 

William posted an iOS Notes screenshot from his iPhone on Twitch. He later apologized to the Twitch audience. However, viewers were able to tell him that he was sorry. Gamma Infarcer he’s still canceled. According to public records, William still makes a lot of money streaming even though he was canceled. In fact, he’s actually making more money now than before he was canceled.