In Pewaukee, Wisconsin, for a 20-year-old college junior majoring in Finance, winning a brand new Nissan car in an Xbox Live tournament was apparently not enough.
Dan Otto beat out thousands of other gamers playing the Nissan Sentra SE-R Forza Motorsport 2 Online Tournament. He then topped the remaining four of the competition in the Grand Final Round at the L.A. Auto Show in November.
“I’m basically a broke college student. Now, after winning the car, I’ll be able to sell off my other car and have some spare cash,” he said.
Otto raced in his customized Sentra on Forza Motorsport 2 for an estimated 3,000 virtual miles, logging in over 100 practice hours.
“They were fast, but I ended up winning by over six seconds, which is quite a gap,” he said in an interview. “You have to be able to set fast times, and you also have to be consistent with your times.”
By spring midterms, Otto, whose Gamertag is SPDN ComeBakDan, expects to have his brand new car, along with a message to the ladies.
“I’m Dan. I need a girlfriend... I’m eligible,” he said.
