 IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN IMAGIN Hock's Bay, day two we did them in Monaro and day three we did them in Argentina. But the stages because even the first loop we put in three stages then you come into a service, then another three stages you come into service, then you do two stages service and the final stage you finish. But again if you damage your car service time was limited and then times are coming in online as they come. Obviously when the next day starts at midnight me and Khajum used to sit back and audit results up to two, three o'clock in the morning to see that you know because we don't want any eyes or any cheating going on in the game or hacking or anything. So we actually from the 250 we used to sit down and you know audit each and every stage time by the time we go to sleep was almost four. The first night I think we went to sleep at five o'clock in the morning. But then as the days progressed you know safari is always tough, people tend to break their cars, others retired and all that. Two hours surprise about 130 still made it to the finish. The top Kenyan was 11th, the top Tanzanian finished 16th, the top Ugandan was 12th but the Madagaskan dominated the whole thing. Wow and we are talking about countries which actually love rallying here in Africa, Tanzania, Madagaskan, Kenya. Zambia did not have a chance. Zambia unfortunately they were busy that weekend but we had one driver from Zambia who is actually a real rally driver who rallies in Zambia as well. He was on board. We had a couple of entries from India, from USA, you know all over the world. Just for you, what is your end game from this? Are you expecting to transition from e-racing now to the real safari rally sometime in the future? Yes and from the beginning of the e-safari rally actually because I usually go into every other event as a mindset for fun so I don't really finish them. But this time because we saw how many people were driving, how many people would see the results, Riaz and I we decided that this time I was going to go slow and see where I can place. Was you an navigator in the game? No, I was a navigator. But we normally talk on a personal basis day to day in everything. But during the game did you have a navigator? Yes, the game is navigator. Automatically navigator. So Riaz, you have been talking, I understand you have talked about Jean Todd talking to you guys. You have talked about also the WRC course of the clock having a conversation with you guys coming on to join you guys. You yourself you are a navigator in the real safari rally also come on to play this game. Let's look at it how it is interdependent of one another. What have you gained more from the e-racing that you can transfer on to the safari rally? And what are some of the mechanisms you have got from the safari rally you can bring on to e-racing? That's a tough question. Let's start with the first one. Okay, from the gaming perspective, I would say I was the first ever organizer in Africa to do such a thing. Me and Kayum we started it all off. Obviously my real life rallying experience helped a lot because having played this game I could select the stages that were very close to Kenya as well. And personally I have spent 10 years rallying. And I am sure if someone continues playing this game they wouldn't spend 10 years to reach where I was. They would do it in 3 years because you already start knowing how to call the notes, when to call the notes. What each sign or what each call means if you tell a driver double question, write 5, keep in, line. So a normal person would not understand what that line means. But now having played this game you would know that we got a 6 right titans into dip and jump. And when to call it. You just can't call the notes when the driver is already at that obstacle or at the corner. You are the driver's eyes that he cannot see. So the gaming perspective I'm sure the whole idea for us as e-racing to introduce this gaming thing in Kenya is so that tomorrow we can have a young champion that will evolve from e-racing. It could be Joseph himself that would evolve and go ahead and win the Kenya national rally title. Is that the vision you are for e-racing? Yes for sure. It's just to encourage all the youngsters because most of the people have playstations at home. X boxes and everything. There are a lot of people now that WRC has come back to Kenya. There are a lot of people that are more passionate about rallying. So let's just share this passion. Let's just help the game evolves into better drivers, better co-drivers. Joseph, finally for you, what do you make of your future in e-racing? Well, seeing my results on a controller, considering that I was in 25th position and 8th fastest controller. That's worldwide. Yes, out of all the drivers. 250 drivers. That's a big number. With the 8th fastest controller driver, I'm now planning to see whether I could get a simulator and then from there I would like to be fighting for the top place in e-racing. Please explain to me what a simulator is. So it's an actual simulation of real life rallying. And as Riaz previously stated that they can range from prices of 50 to 500,000. So the ones that are actual serious which the best in the world use is where even when you hit a jump with a rally car in the game, even the seat will jump. So of course I'm not looking to get one that high end, but whatever simulator I can get, I will see what I can do with it. They adrenaline when you are playing the game must go to be very high. It is extremely. As well, the fastest I've already finished the stages, you can see each sector you've passed, how far behind you are or how close you are. So that gives you a lot of pump to be able to see how fast you can go to catch up with the guy. Riaz, what does the future hold for you guys as the organisers of e-racing? Are we expecting a festival to come in future where this tournament is held somewhere people can come and watch, people can come and enjoy and also learn more about the game? The sky is the limit, I would say. There is a huge interest all over. We as e-racing that is Khayum and myself, we are open to any ASNs in Africa or even worldwide that actually want to come and hold competitions, such type of competitions because there is a huge plus point in this gaming thing and everything. So at the moment we are looking to organise the next big race, more details will be shared very soon. We don't know what KMSF will plan and what will be the way for it. But the whole thing is to have ELE championships where different category champions are crowned in real life. Here we also have our e-racing champion that he will be crowned at the end of the year. And work together with other ASNs so that we can not only exploit the talents of here in Kenya but also within Africa. Even to our surprise our youngest player was an 8-year-old kid from Tanzania that he was playing. He wasn't that quick but at least he was playing and he's getting it. It's not that he finished last, I think he finished within the 150 positions so you see that's a big encouragement. Our oldest player was a 51-year-old and this was something that we didn't get much time to advertise about. So I'm sure if we get the next event we'll be even, we are looking at getting about 500 entries from all over the world. Yesif, finally look at those cameras there. What can you tell the young people at home because when they look at you just under the age of 20 years you are participating in some of the biggest franchises in the world. What can you tell the young people? What I can tell the young people is that the sky is the limit and this e-racing will get you very far if you take it seriously and do a limit. Priyas for you, the people now who are discovering this for the very first time, they do not know that this thing happened. How can they get in touch with you? They can get in touch through our website www.e-racing.co.ke. You can see the previous competition what has happened, you can read about the rules there. Talking of live stream, in future we are planning that all the players should do a live stream but at the moment it wasn't the most. You can head on the live streaming section and actually see some of the players as they were tackling the stages. www.e-racing.co.ke, that's where all the information is. We are also on social media, Facebook and Instagram e-racing.ke. You can follow us, send your messages there and we'll surely respond. Wow, we've been talking to Priyas Ismail who is the organizer of e-racing here in Kenya and also a young driver here in the name of Joseph Gasheshe who is also an e-racing driver here on the touchline talking to us about this new virtual game in the country that is all about safari rally bad in the virtual world and that is e-racing here in the country. Let's break some of the videos from the e-racing platform and what they actually do outside there and we'll also be having a profile interview of Lothar Matthews, the 1990 German winning captain. When we come back it will be all about the fan zone.