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May 1, 2009 1:45 PM PDT

Friday time-waster: The GTI Project

by Antuan Goodwin
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VW GTI Project Screencap

If you thought the VW Golf GTI was small before, wait until you check out the GTI Project.

(Credit: Volkswagen)

Volkswagen takes its fun, compact GTI and makes it even smaller in the new GTI Project Web game.

In the GTI Project, you find yourself behind the wheel of a Volkwagen GTI that's been reduced to the size of a slot car. VW's engineers demonstrate some of the GTI's performance prowess, then put you in control as you race around the track toward low lap times. Navigating the track is a single button affair. You control only the throttle in an attempt to go as quickly as possible without spinning off of the course.

GTI Project screen cap

Using only the throttle, drivers must go quickly without spinning off of the track.

(Credit: Volkswagen)

There are neat touches, such as the giant engineer who puts the car back on course if you should fail, or the worldwide leaderboard that lets drivers see how they measure up globally.

As Web games go, the GTI Project is pretty simple, but it's definitely a great way to kill an hour. Check it out at http://www.theGTIproject.com.

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by LamendolaM May 1, 2009 5:23 PM PDT
Nice... too bad there's no sound.
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by carrige May 2, 2009 1:45 AM PDT
This is gonna sound kinda stupid, but how do you actually start the game? I have no idea what to do after the opening animations, I'm stuck on the screen which says "The GTI Project" and has two cars, and then 'How to play' and 'Win a GTI' in the bottom corner. Nothing about starting the game... what am I missing?
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by carrige May 2, 2009 1:46 AM PDT
oh. Never mind.
by seeker_all May 3, 2009 6:30 AM PDT
Click on the hanging lab coat, click on the badge to gain access to the room. Once in there, click on the game controller hanging off the side of the table.
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by seeker_all May 4, 2009 6:44 PM PDT
THERE IS NO WAY anyone made that course in 14 seconds! best I did was 20.28!
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