The challenge was conducted using a residential broadband line, with the bedroom gamers being put to the test to achieve lightning-fast lap times on Codemasters’ car racing game Grid Legends
Two gamers smashed a series of speedrunning world records on popular racing game Grid Legends.
The UK’s fastest bedroom gamers were asked to put EE’s new broadband bundle for gamers to the ultimate test by smashing a series of speedrunning world records. Speedrunners, Dan Riley (Undead_Dan) and Josh Edwards (Joshimuz) broke speedrun.com world records for the fastest lap on popular online racing game Grid Legends, powered by EE’s Broadband Made for Gamers.
The challenge was conducted using a residential broadband line, with the bedroom gamers being put to the test to achieve lightning-fast lap times on Codemasters’ car racing game Grid Legends. With EE’s Broadband Made for Gamers bundle and an Xbox Series X, the speedrunners hit new heights in terms of their performance, beating the previous speedrun.com records fuelled by EE’s lag-busting connectivity and Game Mode feature.
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The new official Speedrun.com Word Records are Dan Riley: Brands Hatch GP time: 1:11:070 (Previous Record: 1:11:502) Brands Hatch GP B time: 1:12:538 (Previous Record: 1:12:751) and Josh Edwards: Brands Hatch Indy time: 40.440 (Previous Record: 44.972) Brands Hatch Indy B time: 39.956 (Previous Record: 40:133)
The record follows new research identifying lag as the biggest frustration amongst UK gamers. EE’s Broadband Made for Gamers features 1.6Gbps download speeds, EE Game Mode, EE Smart WiFi and 24 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, providing players with hundreds of top games to choose from, for next-level gaming.
Sam Kemp, Director of Gaming at EE, commented: “Our new broadband made for gamers bundle has been designed exclusively to give gamers the very best experience, for when milliseconds can make the difference between winning and losing in an online game. And what better way to put it to the ultimate test, than to give Dan and Josh the edge by using it with an Xbox Series X console – helping them to smash four speedrun world records in less than two hours.”
A spokesperson from speedrun.com commented: “Lightning-fast broadband speed is crucial when it comes to gaming online at a high level, and it’s incredible to see that more gamers can now access this simply through EE’s residential broadband lines. As we’ve shown this week, EE’s Broadband Made for Gamers really does give gamers the extra edge when it comes to performing at the next level – and the fact it’s so accessible to gamers of all levels is even better.”
Matthew Battison, Creative Director at Codemasters said: “We applaud Dan and Joshimuz for breaking the record on GRID Legends. We are continually in awe of the skill, dedication, and speed demonstrated by our racing community. We look forward to seeing more of our players find ways to break new records within our games.”
