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Mike Channell is a TG writer, multimillion subscriber YouTuber and occasional racing driver. Not evidence of a strong work ethic, just an attention span obliterated by too many video games

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Q: ARE THERE VIDEO GAME THEMED CARS?

Normally when car manufacturers and video game developers collaborate, it's very much a one way street. The video game developers ask very nicely if they can include a manufacturer's car in their game, cut a reasonably sizeable cheque, and you get to pretend to own a 1,000bhp hypercar in Forza Horizon or similar. Occasionally though, things flow in the opposite direction and elements of video games worm their way into real world cars themselves.

Take the Call of Duty Jeep Wrangler Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3 editions. Jeep leaned heavily on its military heritage in this collaboration with the most popular first person shooter series of the time. The Modern Warfare 3 edition in particular, of which only 200 were made, was positively festooned with