Go Kart

“By my second race, I had unlocked some kind of flow state. I had cut my 34-second lap down to 32. I wasn't braking anymore. My hands ached from gripping the wheel too tightly and my face hurt from beaming under my helmet. Karts are so much faster than you think, and with no power steering and no cushion, you will feel the strain and any bumps against the wall.”

“When I first went there, I was extremely nervous since I had never been karting or even driven a car before. I was sure some 12-year-old kids were going to destroy me, and to make things worse, it had rained the previous day, so the track was still wet. But the moment I got into the kart, I was surprisingly quite relaxed. On the first lap, I tried to see what worked and what didn’t, and then I basically started a time trial in my head. Since the track was still wet, I slid a couple of times, but I found it much easier and more intuitive than simracing. Every action I took made sense; I could feel how the kart reacted and understood why it did so, allowing me to adjust accordingly.”