Okay, it’s decided. We're headed to Denver!





Only 18 hours. One of our shortest road-trips yet.

And here we are in bustling, downtown Denver, with a metro area population just shy of 3 Million. I expect it looks something like this:







Uhhh…

: Is this Denver?


: Just like in the days of the Wild West.


: It's like I've traveled back in time...



Hiro, buddy… I don't think this is Denver…

For one, it shouldn't look like the Wild West. For another, that sign there says we're in Old Cripple ‘Crek’.

I'm guessing this is the town of Cripple Creek, which is actually 3 hours south of Denver.

Motorsport enthusiasts will be pleased to know this is at the base of Pikes Peak: aka one of the most badass hill-climbs in the world.

Well. I wonder what there is to do around here. Is there a Shop?


: I'm pretty sure it was where I turned left.



Ok then, with a quick turn right…





We find ourselves in another car store! Rockabilly music and car parts. Same as it ever was.

At least this doesn’t appear to be in the Wild West.

Is that a Caterham on the lift back there?

The mechanic here seems to have not bothered with any formal attire. He’s just wearing a hoodie and white pants.

Let's see if he’s got any cars we haven’t seen before…





He does! The Toyota Cynos

We know these as the Toyota Paseo in the western world.

Built off the Toyota Starlet platform, they were a little economy nugget with some sportish capability.

Apparently they weren't big sellers in the states. I'll bet it has something to do with Toyota’s ad campaigns at the time that really tried hard to convince young men that this car would get them laid.








Women apparently dig it, so let’s party?

I still regularly see some around where I live today, so they must have had that famous Toyota reliability.

It tickles me to see cars like this in a videogame. You likely wouldn't find it in any others.
Unfortunately even if we wanted one, we couldn't afford one at the moment, which reminds me that our cash reserves are a bit low.

Does Denver have anything in the way of Part Time Job’s?





: I wonder if there's a part-time job somewhere...



Ah, the game is doing one of those ‘choose a follow up option’ . This time it’s Look





: It's a purse snatcher!


: Someone grab him!!


: What's that!?





A purse snatcher has appeared!

Options:
Ah. We know this well. We’ve been here a couple of million times.

Let’s choose Special Moves. This guy is asking for a Jet Enema.





BURNOUT!


Well that's new... We didn't get to choose our special move, it appears Hiro just used one called ‘Burnout.’

Since it is forcing us to use our imagination, this is a dramatic reenactment of what happened:





You dealt 1000 points of damage to the purse snatcher!!

I beat the purse snatcher!!


: What the heck? What a weakling.









: Thank you so much, it really helped me.



Hey, this must be the old guy who lost his purse.


: No, you're welcome.



: I'm the mayor of this town.



... the old guy Mayor who lost his purse! He must be important. Maybe we’ll get some sort of reward?


: I have a favor to ask of you. Please?



… Er. Didn’t we just do you one?


: Actually, there have been some thugs in this town recently.


: They gather together and commit evil deeds. That's what happened.


: So you become sheriff and take them down!


: Can you beat him?



Sheriff Hiro? Now that has a nice ring to it!