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For those of you who don't know, this story took 3 years to write, and ultimately it is unfinished.

Yeah, that's disappointing, I know. But to tell you the truth I was never happy with it, there are too many open plot threads, filler and bad ideas.

However this is not the end of Michael, Michelle, the Asphalt Knight hero, the city, the world of 2065, and much more. The frame of this story forms a new state of the art vehicle, Asphalt Knight: Ignition, a complete rewrite of this story that is currently ongoing.

I would highly recommend you read that story instead of this one.

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As I lay rubber down the street
I pray for traction I can keep
But if I skid and start to slide
Please dear god
Protect my sweet ride

-Unknown

Legend has it, there was once a racecar driver that was so skilled at his craft, and who drove a car so fast, that he couldn't possibly loose any race against any one.

This driver did not race in any race series or street scene. Instead he wandered the asphalt roads and race tracks around the world, running from his past, seeking redemption for a grave mistake he made.

Throughout his travels, if this driver came across crime, injustice, suffering, hatred, corruption, he raced and in some cases fought to help those in need.

He became the guardian angel of the roads we travel on.

In time, this mysterious wanderer became known as a road warrior, a champion of the people, a racing Robin Hood...

An Asphalt Knight.

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Throughout the years, as the driver wandered further and further, the world began to change.

New megacities were born out of the terraformation of open areas, and industries such as mining and agriculture have made new homes for themselves on nearby planets due to great advancements in space travel.

However fear and unrest lead to a few small wars and a series of treaties creating a world government. It brought a much needed political world peace, but also a global surveillance state, higher crime and a wider wealth to poverty gap than ever before.

Urban legends and internet conspiracies tell of people with special powers, nicknamed Metahumans.

Meanwhile, to the dismay of car enthusiasts, a global network of self driving cars rules the roads, replacing the personal vehicles of nearly every citizen. Nearly every car company shutdown or shifted to manufacturing autonomous vehicles. Within a few years both professional and street racing disappeared, along with the Asphalt Knight.

However, a small group of dedicated enthusiasts held on to their cars and traditions, taking to the streets to race and remember the past in the dead of night in the driven machines of old. In time, the underground hobby grew in popularity, and became a full fledged business and sport, thanks to the mysterious Racing Authority...

Now it is the year 2065, and Motorsports are more popular than ever, ranging from local street races to multi trillion dollar world championships.

All the while, whispers and rumors prophesize the return of the Asphalt Knight...

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