Tokyo, Japan - Shortly after the sudden and earthshaking public revelation of her nonhuman status, yinglet woman Avi Brandier (from here on referred to as a human man named Ryan Cooper for budget reasons) shocked and delighted the world by individually defeating the four "Kings" of street racing disciplines: Nate Denver (Speed King), Aki Kimura (Drift King), Karol Monroe (Drag [racing] King), and Ray Krieger (Grip King). Ryan Cooper then moved on to demolish Ryo Watanabe (Showdown King) in a one-on-one contest, after which all five titles fused together in a colorful ceremony to give him the overall title of Street King.
Race officials from festivals the world over convened and issued a public announcement: "From reviewing the footage of Mr. Cooper's more dubious wins, it is clear that his ultimate victory is the combined result of illegal street-racing tactics and the ability for any racer to call for a do-over of any event during a festival, even after said event has been completed, and even allowing for full repairs/replacement of totaled vehicles to take place before the restart. We weren't expecting racers to take unlimited advantage of this, and neither was our auto insurance partner, who -- specifically citing the newly-formed landfill of Lamborghini Murciélago cars in the Nevada desert -- has chosen to terminate their contract with us."
In a recent interview, Mr. Cooper seemed content with his victory sweep.
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting this to be as fun as it was. Story was nonexistent of course, but the racing locations themselves had character, and the challenge was there in all four racing types even to the end; I found myself learning all sorts of new things about proper cornering, braking, and drifting -- in the end I even grew to like the announcers, even though they can clearly tell just by looking at me I'm [an excellent racer]."
"Only real problem is, I don't really come to street racing for this, you know? I'm on the right side of the law for now, and there are a few more closed-circuit races I see myself doing in this franchise, but what drew me to Need for Speed is the desire to race, yes, but also to be bad."