The Speed Freak speed class — the second-highest in the HD/Fury game, the point where the course's geometry begins to feel like it was designed for a different kind of pilot than the one currently occupying the cockpit. Racing for glory is the Speed Freak pilot's complete self-description. Crashes as punctuation is the honest account of what learning a new speed class requires: the sentences of progress interrupted by the full stops of elimination, the narrative continuing regardless.