{"id":550494,"date":"2026-03-11T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/game-infarcer-gran-turismo-7-streamer-canceled-for-playing-forza-horizon-5\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T01:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:51:07","slug":"game-infarcer-gran-turismo-7-streamer-canceled-for-playing-forza-horizon-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/game-infarcer-gran-turismo-7-streamer-canceled-for-playing-forza-horizon-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Infarcer: Gran Turismo 7 Streamer Canceled For Playing Forza Horizon 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"gran <\/p>\n

Platform:<\/b> PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4
Publisher:<\/b> PlayStation Studios
Developer:<\/b> Polyphony Digital
Release:<\/b>

Popular Gran Turismo 7 streamer, LifeIsAHighway79, has seemingly been canceled after a disturbing discovery that he plays Forza Horizon 5 in his off-time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LifeIsAHighway79, otherwise known as John Jacobs William, was finishing up a 13-hour stream of Gran Turismo 7 \u2013\u00a0 where each time he lost a race he explained that the game was busted and \u201cbuggy as hell\u201d \u2013 when he told his viewers that he needed to take a break and eat some \u201cchicky nuggies\u201d heavily dipped in BBQ sauce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

William told his audience that he\u2019d be back in about an hour to stream the same race he had lost multiple times in earlier and seemed to shut his camera off. However, the streamer forgot to kill the audio because after about 15 minutes of ASMR chewing sounds, viewers noticed themselves bobbing their heads to a familiar soundtrack. After the soundtrack continued to rip, song after song, they realized it could only be one thing: Forza Horizon 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d one viewer told Game Infarcer<\/em>. \u201cHe always plays Gran Turismo 7 because it\u2019s just better than Forza Horizon 5. Like, they\u2019re both trying to accomplish the same thing in the racing space, and just like, Gran Turismo 7 does it better. You can\u2019t really argue that. But yeah, he was clearly playing Forza Horizon 5. I threw up on my keyboard \u2013 that\u2019s how angry I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had given this guy $5 last month to help him buy that $185 digital car and this is how he repays the Gran Turismo 7 community? I won\u2019t be watching LifeIsAHighway79 anymore,\u201d someone else in William\u2019s community said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another viewer told Game Infarcer<\/em> that they hate William now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me say this: I speak for the entire Gran Turismo 7 playerbase and he has stained the delicate leather interior that is this community. He has soiled the name of Gran Turismo 7, ruining its purity and respect and love for the art of simulation racing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gran Turismo 7 director Kazunori Yamauchi released a statement on the PlayStation Blog<\/a> in regards to the situation. Here\u2019s what it said:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t you try growing up, LifeIsAHighway79? You want a bunch of random cars thrown at you at all times while a banging soundtrack plays. Yeah, well guess what \u2013 Gran Turismo 7 isn\u2019t that. Go enjoy Forza Horizon 5 or heck, try DriveClub. I don\u2019t care. As for me and my crew, we\u2019ll be measuring the distance between the outer side of our tires and the middle point of our axel to further increase our propulsion and suspension on the track that YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED ON.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

William has publicly apologized on Twitch and by posting an iOS Notes app screenshot on Twitter, but his viewers tell Game Infarcer <\/em>he\u2019s still canceled. Public documents show that despite being canceled, William is still making plenty of money by streaming. In fact, he\u2019s actually making more money now than before he was canceled.<\/p>\n