As the tiny cars weaved back and forth across the screen, Dan Gibson was worried. "I thought I was going to lose," he admits. "I suck at anything with a car in it." Instead, he ended up atop the first crossover week standings and continued the weekly domination that he had begun last season. Gibson is looking to redeem himself after a stellar performance last season only to fall to Hunter Howe in the playoffs. "I don't have to worry as much about my future crossover weeks," Gibson admits with relief. An opposite fate befell perennial playoff contender and driving game afficianado Kris Chiao, who fell behind early and was never quite able to catch up, giving John Berges and Nick Corea decent scores of 6 and 4, proving that Chiao isn't always good behind the wheel.

With a win under his belt and 8 points, Gibson trails only rookie upstart Ryan Seiff who managed to set a high bar in the Premier League and ended the week with a win and 10 points. While defending champion Hunter Howe stuck with Seiff and was rewarded with a second-place finish, the karBOOM gods weren't so kind to Brian Kaiser, Ian Hetu, and Jim Larimore, all of whom brought up the rear in the race to being winners this week. It's nothing that they haven't overcome in previous seasons, but it is certainly a blow to these three playoff teams from last season.

Meanwhile, in the Champions League, scores and surprises were off the charts. Isaac Epp, who barely missed making both the playoffs last season and the Premier League this season is making a strong case for his being in both in a few months. Roaring out the gate with 412 karBOOM points - the highest of anyone playing - he secured a win and 10 points, with Eric Holmberg-Weidler hot on his tail.

"Finally!" Epp thought, as the game was unveiled. "All those hours playing with micro machines and saying 'BOOM' as a child will finally pay off." He was quick to give credit where it was due, though, mentioning that his strategy was simply to "watch how [Gibson] plays and try and better [it]."

The season may only be one week old, but as anyone who's played a full season before will tell you, it only gets more intense from here on out. For the next nine weeks, it's UGT or be UGTed, a fact that Epp knows only too well. "I feel hungry," he says with a wink. "And foolish."