What you see here is the Lexus Gamers’ IS. It is a one-off, custom show car. Lexus will not be putting this thing into production. To which, we, the gearheads, can be eternally thankful. It’s not that it’s a bad idea – Lord knows I’ve seen lots of krazy kustoms in my time, and more than a few with gaming systems – it’s just it would be a bad idea to take on the road.

Too Much of a Good Thing"

I’m not a complete Luddite; I’m not. I’ve got nothing against PDK semi-auto boxes and air conditioning and even that stupid auto start-stop feature every vehicle seems to have today. Even when it comes to screens and game systems and such, I’m more or less okay with that too. Hey, if it can keep the kids in back quiet, then who would argue that’s a bad idea. However, suggesting things like using Xbox controllers to drive your actual, physical car on real roads" SMH.
At any rate, here we have the Lexus Gamers’ IS, which is sort of like your game/media room on wheels. You’ll note that it still has a steering wheel and pedals for driving, but, by and large, this has little to do with the car and more to do with what they crammed into it. And how.

Photo: Lexus.

High-Tech Trunk

In the trunk, you’ll find a custom-built gaming PC with an MSI Gaming GeForce GPU + AMD CPU installed in a sleek custom housing and highlighted by programmable RGB LEDs. If that’s n...