Jak, his sisters, and the rest of the group were escorted to the garage that their vehicles would be stored in and worked on, which also happened to be where the siblings brought their vehicles once Rayn brought them to it for the first time, an area that seemed to be located near one of the edges of the city, the eastern side to be exact, and found that it was large enough for everyone to work in, just as Rayn claimed when she revealed that her father had purchased the best garage that money could buy. It also came with two new vehicles that were created specifically for racing in the Kras City Grand Championship, a long thin one that resembled the Sand Shark to some degree, even if it appeared to be designed for speed and damage, hence why it was called the 'Road Blade', while the other one was a large buggy that was very similar to what Damas used, so it was more like a tank when it was on the race track, where they found that it was called 'the Basher'. Since there were two days before the Championship started, and they were forced to face off against those who might want Krew to fail in his quest to win this at least once, Rayn made sure that Jak and his sisters tested out the new vehicles and got used to all of the rules that would be imposed upon them once they started facing off against the other racers, be if their own friends or any of the others from the other teams. Of course it was interesting that they had no idea who else might be participating in this year's race, since they figured that Krew or his associates would have found a way to get that information before this point in time, but Jak decided that it didn't matter all that much and resolved to face their foes on the track, allowing him to focus on the new buggies and if they could get the others registered on time, since he had a feeling Twilight, Starlight, and Cozy would stick to their vehicles and not something Krew provided.
On the practice track, however, Jak found that the Road Blade was decent enough and handled pretty much like the Sand Shark, only with some new Eco weapons, designed to knock his enemies back while they raced through the tracks, as while there was some element of death involved the officials wanted to keep racers alive so each of them could return in the future, to continue to provide entertainment for everyone else while trying to get their hands on the trophy that Krew so desperately wanted them to obtain. While they did that Jak also found out that the customization options for a buggy were limited, where it seemed like some of the better things were off limits for the time being or not available at all, making him wonder if they needed to win some races before the garage owners bothered to set them up with everything else that had been ordered by Krew before his death, which he was fine with since he was used to showing off to earn the respect of all those around him and his sisters. Another thing he learned was that there were four Cups involved with this event, as in the Red Eco Cup, the Green Eco Cup, the Blue Eco Cup, and the Yellow Eco Cup, meaning they would have to beat their way through all four of them before winning the Championship itself, with the first one being the Red Eco Cup, though he was setting his sights on beating all of them and whoever happened to be racing against them, before Rayn got into the types of challenges that the team would have to tackle so they could progress towards winning everything. From what she told them there were nine challenges a racer would face during the entire Championship: there was the artifact race, a capture race, the main circuit race, a death race, the deathmatch, freeze rally, rush hour, sport hunt, and turbo dash, each having their own rules on what needed to be done to win them so the ream could move through the rankings and win the Cups that stood in their way.
Twilight was able to dig up a bit of information on each event, some of them involving drones as targets so the racers had enemies that weren't the other racers, but all of them knew that Jak would be eager to tackle all of them and see what sort of challenge they actually provided him with, especially after everything they had been through so far, though one thing that Ashelin and Torn agreed on was that anyone else who raced with Jak and his sisters would stay away from them, as in make sure none of their opponents got close to overtaking them. Their plan was simple, Jak was going to aim for first place in all races, regardless of what they were, while Twilight, Starlight, and Cozy would vary who got second, third, and fourth, leaving Ashelin and Torn to secure any of the remaining places, or just mess with their opponents as much as they could, all while those who wouldn't be racing could listen in on everything that was going on, to learn more about what was going on and see if they could figure a few things out. When Rayn was around, however, everyone was focused solely on their buggies and all of the work they were doing to prepare for the start of the Championship, mostly because she was Krew's daughter, someone none of them had trusted when he was alive and meant she had to earn their trust, before they told her anything important, and since she was in on her father's quest to get a win in this sport, to the point where he would try to poison everyone reading his will, Rayn was already in the negative points with Jak and his sisters. Despite that fact all of them made sure that Rayn understood that they were poisoned and that they were doing everything in their power to win the race for Krew so they could gain the antidote, even if none of them needed it at all thanks to Daxter and Tess' pills, where she nodded and did everything she could to aid them in getting ready for the races, since she knew this would be their first time on one of Kras' tracks and everyone needed to be prepared for anything that might happen.
As it turned out the very first race that they had to compete in was located in the Wasteland section of Sanctuary, an odd decision since Jak and his sisters were expecting it to start somewhere in Kras City, given they were hosting the entirety of the KGC, though as everyone waited for the racers to be called to the track, however, they gathered in a living area that had been part of the garage Krew had bought for them, staring at a television that was on a show that covered each and every aspect of this sport, which was called the 'G.T. Blitz Show'.
Welcome race fans to another turbo charged season of high stakes, high speed racing, the host was saying, who was a tall Human with a well-built body, which was rather odd for someone who stood in front of cameras and did nothing but talk about races, where they found he had some pronounced facial features and a blond pompadour hair style, while he wore a purple suit with an orange trim, another odd decision when the siblings thought about it, though for now they just watched and waited to see what their opinions of him were once they had some more time to understand who he was and if he annoyed them in some manner, As usual yours truly, G.T. Blitz, will give you all a pit row view of all the action as the best racers of the world swap paint in their quest to claim the Kras City Grand Championship trophy... but in the end, only one wheel jockey will claim the prize as the greatest racer in all the land! And we'll be here to cover all the thrills, chills, and spills! And, as you all know, this season's first race is going to be kicking off in the next few minutes, so stay tuned my dear viewers, and keep those engines humming!
"The first race... I'm excited for whatever the other racers have to show us." Jak commented, as Blitz made it seem like this sport had some serious contenders that would be trying to get between them and the trophy Krew wanted them to win, so they and Rayn could be given the antidote to the poison they all drank, even though he had to resist the urge to laugh, as it was so funny that Krew continued to underestimate their abilities, even though he was dead, but he remained serious as he, his sisters, and their companions stared at the screen.
"A wise man once said, 'be watchful of those in front of you, but be mindful of those behind'," Samos warned, which was just a warning for those who would be racing to be careful of the unknown racers they would be racing against for some time, as while he trusted the skills that Jak and his sisters possessed, especially after everything he had seen so far, he did know that there might be some surprises and wanted them to know where he stood.
"Don't worry, my father provided everything we need to win, and with your skills I have a feeling that we'll overcome all of the other racers in no time," Rayn said, once more showing everyone that she was confident in their skills to win this, even if she was the only one, in her mind anyway, who wasn't poisoned, though they continued to keep her in the dark about the truth as Keira and those who weren't racing continued their part of this mission, where Jak and the others nodded to show that they agreed with her, that they would win the trophy no matter what.
"Well, well... I had heard that we had some fresh wax rookies this year," a familiar voice said, where they turned towards the main door of the room and discovered that Blitz was walking into the building that they would be using as their base and home for some time, until the KGC was finished and Jak had claimed victory over everyone else, before he glanced all over the room for a moment and paused a few times as he took in who was in front of him, mostly Jak and his sisters, and the brief look of shock meant he must have been warned about their arrival and didn't believe the warning until he saw all of them with his own eyes, though he had a camera following behind him, "but I just had to see if the rumors were true... I just wasn't expecting to find the four of you in a place like this... Jak, Twilight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer, and Cozy Glow, the four heroes who saved the world twice over and have, reportedly, defeated countless foes. I, as you no doubt know, am G.T. Blitz, and I'm the Kras City Racing Commissioner, not to mention the star of the highest syndicated sports event on the entire planet... I also came by to wish you luck, which you clearly don't need if what I've heard about you is to be believed, and to skid down a few rules: no side bets, no cheating, no rule breaks or we'll break you... and that means that you three, the ones with magic, have to race like everyone else. You in gear?"
"Sure. Whatever you say." Daxter replied, because he knew that there was no way for Blitz or the others who made sure all of the rules were followed would be able to detect when Jak or his sisters used their Eco powers, as it was an advantage that would grant them a greater chance of winning the races, just like how he knew that there was no way for anyone, save for another magic user, to detect when the sisters used their other powers, not less one of them did something massive that was seen by everyone watching the races.
"This is show business, boys and girls," Blitz continued, where it was hard to tell if he had heard Daxter's comment or if he had decided to ignore it entirely, before he glanced over to Rayn while he said that, why Jak and his sisters had no idea, as this was supposed to be the first year Rayn had been directly involved in fielding a team for the season, though it made all of them wonder if she had assisted her father before he left for Haven, back when she was far younger than she was right now, before he glanced back to all of them again, "and only the best racers can move on to the bigger and tougher events, so make me happy and make the crowd scream."
Jak nodded his understanding as he, his sisters, Ashelin, and Torn headed through the door that Blitz had come from, only they boarded a transport that would take them over to the race track that they would be using for their first race, since it was located in Sanctuary they had to use a fast transport, meaning if it had been a track in Kras City they would have just walked down to where their vehicles were waiting and climbed into their vehicles so they could get to the track, but this was fine for all of them. From what Rayn was able to learn their opponents, for the time being since more would appear in due time, once Jak and his sisters reached a certain level among the racers that were present, there was someone called Cutter, another called Shiv, and third known as Edje, so right now it looked like there were nine racers, each aiming for the first place prize of the first race of the season, though right now Jak and his sisters weren't remotely worried about who was being sent against them. The track in question was supposed to be built in Spargus itself, though since Damas didn't want a bunch of racers tearing through his city when the season started, since they didn't have the modifications that Twilight and her other selves made to Haven City, the people of Kras had okayed the building of a track in Spargus' image to be constructed in the Wasteland section of Sanctuary, along with the other ones that they and Jak had approved of in a matter of days. Because the transport was faster than what had been in Haven City, which made sense when one took a moment to consider that this event was sort of on a time schedule for when each race happened, they were able to reach the area that the starting line rested in, followed by several transports that contained the vehicles that had been picked out by the racers, though Jak wasn't worried about their vehicles since his sisters had placed protection spells on them to make sure no unauthorized people messed with them, save for those who were supposed to move them.
As they climbed into their vehicles Jak found that Cutter resembled one of the Marauders he and his sisters had faced in the past, though he wasn't wearing most of the armor and only had a helm on, Shiv was dressed like someone who lived in Spargus at one point, though he didn't recall seeing a brute man like that and assumed that he must have left the city at some point, while Edje was also male and was dressed like he was a thug, and it was possible that such a thing was true since it looked like all three of their vehicles belonged to the same group or organization, to which he turned his attention to the race and knew he would have time to think about these foes later.
Not a few moments later Jak and his sisters were speeding off, with Ashelin and Torn following after them while leaving all of their foes in their dust, something that seemed to surprise the trio as they drove down the road as well, though as that happened all four of them focused their minds and didn't bother to rely on the scanners and other weaponized devices that were in a KGC certified racer, as each was outfitted with devices that allowed one to see that they were under attack, if someone fired missiles at them from behind or other lock-on weapons. Thanks to their abilities to sense the Eco that was in their surrounding area, a useful ability to have and had to be because they were Prism Sages, as Samos could only sense Green Eco and Keira could do that as well, meaning each of them knew when attacks were coming their way, which came from the other team that was trying to push passed their allies, though to make sure that no one accused them of cheating Ashelin and Torn did try their best to hit the siblings, despite the fact that they knew it was impossible. This was mostly to put on a show for the viewers, otherwise Blitz would find his ratings tanking and he'd lash out at those who he felt were responsible, even if none of them had anything to fear from someone like him, hence why they put on a show so the announcer would be preoccupied with commenting on the races and what was happening, instead of annoying them to the point where one of them snapped. Of course they didn't stay in the top four positions all the time, as that would be far too easy and lower the rankings in the process, so occasionally either Jak or his sisters would purposely let one of the other racers take the lead before knocking them back down a couple of second later, and, since most people knew that the four of them were siblings they did what any rational group of siblings would do in this situation, they pretended to fight over first place from time to time, making it look real while Ashelin and Torn stayed out of the way, knowing that it was best if they weren't caught up in anything the siblings did.
Of course Jak was amazed by the fact that Twilight, even with her powers, was capable of molding the materials into one of the areas that the Kras officials wanted to build a track in and make it look like they had spent weeks or months on it, as it looked like this particular track was almost as old as Spargus was, meaning she was even able to age an area if she wanted to and make it look like the elements had eroded it, before he turned his attention back to the race and used the Blue Eco turbo charges he had been collecting to burst passed his sisters. That was another interesting thing about the KGC that he and his sisters had discovered, that they created several containers for their racers to use and each held the power of the five main types of Eco that existed in the world, save for Light Eco since it wasn't as common as the others and most had no idea how to use it, though Blue Eco was used for turbo boosts, Red and Yellow Eco were the weapons systems, where Red was the weapons thrown backwards and Yellow was the forward weapons, Green Eco was supposed to mend some of the damage to the racers, and Dark Eco empowered their weapons to their more dangerous forms. One thing he and his sisters had to resist doing was channeling a bit of their Dark Eco into some of their vehicles systems and empowering their weapons, instead of letting it build like the machines had been designed, though he knew that Twilight or Keira would come up with a way to explain it without drawing attention to what they had done, where Jak tuned that thought out as he focused on his driving once more. As Twilight, Starlight, and Cozy expected he shot by them not a few seconds later and took the lead of the pack again, this time with them knocking down the three racers who were trying to pass them as Ashelin and Torn replicated their movements while pretending to aim at all four of them, before Jak drove over the finish line and finished the two lap race that seemed to be the start of the KGC, followed by his sisters, Ashelin, Torn, and then the three racers who had tried to overcome them.
With that done, and Jak was sure that the race was over, he and his sisters came to a stop and climbed out of their vehicles as Ashelin and Torn stopped nearby, before all of them found that Blitz was walking over to talk with them or just speak to the cameras with them in the background, while Keira jumped down and approached them as well, though her interest at this particular moment was to make sure that the vehicles were safe, figuring that if she presented herself as a mechanic for Krew's team she would be left alone and not distract Jak by putting herself in trouble.
"You saw it here first folks... at least those of you who didn't die yawning, or switch to the bran channel!" Blitz stated, as he turned to speak to the camera to broadcast this live to everyone who was watching this sport, where he made it sound like he was bored of what he had witnessed and that, in his mind, the viewers would have been bored of it as well, meaning he was of the opinion that they had messed up and were killing the ratings or something, before he dramatically pointed at Jak for a few seconds, "An unknown driver wins his first big race... in lackluster fashion. So, tell me..."
"Why you need glasses? Because you totally need them, as that was an awesome race!" Daxter replied, because even if he knew they hadn't been in any real danger, and Eon had been training him to unlock the shield power he gave the siblings during their last quest, which he hadn't unlocked yet and knew he would in time, he did know that the race had been one of the best that the KGC must have seen, especially for an opening event race no less, before he glanced at Jak for a few seconds as he considered something, "Say, Jak, what was your last great race again?"
"When I took down Errol, may the Precursors watch over him." Jak answered, appearing to be a hardened racer, which he definitely was in the eyes of those from Haven and Spargus, while also showing respect towards his opponents and those who perished in all of the terrible accidents that happened during the events he had been in, though he had a feeling that this would annoy whoever their opponent was, since Shiv and the others had been racing for someone and he suspected it might be whoever hired all those goons to take them out.
"We're also not scared of the big name racers." Cozy stated, where she decided to show the watchers, and their enemies, that she wasn't joking, which was why she let her right hand transform into it's berserk state as she snatched what was in Blitz's hand, the microphone, and crushed it without any real resistance, causing the man to gulp for a second as she just dropped the fragments and focused on him once she was done, "Now, get that camera out of our faces... before one of us decides to grab it and ram it somewhere that will cause you to censer this show!"
Blitz, appearing to get the message that they weren't to be messed with, said nothing as he gathered his equipment and departed from the area that he had been interviewing them in, even though it wasn't much of an interview and was more like he was bashing all of them for their performance, before she growled for a moment, just for good measure since she found one of the cameras facing them, and once it was facing the opposite direction she reverted back to her base form a few seconds later as they moved into the transport containing all of their vehicles. Upon their return to the complex Rayn informed them of several things she had discovered after the race had ended and they had taken the time to speak with Blitz, the first being that there was a poll going on that revealed that eighty percent of the viewers who saw the interview had been hoping for Blitz to annoy one of them to fulfill Cozy's promise, another poll revealed that Jak and his sisters were the most popular racers right now, with Jak being the highest of that particular one, and there was another that was about who among them was the coolest and greatest of them all, even though it was evenly split between them, not to mention a report on the ratings that showed that this race had been highly viewed and meant Blitz had lied in an attempt to force all of them to do better. This meant that more racers would be gunning for them in the future, which was sort of what Jak wanted since he wanted everyone to just focus on him and his sisters, since all four of them could handle anything and everything that was thrown at them, but, at the same time, he found that Rayn understood why Cozy did such a thing, as time was of the essence for everyone that had been at the reading of her father's will and that they needed to be a little aggressive. Jak also knew that she was trying to keep them on her side and make sure none of them lashed out at her for everything that her father had done to them, as in the poisoning anyway, though he said nothing and focused on what might happen once the next race started, as based on what he knew the KGC was a fast paced event which rarely gave racers time to rest, though usually there were four to five races in a row before a day was done and they were given the night to rest.
As such he and his sisters waited for a time, as they knew that it was only a matter of time until the next couple of races started and they were eager to see what sort of challenges came at them in the near future, even though their group knew that it would take a serious challenger or a racer to make Jak excited about everything that was going on, but for now all of them focused on returning to Kras City and figuring out what the next events were while figuring out why Krew had done all of this, since there had to be another reason besides winning a trophy, something they knew they would figure out in due time and were eager to see what that other reason might be.