Car Wars Reloaded

[sir-talen]

Here's the idea. Over the course of it's heyday (1980 to 1992) the Car Wars universe developed a rather... convoluted... future history. From the days of Crazy Joe Harshman to Japan's invasion of California (and the less said about that the better), the history of autoduelling world was not merely fleshed out, but occasionally stetched to the breaking point. More to the point, major events that had a profound effect on the Car Wars universe have in theory already happened, making the old history out of date.

So, let's start over. Assuming the world of Car Wars is set fifty years into the future, as it always has been, how would you write history to bring the ubiquitous, heavily armed, electric powered and plastic armored rolling pieces of death that we love into the world?