Patent ID: 7214133

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying a leaderboard associated with a race, wherein the leaderboard includes multiple entries each of which being associated with individual players, wherein at least one entry includes attached data that contains a recorded race associated with an individual player and at least one other entry contains an excerpt from a race that an individual player played, wherein at least one excerpt comprises less than an entire portion of a race that an associated player played to completion; downloading, responsive to a leaderboard selection, a recorded race from an online gaming service, wherein the recorded race is associated with a game program, and wherein a user can select from among multiple recorded races; launching the game program on a game console; applying the recorded race to the game program executing on the game console, wherein the recorded race controls a first vehicle moving through a course; and receiving control inputs from an input device coupled to the game console, wherein the control inputs control a second vehicle moving through the course.