Game region version: Pal
Game Update number: 1.26
Firmware version: 2.60
Console version & hard drive size: 80gb
Custom soundtrack, yes or no: yes
Controller type: Dualshock 3
Track: Sebenco rev
Race type: Online/Phantom

This is more to document what happend. Don't think this will be reproduceable.

Right after the start, crowded by other pilots I got a Plasma on the first pad. Fine. On the straight with this slight chicane I fired it and what happened stunned me for a long time: My Plasma launched (don't know if it hit one of the other pilots) and shortly after it left the ship my LCD just showed static, no sound. WTF? First I thought my LCD died, than, after ~ 5 seconds the picture was back again. I was standing on the track down in the dip. Needed some more time to calm down again. The race was over after just 4 seconds ... But my LCD survived!