The Advertising Standards Authority has pulled an (old) Xbox 360 TV ad claiming that it glamourises street car racing.

"We concluded that the ad glamourised street car racing and could be seen to condone dangerous driving," said an ASA statement.

This comes in spite of the prominent text over the ad which clearly reads, "Dramatisation. Professional stunt. Do not attempt."

The ban also begs the question – “what is the ad supposed to do?”

Make the viewer want to study the highway code? Encourage them to attend road safety classes?

The ASA statement also added that the advert, "reinforced the sense that the events were real, rather than fantasy, and were therefore capable of being copied."

Here it is. Make your own mind up. At least Microsoft gets a load of extra free publicity off the back of this spurious ban, which SPOnG is sure the company is more than happy about!