GT Academy to kick off on June 2
- Posted May 27th, 2008 at 11:57 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that GT Academy is scheduled to go live in Gran Turismo 5: Prologue on June 2, affording European gamers the chance to drive an authentic Nissan 350Z at the 24 Hour endurance event in Dubai in January 2009.
The first stage in a seven-week tournament, gamers will be required to submit their PSN ID to www.gtacademy.eu, granting you access to the GT Academy Time Trial in Prologue. Your objective is simple: set the fastest time around the Eiger Nordwand in a Nissan Fairlady 350Z.
Stage two of the competition begins in July, where the top 20 fastest gamers will be called to compete against each other in GT5: Prologue in a national final. From here, the three fastest from each final will advance to the GT Academy at Silverstone on August 25.
Here, finalists will hop inside a real Nissan GT-R, where their driving, physical and mental skills will be scrutinized and put to the test. The two fastest racers will then be submitted into a four-month training programme in order to claim their racing licence, allowing them to compete in Dubai in January 2009.
"This is a very exciting day for Gran Turismo. The Gran Turismo story started 10 years ago with the ambition to make a racing game that gives players the ultimate driving simulation experience. The GT Academy is the ultimate realisation of this ambition taking the Gran Turismo experience to the next level,” commented Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauch.
Stay tuned.
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ScorpionT16 |
ScorpionT16- 3:23pm BST - May 27th, 2008
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Wow! This is quite old news, well the GT Academy pasrt, not it starting.
Already a Thread
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=138558
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gamewaffle
- 5:15pm BST - May 27th, 2008
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Too bad the world isn't only about you, EPHRACIS. And, more importantly, is this only in Europe, or will stateside gamers be able to participate as well?
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evilmonkey501 |
evilmonkey501- 10:18pm BST - May 27th, 2008
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to get an international c licence you must be turning at least 17 the year the licence is issued....thats how I got mine @ 16.....younger than that and your s.o.l. ..... of course that was 12 years ago...The competition is open to residents of the UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany & Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.... NOT THE USA>>>>:(
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playstnlvr |
playstnlvr- 11:27pm BST - May 27th, 2008
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Wow. O_O I hope the marketing guy that came up with that got a big bonus.
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edward_moffet |
edd- 11:44pm BST - May 27th, 2008
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wow what an amazing contest thats freaking awesome!
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dahitman81
- 10:19am BST - May 28th, 2008
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I would kill to race in the GT-R, well not really but i would FREAKIN LOVE to do that.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 4:44am BST - May 29th, 2008
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NO WAY!!! They can't be serious about letting complete rookies behind the wheels of the behemoth Nissan GT-R,DAMN i wish i lived in Europe.....
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