Oh yes. PlayStation and Nissan’s GT Academy is live! Official release below…
Log onto www.gtacademy.eu to start your journey in the ultimate driving competition courtesy of PlayStation, Nissan and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue™
The ultimate competitive driving test began today as pan-European competition GT Academy went live in PLAYSTATION®3 title Gran Turismo 5 Prologue™. The competition will see entrants compete for a place in a real-life racing academy at the UK’s Silverstone track. Created by PlayStation and Nissan, GT Academy is designed to unite the worlds of virtual and real-life racing and make the dreams of aspiring race drivers a reality.
The competition is open to residents of the UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Germany & Austria, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. To enter, PS3 owners must register their PLAYSTATION®Network sign-in ID on www.gtacademy.eu. The next time they play Gran Turismo 5 Prologue online on PSN, they will be able to race in the GT Academy Time Trial where they will compete to be the fastest around the Eiger Nordwand track in a Nissan Fairlady Z Version S ‘07. Players can continue trying to improve their fastest time until the competition closes on July 18, 2008.
Following the close of this phase of the competition, the fastest 20 drivers in each country will be invited to a national final to compete head-to-head on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The fastest three drivers from each national final will then travel to Silverstone, the home of British motor racing, to take part in the GT Academy - a real-life driving competition on the Silverstone track itself. Competitors will not only have to prove their driving skills in a real-life Nissan GT-R but will also have their mental and physical skills assessed in a series of tests. The two fastest drivers from Silverstone then have the chance to enter a four-month training programme to earn their racing licenses and take part in a real life race, driving a fully race-prepared Nissan 350Z at the 24 Hour endurance event in Dubai in January 2009.
Speaking at the Nurburgring 24H race last weekend, Kazunori Yamauchi, Head of Polyphony Digital producers of Gran Turismo said: “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.
For full terms and conditions and more information about GT Academy visit www.gtacademy.eu.
cripes, as competitions go this takes the biscuit.
Now, if only I wasn’t crap at GT5p
Comment by mrsatansdojo — Jun 4, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
I hope they scrutinise the replays of the so called ‘top drivers’ and eliminate the fence bouncers…
Comment by BlueGene — Jun 4, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
Maybe it’s me but I can’t find it yet.
Comment by Shiver — Jun 4, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
Additional information:
According to this text the competition is open to residents of the UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Germany & Austria, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
According to the text in GT5 in the newssection. The Netherlands (where I live) is not part of the competition. Huh?
Comment by Shiver — Jun 4, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
Final update: they changed the sign-up process on the actual site. Will try it again in 30 minutes. Sorry for the spam
Comment by Shiver — Jun 4, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
Belgium isn’t also included in the list. How can it be?
Comment by The Entity — Jun 4, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
Cant access the site, is the URL correct?
Comment by VoodooCharlie — Jun 4, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
The site is http://www.gtacademy.eu and it will redirect you to the right page, but currently the registration is still not available and it says to try later…
Comment by TixSoul — Jun 4, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Sorry it’s me again! Still available if you access the site in english language…So I’ll do this even if I’m from Italy lol…
Comment by TixSoul — Jun 4, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
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its soooooo hard first try 197 second try 193 how you get into the top 20 i do not know!??
Comment by andy — Jun 4, 2008 @ 9:23 pm
if it’s anything like the GRiD/BMW compo it’ll be won by a 12yr old french kid
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Comment by mobiletone — Jun 5, 2008 @ 8:05 am
You forgot about Poland, again. But we hadn’t forgoten that you’ve forgoten. We’ve even covered it in an Feature Article on our page. Check it out:
http://www.ps3site.pl/nissan-gt-academy-nie-dla-nas/
Also, polygamia.pl did a feature about it:
http://polygamia.pl/gt-academy-startuje-a-polacy-moga-sobie-popatrzec
So thanks again SONY Computer (not)Enterntainement Europe for screwing us over! We’ve been standing by your side, supporting your actions and hoping it’ll get beter in time, but as it seems, we are not worthy enough.
Don’t expect any good words from us in the future.
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