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PlayStation's GT Academy down to the final 16 photo

Sony, Polyphony Digital and Nissan have been hosting an amazing competition called GT Academy. The contest, which centers around racing game Gran Turismo 5, will give one person the opportunity of a lifetime to become a professional race car driver. Over 53,000 Gran Turismo 5 players participated in Round 1 of the online tournament. The National Finals event in Orlando, Florida, just finished up, and now the top 16 players in the country are now on their way to Silverstone racing circuit in England for the final stage of the competition.

I would have given my left lug nut to be a part of this.

Those final 16 will participate in a week-long boot camp in June. The top driver from there will become the official GT Academy winner for the U.S. and will have the opportunity to train with elite race car drivers and compete as part of a professional Nissan racing team in an undisclosed race.

Awesome. So awesome.








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VolksONER's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2011 23:36
VolksONER
I coulda been a contender.
falsenipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2011 23:41
falsenipple
I guarantee you that the winner of this probably has some very serious, racing chops.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 00:14
brainderailment
At first I started trying to qualify, then I started to see the top lap times. I might be able to compete in real life, but not in the videogame.
mcana's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 01:59
mcana
I like GT Academy game very nice... racing shops
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sofik88's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 02:52
sofik88
it's cool and all, but still no info about Intel/iRacing GP Series world finals? you know, actual and legitinate sim racing competition with the best sim racers in the world(including many professional drivers). as a fan of racing games i though you would be all over this sort of thing since it was the biggest sim racing competition to date.
kinda made me wish i subscribed to iRacing, but after trying it i know i'm nowhere near that - i'm still on the rFactor, netKar PRO and RACE level of simracing.
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Gene Eric's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 05:39
Gene Eric
Better than Rock Band 3! I mean who even heard of half the bands there.
SirNinjaFace's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 07:51
SirNinjaFace
This is pretty cool, i never heard about this before, but then again i don't play Gran Turismo. Good luck to everyone participating.
Gestault's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 08:06
Gestault
I've heard there's still some serious problems with cheating, and I know they already nixed at least one round because of it. Any updates on that?
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/06/2011 08:42
fetusmilk
the winner will be killed in a crash 5 min after he steps into the real car. sorry, no extra lives or special race rewinds to save your life.
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