Nissan and Sony To Let Gran Turismo Champions Race Real GT-Rs

[BlackZ28]

Nissan and Sony To Let Gran Turismo Champions Race Real GT-Rs

NURBURG, Germany — It's a day for celebration for anyone who was ever told that playing video games wouldn't get them anywhere. Nissan and Sony are teaming up to hold a massive contest to find the best Gran Turismo players in the world — and let them try their skills at the wheel of real cars.

All Playstation 3 owners can enter the first stage of the contest online, which is set to run for seven weeks starting June 2. Gamers will enter using their Playstation Network ID on a dedicated Web site. To qualify, they'll have to put up their best lap times in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on the Eiger Nordwand track in a Nissan Fairlady 350Z.

The 20 fastest drivers in each country will receive an invitation to compete face to face in July. After the dust settles on the preliminary competitions, the three quickest racers will be invited to take part in GT Academy at Silverstone, the home of British auto racing. There they'll train on a real track using a real Nissan GT-R, as well as undergo a series of mental and physical tests to prove their mettle as drivers.

The two best trained contestants at the end of the academy have the opportunity to enroll in an intensive four-month training program to earn racing licenses and compete driving a race-spec Nissan 350Z at a 24-hour endurance event in Dubai in January 2009.

Stephane Cottin, Nissan Europe vice president of marketing and strategy, called GT Academy "a first for the motoring industry" and commented: "Never before has a competition of this scale been undertaken to unite the worlds of virtual and real-life racing. GT Academy sets the challenge to see if gamers can re-create their performance behind the wheel of a real racing car and on their journey be amongst the first in Europe to drive the GT-R on track."

What this means to you: It's American Idol for people who live to race

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[norachelhere]

that sounds badass...
Kinda wish I had a ps3... i doubt I would come close to winning, I drive too much by feel... but it would still be cool...

[RITZ7]

damn i hope someone on TR can maybe make that and let us know how it is.

[13Brotary]

They should have the Stig race them on PS3 and then on Nurgbugring, just to make sure they don't get too cocky.

[shinmei2006]

damn i hope someone on TR can maybe make that and let us know how it is.

im gonna try to make you proud ritz

[Ronald Mcdonald]

Wow.

That would be retarded awesome to be the person that wins that.

[Puto]

You would have to have been playing since been playing since been playing since been playing

[kaluwa]

ibPS3fanboyscreamthemselves

[shinmei2006]

in other news

Fans of xbox360 will be treated to a ride along in a stock 93 civic on a drive to the grocery store

[kairojya]

^ LOL

and i'll try it for the hell of it, i love GT5

[kaluwa]

in other news

And in other, other news..

Try all you want, your broke ass will never ever get within arms reach of a GTR so just keep fantasizing about it while riding in a busted s13..

[shinmei2006]

And in other, other news..

Try all you want, your broke ass will never ever get within arms reach of a GTR so just keep fantasizing about it while riding in a busted s13..

in other other other news...
you apparently arent doing so hot either, hence you are riding in a civic bought by mom all the way to your highschool parking lot

and

my broke ass has a brother who isnt...and is awaiting the second gen of GT-Rs (so they work out the little bugs) to pick one up...

so although i wont personally own one...ill definitely be gettin within arms reach of one

[kairojya]

my broke ass has a brother who isnt...and is awaiting the second gen of GT-Rs (so they work out the little bugs) to pick one up...

so although i wont personally own one...ill definitely be gettin within arms reach of one

it's true ^

hell i could get one too by that time, be a nice daily

[shinmei2006]

nope i rode the cheese wagon the entire 60 mile roundtrip to school!! and youre right i do need to take that s12 outta my sig...someone (another s12 guy) who is actually into using cars for other than driving to meets and school, has already claimed it.

but once again this thread has turned around, ill stop arguing with you now, dont want you to "hack my photobucket" lol

[kairojya]

^ dude back then we went to school somewhere around 30~ miles from our houses

he decided to spend money on going to Japan and just riding the bus while working, i decided on the other hand to spend all my money on a car and being able to afford driving the huge dick distance to school and having to work more etc etc /fail