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Breaking news from
PlayStation. One real good reason to get a VisionRacer and get driving
fast! Just announced is the start of the lead up to GT5. Check our
the Euro GT5 Managers blog entry.
Quote from Playstation EU
"Hello everyone, its Penrose Tackie here Gran Turismo, European Brand Manager.
Following the groundbreaking success of the GT Academy last year and as part of our activities around the forthcoming launch of Gran Turismo 5, I am delighted to officially unveil GT Academy 2010.
On 17th December exclusively via the PlayStation store,
we will be launching the GT Academy 2010 Time Trial. The time trial
will be the only way into this year’s Academy, and if you’ve got what
it takes it could be the start of a life-changing journey.
Last year the GT Academy programme unearthed a real driving talent
in the form of Lucas Ordonez from Spain, who after winning the GT
Academy went on to drive for the Nissan PlayStation race team and take
an astonishing second place in the GT4 Championship – all in his first
season!
This time around the Academy is even bigger and better, and
competition is bound to be pretty fierce – perhaps best of all though
for Gran Turismo fans, it will be the first opportunity to get a
hands-on taster as to what Yamauchi-san and his Polyphony team have
been carefully crafting and polishing at their Tokyo base.
Qualify in the top twenty within your country and you will be invited to a national final event, where you will pit your wits against the best Gran Turismo drivers in the country. If you make it from there only then will you join the elite 20 that will be taken into the GT Academy 2010.
Only the two best drivers will make it out of this 5 day test of
nerve and skill. From there will follow an intensive driver training
schedule from which we will select our one GT Academy ace.
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The time trial features the stunning Nissan 370Z in two guises.
Firstly a blisteringly fast, race-tuned monster and secondly an only
slightly less fearsome non-tuned version. The 370Z is the most recent of the new range of cars wearing the
famous ‘Z’ brand revived by Japanese manufacturer Nissan. The car has
been specially chosen for its challenging but hugely entertaining
rear-wheel drive dynamics and the time trial should allow GT novices
and veterans alike to get a real idea of what its like to get to grips
with this sensational car.
To enter the Academy racers will have to post their best overall
leaderboard times negotiating a specially created section of a new Gran
Turismo 5 circuit. This best time will be a composite of two separate
runs – one with the tuned vehicle and the other with the non-tuned
version. You will have the opportunity to keep refining your overall best
time from the launch of the demo right up until the close of this time
trial stage at 24.00 CET on 24th January 2010. To give a flavour of what the GT Academy is all about, check out this trailer.
Click YouTube logo to watch in higher resolution
The GT Academy will run in the following countries:
UK, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Italy,
Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal,
Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand However gamers in countries not mentioned on the list need not fear
as there will be a special Gran Turismo 5 Time Trial Challenge for them
to get to grips with it, too. If you want to keep up to date with what’s happening with GT5 and the GT Academy 2010 keep checking back on the PlayStation.Blog and also check out the following links. www.gran-turismo.com GT fans get ready to start your engines! Endquote |
