Really real driving simulation news now, with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Nissan launching
GT Academy, the competition that will put two of Europe's best
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue players inside rapidly moving hunks of metal. If you happen to live in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway or Denmark, and have always wanted to go hurtling around a track at terrifying speeds, now's your chance.
The
GT Academy website is already up and running, with the first, seven-week long stage of the competition following on June 2nd. You'll have to register your PSN ID on the site during that time and set your fastest lap around the Eiger Nordwand track in a Nissan Fairlady 350Z. Following that, you'll need to come out tops in a national final held in July, and finally, avoid crashing on the real life Silverstone track in August.
Easy peasy.
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Oh wait, no US...so much for destiny.
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Hence why they will be trained?...
"The twenty fastest racers from each country will go on to phase two, the national finals, which begin in July. These players will then be whittled down to just three per country, who will go on to the final phase: the real world GT Academy at Silverstone on the 25th of August.
...As if that wasn't exciting enough, the two fastest players at the track will go on to complete a four-month training course for their racing license and then race in the 24 hour endurance event in Dubai in January 2009."
but if they DIDNT train them, geeks would die.
but if they DIDNT train them, geeks would die."
sigh, first you state something and then you state something completly different?
Anyway, it goes on to show that Joystiq needs an edit button...