Gran Turismo Academy 2011 Launches

Gran Turismo Academy 2011 Launches

Gran Turismo Academy 2011 Launches

GTacademy has returned for its third installment on the Sony PS3. This competition unites the worlds of virtual racing and real racing, and one lucky winner will be given the opportunity to become aprofessionalracing driver.

The virtual stage of the competition will be played out on the ultra realistic Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3. (Register now athttp://eu.gran-turismo.com/gb/academy/2011/).

This years European competition will be run across ten countries, the online gaming phase began on 4th March and will run until 17th April 2011. The fastest twenty drivers from each country will proceed to a liveterritoryfinal. Only two drivers from each territory will make it to the intensive six-day driver training Race Camp' to be run at the world-famous Silverstone circuit.

The winner of the race camp will be trained in high performance Nissan race cars before competing in a national series inorderto try and qualify for an international race license and an entry into theDubairace.

Since the first GT academy in 2008, the competition has established itself as a genuine, credible route into top level motor sport for Gran Turismo gamers. Lucas Ordoez, the Spanish winner of the first instalment in 2008, went on to finish second in the 2009 European GT4 Cup and fourth in 2010. Frenchman Jordan Tresson, the winner of last year's GT Academy competition, finished equal fourth with Ordoez in the GT4 series. Both racers are expected to announce new programmes for 2011 soon.

GT Academy in 2010 enjoyed enormous success with 1.2 million gamers taking part. The competition found a very high-profile fan in judge, and former Formula One team boss, Eddie Jordan, who commented at the Silverstone event: "This has been extraordinary, I have been absolutely blown away. I could not believe that these gamers, with no experience of racing cars, could do this. They really are great drivers, all of them, and they can be rightly proud of what they have achieved. I know that they have all had an amazing experience that will stay with them forever."

Residents from 10 European countries, combined into six territory groups, are eligible to take part in GT Academy 2011. They include: 1. Germany and Austria; 2. France and Switzerland; 3. UK and Ireland; 4. Spain and Portugal; 5. Italy; and 6. the Netherlands.

So what are you waiting for, get to your PS3 and start setting some lap times now!

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