If you hadn't read about this from the
live blogging earlier today, then better put on the seatbelts GT fans -- this one is going to be quite a ride. The PlayStation brand and Nissan car manufacturer are giving racing enthusiasts a chance to live out a dream with the introduction of GT Academy. GT Academy is a competition that'll earn two lucky gamers a four-month training program for a real racing license, and using it to race for team Nissan at the January 2009 24-hour endurance race in Dubai. Yes, you heard that right, a chance to race a real car (a Nissan 350Z) in a real competition. That doesn't come often. So, want to know how you can enter?
Well, to get into the Academy you'll have to register via the PSN with your copy of
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. You'll be first entering into a special online tourney qualifier before going into real cars for a "series of elimination-based competitions on and off the racetrack" starting at the nation level. This will go on for eight months all across Europe (sorry, not for any other region). You'll be able to sign-up at the end of May when GT Academy goes live. Good luck! Godspeed!
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Seminole @ May 6th 2008 5:37PM
I better not hear anyone from Europe bitch about the Americans or Japanese getting better treatment from Sony. I would so give up some PSN updates to do this.
tomas_sharp @ May 6th 2008 5:44PM
because this is SCEE that's organising this? for one person? sounds like a whole lot better treatment to me....
finelicker @ May 6th 2008 5:57PM
Sweet, I'm seriously going to go for this, an excuse to finally take the GTA disc out of the PS3 :)