Nissan and Playstation create European GT Academy
Nissan has created a worldwide competitive driving test, called the GT Academy, for PS3 and GT5 fans. The eight-month, pan-European competition sees “virtual and real-life racing merge to make the wildest dreams of two aspiring race drivers come true.” The prize is a four-month training programme to earn racing licences, followed by a real-life race driving a Nissan 350Z as part of the Nissan team at the 24H endurance race in Dubai in January 2009.
To earn a place in GT Academy, candidates go through a series of elimination-based competitions on and off the racetrack - starting at a national level with an online GT5 Prologue tournament hosted on the Playstation Network.
Players will play the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue game on PS3. GT Academy goes live at the end of May. Entrants must register, via their PS3s, on the Playstation Network (PSN) to compete in the special online tournament. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on PS3 has sold over one million units since its launch, with the Gran Turismo franchise now having sold more than 50 million units worldwide.