Sony has outdone themselves with the launch of the GT Academy. Not your average competition, GT Academy goes live in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on June 2nd, 2008. The pan-European competition will be open to residents of the UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany & Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
The three stage contest will start with phase one which continues for 7 weeks. Taking place online with a giant Gran Turismo 5 Prologue tournament on the PSN, players will compete to get the fastest time trial around the Eiger Nordwand track in a Nissan Fairlady 350Z. The second stage starts in July and will see the top 20 drivers compete head to head in GT 5: prologue. The three top drivers from that phase will be entered to…are you ready for this?
Beginning August 25th, those three top drivers will travel to Silverstone, the home of British motor racing, to take part in the GT Academy - a real-life driving competition on the track itself. The two fastest drivers from Silverstone then have the chance to enter a four month training program to earn their racing licenses and take part in a real life race in a fully race prepared Nissan 350Z at the 24 Hour endurance event in Dubai in January 2009.
Seriously. Wow.
You can hit up the
GT Academy site
for more information!
