Nissan + Polyphony Challenge You To Gran Turismo In Real Life

[scathing]

Now this is a video game contest.

Industry leaders PlayStation and Nissan have come together to create the ultimate competitive driving test - GT Academy. 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: a four-month training programme to earn their 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 will face a series of elimination-based competitions on and off the racetrack - starting at a national level with an online GT5 Prologue tournament hosted on PLAYSTATION®Network.

Only open to Europeans, I'm afraid.

Source: The Motor Report

[RusH_]

Now this is a video game contest.

Only open to Europeans, I'm afraid.

Source: The Motor Report

wow that sounds awesome, but u know, the consola based part of it will probly be won by some major computer nerds who have never driven a real car, then they'll get to the track and shit themselves when their heads are snapped back into the seats!!

[Baconer]

haha, i remember watching a show where a kid who was really good at rally simulation games got to drive a Subaru on a rally track in real life. Unsurprisingly he crashed it and caused a shit load of damage. Apparently they learned a few lessons this time around with the 4 months training course