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Sony Computer Entertainment has announced GT Academy 2010, kicking off on December 17 with a downloadable time trial track from Gran Turismo 5. The time trial will be the only way into this year’s Academy.
The time trial features the Nissan 370Z in two guises. Firstly a blisteringly fast, race-tuned model and secondly an only slightly slower non-tuned version. To enter the Academy racers will have to post their best overall leaderboard times negotiating a specially created section of a new Gran Turismo 5 circuit. This best time will be a composite of two separate runs – one with the tuned vehicle and the other with the non-tuned version.
You will have the opportunity to keep refining your overall best time from the launch of the demo right up until the close of this time trial stage at 24:00 CET on January 24, 2010.
Qualify in the top twenty within your country using the Time Trial download and you’ll be invited to a national final event, where you will pit your wits against the best Gran Turismo drivers in the country. The best will form an elite 20 that will be taken into the GT Academy 2010.
The two best drivers will make it out of this 5 day test of skill. Following an intensive driver training schedule, just one will be selected as the GT Academy ace.
The GT Academy will run in the following countries:
UK
Ireland
France
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Belgium
Australia
New Zealand
If your country isn’t on the list you won’t be able to enter the GT Academy competition, but the Time Trial demo will still be available to download.
Kazunori Yamauchi, president of Polyphony Digital and creator of the Gran Turismo series commented: “This has been a very rewarding partnership. The whole GT Academy concept is very close to my heart. Our target with the Gran Turismo series has always been to come as close as possible to a real driving experience. To witness the level of driving achieved by GT players after a relatively short space of time at the GT Academy was very satisfying for me and I look forward to seeing the 2010 finalists in action. I am also very happy to have the opportunity for our GT community to have a preview of the Gran Turismo 5 game.”
You’ll find further details on the the GT Academy Facebook page.
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