New Gran Turismo 5 GT Academy 2011 Teaser 1

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), in collaboration with Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) and Polyphony Digital Inc., today announced the premiere of GT Academy USA, a reality show that takes 16 Gran Turismo 5 gamers and gives them a chance to become a professional race car driver. The program will be featured as a five-part reality series on SPEED TV beginning September 20.

This is beyond your dream job. Can a video game develop the skills needed to become a professional racecar driver? To find out, Nissan has brought America's fastest 16 out of nearly 54,000 Gran Turismo 5 gamers who participated in a National tournament and thrown them into a competition for a shot at becoming a motorsports professional. England's legendary Silverstone Circuit is the battleground for these contestants as they clash in challenges on and off the racetrack. Judging them along the way are some of the biggest names in motorsports: Danny Sullivan, Tommy Kendall and Liz Halliday.

GT Academy USA is divided into three phases: tournament, driver development and reality show. Content is collected from each phase and is culminated with a reality show scheduled to air on SPEED, which will announce the season one winner of GT Academy USA. The five-part episode will make its debut on September 20. Originally launched in Europe in 2009, GT Academy USA is being brought to the U.S. for the first time. GT Academy USA was built and adapted to appeal to the local audience for racing and gaming, while maintaining the universality of its promise to take a fan's dream of racing to another dimension.

"GT Academy USA will create a life changing experience for gamers, celebrating the authenticity of Gran Turismo 5 for Sony PlayStation, and real life racing and performance, innovation for Nissan," said Jon Brancheau, vice president of marketing for Nissan North America, Inc. "GT Academy USA is a mesh of gaming, branded entertainment, and social media, all designed to entertain, engage, and reward the audience across multiple platforms from gaming consoles to social networks and primetime." GT Academy USA digital efforts spanned across several auto and gaming enthusiast sites and a custom Nissan site. To maximize excitement around the tournament we created a custom GT Academy USA driving tips and sign up process video.

Phase 1:
Nearly 54,000 registered to compete and tried to make it to the National Finals in Orlando, Florida, where they battled head-to-head across a three-day live event held from March 22-23, 2011.

Phase 2:
GT Academy's top 16 players were sent to an intensive seven-day racing academy at the world-renowned Silverstone Racing Complex in England. Players endured a series of elimination rounds, mental and physical aptitude tests designed to determine the GT Academy USA Champion. Each finalist built their race knowledge and encountered automotive challenges that put them to the test. Contestants were eliminated throughout the week until a final winner was crowned the GT Academy USA winner of Season 1.

Phase 3:
The program will be featured as a five-part series on SPEED beginning Tuesday, September 20 at 10 p.m. EDT. The final payoff, the winner will become a Nissan-sponsored professional racecar driver who will join the European GT Academy winners - forming a four person team that will race the legendary 24-hour race in Dubai.

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[NiGhTeMaRe35]

@rockabdechafi4ever so who cares?

[samuelesm]

Forza still looks like plastic during gameplay. The menu rendering is much better though. Forza's physics doesn't compete with Gran Turismo's

[lavere]

i just stayed up all night to watch the marathon on the Speed channel and it was amazing!! these guys were sooo lucky!

[DarknesspainF1]

but Gran Turismo is a arcade, so meh :P

[ironlykalion]

@xxalchemist1128xx You can't compare because GT5 is console and the others are PC

[BubbaWatsonfan15]

@samuelesm 

[xxalchemist1128xx]

gran turismo is arcade! iracing n rFactor are the true simulators

[atawias]

Baaaaad

[rockabdechafi4ever]

@samuelesm no man sorry u are wrrong , i have a game station store and i have many ps3 , i know what in it

[samuelesm]

@rockabdechafi4ever the graphics card may be better, but the CPU on the PS3 is so good that modified versions are used in super computers. The CPU does some of the PS3's graphics processing.

[rockabdechafi4ever]

@samuelesm what ?? who told u that ?? Lol ,xbox graphic card is nvidia something ,, just like The expensive pc , but the ps3 its a non Good quality card graphics ! but the graphic in gt5 is nice than fm3 ,but forza 4 is mooore realistic than both of them

[samuelesm]

@rockabdechafi4ever The 360's capacity is much smaller that the PS3's so in the menu and the non-racing modes, the cars look great, but in gameplay, they look about the same.