Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 13:29 GMT
GT Academy EU to kick off on March 4
Sony’s just announced details of this year’s GT Academy, which will kick off on March 4 in Europe.
The publisher will hold the contest, which has been running since 2009, to find a driver and train them to become a real-life racer using Gran Turismo 5.
A time trial for this year’s event will go live on the Seasonal Events page in GT5 on March 4, and will run until April 17.
The US also has its own GT Academy ongoing, but has recently suffered some problems with cheaters.
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Posted in: PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gt academy, GT Academy 2011
20 comments
#1
sony_sucks
15/02/11, 2:19 pm
Ps3 is for cheaters and pirates
#2
orakaa
15/02/11, 2:28 pm
@1: Yeah… and obviously intelligence wasn’t made for you…
I am really sorry for your loss ^^
#3
XDamage
15/02/11, 2:28 pm
@1 You are most likely a cheater and a pirate.
#4
Crysis
15/02/11, 2:32 pm
@3, No he’s an inbred disgrace.
#5
KL
15/02/11, 2:34 pm
@1 you’re not up on track.other consoles are already hacked.
but Sony is in the hot spot these days because of that,good for them in a sense. it’s still advertising and nonetheless free
#6
Razor
15/02/11, 2:34 pm
The patch they release on Friday had better damn well fix the problems the US Academy had, like collision physics and shortcuts.
Polyphony delivered with the first big update, here’s hoping they deilver with the second one ^_^
#7
NoxNoctisUmbra
15/02/11, 3:24 pm
@1
Trolling fail!!!!
U MAD?
#8
sony_sucks
15/02/11, 3:57 pm
No need to even hack console just go pirate bay and get many ps3 game for free lol
Then find bot and hack and cheat in games haha or get all trophy unlocked
#9
Bloobat
15/02/11, 4:59 pm
@ 1 and 8, U are so damn retarded,I mean ur name just instantly shows that U will NEVER have somthing useful to say…
#10
robmlufc
15/02/11, 5:10 pm
@8 and brick your console? Yeah nice plan, good work there..
#11
Nozz
15/02/11, 5:35 pm
@8 http://tinyurl.com/5reu3ru
#12
Deacon
16/02/11, 1:40 pm
Any Europeans on here going to give this a shot ?
#13
NeoSquall
16/02/11, 1:43 pm
@12 Me, but I need to buy GT5 first.
#14
Psychotext
16/02/11, 1:44 pm
@12: I have no delusions of being even close to good enough to compete, and I’m pretty damn good at the game.
#15
Deacon
16/02/11, 2:05 pm
@13 – Get going son !
@14 – Never know unless you try ?!
I look forward to seeing the event appear in-game. I’m pretty far from average, and I’m excited to see where my skill fits in with the pros !
#16
Deacon
16/02/11, 2:08 pm
“The nations best Call of Duty players, made into marines and sent to Afghanistan.”
My favourite imaginary headline of the day.
#17
Psychotext
16/02/11, 2:16 pm
“Never know unless you try ?!”
I tried last time. I think I was something like 1,200th out of 80,000 or something like that. You need insane skills (or a combination of good skills and a ton of time) to break the top 100.
#18
Deacon
16/02/11, 2:25 pm
Being able to claim that you’re in the top 2% of GT5 players in your region is quite something. I think so anyway.
I don’t really have the time.. so we’ll see how far skill takes me.
#19
guapo
16/02/11, 2:33 pm
A friend of mine here in the states is now awaiting round 3, they pushed the date back because of all the shortcuts and people trying to “cheat”.
#20
Psychotext
16/02/11, 2:44 pm
“Being able to claim that you’re in the top 2% of GT5 players in your region is quite something. I think so anyway.”
Possibly… I’m normally in the top 1% of gamers on leaderboards, but the difference between the top 1% and the top 0.1% is HUUUUUGE.