{"id":4258,"date":"2009-12-04T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T01:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2009-12-04T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T01:04:33","slug":"playstation%c2%ae-announce-gt-academy-%e2%80%93-the-ultimate-racing-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4258","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation\u00ae announce GT Academy \u2013 the ultimate racing prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>PlayStation\u00ae announce GT Academy \u2013 the ultimate racing prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Following successful \u201cvirtual-to-real\u201d racer experience, GT Academy 2010 is bigger and better<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Online time trial version of Gran Turismo\u00ae5<sup> <\/sup>available from 17 December<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Australia and New Zealand announce inaugural involvement<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SYDNEY, 4<sup>th<\/sup> December 2009<\/strong> \u2013 Nissan Europe and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have joined forces again to bring gaming and motor sport fans the ultimate racing competition. GT Academy 2010 will go live on 17 December, 2009 and will use the virtual world of the new PlayStation\u00ae Gran Turismo\u00ae5 game to find a real-world racing driver. The stakes are high, with an intensive race training programme and a season-long drive in a full race-spec Nissan 370Z in the European GT4 Cup as the ultimate prize.\u00a0 Also announced today is the first time involvement of Australia and New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GT Academy 2010 is the second instalment of this incredible competition. In 2008\/09, Lucas Ordo\u00f1ez, a 23-year-old Spanish student, graduated from his PlayStation\u00ae3 (PS3<sup>TM<\/sup>) console to become a full-on racing driver via the GT Academy. Lucas is living proof that the answer to the question posed by PlayStation and Nissan &#8211; \u201ccan the world of virtual racing unearth a real racing talent?\u201d &#8211; was a resounding \u201cyes\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a debut in the Dubai International 24 Hour race alongside former F1 driver Johnny Herbert, Lucas teamed-up with British driver Alex Buncombe to campaign a Nissan 350Z. Driving for the RJN Motorsport GT Academy team, the pair took part in the full European GT4 Cup season, mostly run alongside the prestigious FIA GT series. Their stunning performances included two race wins and two second-place finishes that left them an agonisingly close second in the drivers\u2019 classification, but winners of the Teams\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlayStation\u00ae announce GT Academy \u2013 the ultimate racing prize Following successful \u201cvirtual-to-real\u201d racer experience, GT Academy 2010 is bigger and better Online time trial version of Gran Turismo\u00ae5 available from 17 December Australia and New Zealand announce inaugural involvement\u00a0 SYDNEY, 4th December 2009 \u2013 Nissan Europe and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have joined forces<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4258\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4259,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions\/4259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}