Be a Racing Car Driver With Nissan GT Academy on PlayStation
Nissan GT Academy is here and it gives you a chance to be a race driver.
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Nissan and PlayStation will once again search the virtual world of Gran Turismo 6, for a real world racing driver.
The GT Academy is back and once again offers gamers a chance to live the dream as a NISMO Athlete.
GT Academy India Live Qualifying will begin on June 5th 2015 in Delhi and will proceed to Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
GT Academy Online Final Qualification round commenced on 2nd June 2015 and concludes on the 16th June on Gran Turismo 6 for PlayStation 3.
Online gamers will have an opportunity to drive the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo as a part of qualifying. Ten winners from the Live Events will then join ten winners from the online game at the Indian National Final to be held in July 2015, with the chance to grab one of six places at the famous Silverstone Race Camp.
Last year over 5000 gamers from all over India competed against each other in the race to the GT Academy final race camp. Abhinay Bikkani, one of the finalists from India last year, is currently racing in the Nissan Micra Cup in Canada.
A new competition, ‘GT Academy Asia’, will also be launched for 2015. The Asian region will feature Thailand and India, both of which were introduced to GT Academy in 2014 as part of the International competition, and will also be open to gamers from Indonesia, the Philippines and Nissan and PlayStation’s homeland, Japan. The winner of the GT Academy in Asia will bag an opportunity to race at the Dubai 24hrs in January 2016.
Gamers from up to 24 countries around the world will be able to enter, with GT Academy International and Asia.
The GT Academy is a collaboration between PlayStation and Nissan that uses the virtual world of the Gran Turismo 6 game to unearth real-world racing talent.
The GT Academy qualification round will be part of a free Gran Turismo 6 update on PlayStation 3. The fastest gamers in each participating territory gain access to their region’s National Final event. A number of competitors can also gain access via a series of Live Gran Turismo events organised locally. The National Finals add driving, fitness and a media element to the gaming.
The success stories have been many, like NISMO Athlete Ricardo Sanchez, is enjoying the life-changing journey of GT Academy and is currently racing a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 in the prestigious Blancpain Endurance Series in Europe. Such success proves that winning GT Academy is a genuine opportunity to launch a dream career as a racing driver.