Both racers are expected to announce new programmes for 2011 soon. Frenchman Jordan Tresson, the winner of last year's GT Academy competition, finished equal fourth with Ordoñez in the GT4 series. Lucas Ordoñez, the Spanish winner of the first instalment in 2008, went on to finish second in the 2009 European GT4 Cup and fourth in 2010. Since the first GT Academy in 2008, the innovative competition has established itself as a real and credible route into top-level motor sport for Gran Turismo gamers.
The winner of Race Camp will continue to be trained in high-performance Nissan race cars and compete in a series of national-level races in order to qualify for an international race licence and an entry into the Dubai race. Only two from each final will make it to the intensive six-day driver training ‘Race Camp' to be run at the world-famous Silverstone circuit. Leaderboards for each participating territory will highlight the fastest 20 racers who will proceed to a live territory final. This year's European competition will run across 10 countries with the online gaming phase starting on Friday, 4 th March and continuing until midnight on Sunday, 17 th April.
2011 marks the third season of GT Academy in Europe, as well as the inaugural year in the USA. GT Academy's global footprint is growing. The stakes are high with places at the GT Academy Race Camp to play for and a fully-supported drive in a Nissan 370Z GT4 car in the prestigious Dubai 24 Hour International race as the ultimate prize. The virtual stage of GT Academy will be played out on the ultra-realistic new Gran Turismo®5 game on PlayStation®3 (PS3 TM), that has sold over three million copies in Europe since launching in November 2010. The competition unites the worlds of virtual and real racing, offering one lucky winner the chance to realise their dream of becoming a certified racing driver.
Register your interest now on 15 th February 2011 - Nissan in Europe and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) will join forces to run a third instalment of the popular GT Academy in 2011.Virtual-to-Real racing competition will go live on 4 March.
Nissan and PlayStation® Team Up Again for Third GT Academy Manufacturing, Research and Development.
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