The online section of the game will run until January 24 with national finals following soon afterwards. The GT Academy itself takes place between February 26 - March 3, 2010. The intensive training programme will start immediately and end with one driver racing in the opening European GT4 Cup race that could take place at Silverstone on May 2, 2010.
The competition is split into five main stages:
- Stage One – Competitors will record flying laps on a time trial-based track available via PlayStation Network, accessed through PS3.
- Stage Two – the holders of the twenty fastest online lap times from each participating country will qualify for their national final event. They will battle each other for the chance to move to the next phase of the competition.
- Stage Three – twenty finalists, chosen from each of the national finals events, will head to the world famous Silverstone circuit for the GT Academy itself – a five-day, comprehensive race driver ‘boot camp’. They will have a chance to develop new driving skills in an array of Nissan, and other, hardware, while also being judged on fitness and mental attitude.
- Stage Four – The two competitors that display the talent, fitness, aptitude, drive and determination to succeed in motor sport will benefit of an UK-based intensive driving and racing programme to qualify for an international racing license.
- Stage Five – There is only one place available for the driver with the most potential to compete on an international stage. The overall GT Academy 2010 champion will race a full season in the European GT4 Cup in a Nissan 370Z prepared by RJN Motorsport. The opening race is currently scheduled for May, 2010.
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