The gap between racing video games and real-life motorsport has never been smaller, thanks to Nissan’s GT Academy, a competition that allowed Gran Turismo 5 gamers to become professional racers.
Long story short, the competition to turn a computer race driver into a real one debuted in Europe in 2009. Subsequently, after 54,000 people took a shot at it and went though multiple virtual competitional stages, a winner was crowned after actual racing, which tool place at the UK’s Silverstone racetrack.
Now, the whole experience is being brought into the US, with Nissan using a reality TV flavor for this.
You’ll be able to see the challenge that took one gamer from a his chair to a bucket seat in a five-episode program. Dubbed GT Academy USA, this is scheduled to debut on September 20 at 10 pm EST on the Speed Channel.
Now, the whole experience is being brought into the US, with Nissan using a reality TV flavor for this.
You’ll be able to see the challenge that took one gamer from a his chair to a bucket seat in a five-episode program. Dubbed GT Academy USA, this is scheduled to debut on September 20 at 10 pm EST on the Speed Channel.
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