24YO Student from Portugal Named 2013 Nissan GT Academy Champion
12 Sep 2013, 14:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Miguel Faisca has been declared the 2013 champion of the now famous Nissan GT academy for Europe. He is a 24 year old student from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and Nissan describes him as being a...
Nissan GT Academy USA Reality Show Coming to Speed Channel
19 Sep 2011, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / 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 racer...
American GT Academy Winner Readies for Pro Racing
7 Jun 2011, 06:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Brian Heitkotter of Fresno, California, has been announced today as the inaugural winner of the GT Academy competition in the United States, proving he has what it takes to go from virtual to realit...
Great Britain Selects 2011 GT Academy Winners
12 May 2011, 05:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and G... amers, the UK has selected its best virtual racing drivers in British GT Academy final, with two winners selected to represent the country at the international competition that will ...
UK GT Academy Wild Card Winner Announced
11 Apr 2011, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The UK GT Academy has a new contender, in the person of James Hudson, who has recently won a unique “Wild Card” in a competition held by Nissan and Sony Computer Entertainment UK. Hud...
First Nissan GT Academy Winner Races at Sebring
21 Mar 2011, 08:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What professional gamer out there doesn’t dream of becoming a real-life race driver? Well, if you are really good with your console controller, you might actually be in with a chance, as Lucas...
GT Academy Starts in the US
17 Nov 2010, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / So, Gran Turismo 5 is still not on the market, even if it should have been for some time now. We hear the game will be launched later this month, but that too is a relative estimate. Luckily, while ...
Jordan Tresson Wins 2010 Nissan GT Academy
22 Apr 2010, 12:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Frenchman Jordan Tresson, 21, has been announced today as this year’s winner of the GT Academy set up by Nissan and PlayStation. Tresson competed on Silverstone’s new Grand Prix circuit ...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Winners Make Racing Debut
19 Mar 2010, 15:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The two winners of this year’s GT Academy, Italian Luca Lorenzini and Frenchman Jordan Tresson, raced for real for the first time at Snetterton the past weekend. They were racing on road tire...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Winners Announced
4 Mar 2010, 08:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After five days of intense competition, the eighteen finalists battling against each other at the Silverstone circuit in the UK have been reduced to just two. Yesterday, Nissan announced that Italia...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Final 18 Competing at Silverstone
1 Mar 2010, 08:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One of the most challenging quests put up by Nissan and PlayStation takes place these days at the Silverstone circuit in the UK. No more than 18 winners from the 17 participating countries are gathe...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Time Trial Enters Final Days
21 Jan 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / There are only three days left until the online action of the GT Academy Time Trial ends on January 24, Nissan announced today. The holders of the twenty fastest times from each participating t...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Time Trial Reaches 1M Downloads
13 Jan 2010, 07:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / GT Academy Time Trial has been downloaded by over one million players, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced yesterday. The competition runs across 15 European countries, as well as A...
2010 Nissan GT Academy Now Live
18 Dec 2009, 13:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / From now until January 24, enthusiasts will be able to have a preview of the very much anticipated Gran Turismo 5 game and enter the time trial phase of Nissan’s GT Academy 2010. The grand pri...
Nissan GT Academy Is Back for 2010
4 Dec 2009, 08:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Going live on December 17, 2009, the GT Academy 2010 set up by Nissan through the PlayStation GranTurismo5 game will try to find a real-world racing driver, who will benefit of an intensive race tra...