GT5 Prologue Academy compo begins

By Robert Purchese Published 4 June, 2008

Win four months as a real-life racer.

Sony has begun its GT Academy competition for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Two winners will be invited to join a four-month, real-life racing training programme before jetting off to Dubai in January to take part in a gruelling 24-hour endurance event.

To stand a chance at winning you need to register your PSN ID on the GT Academy website, and then next time you go online in GT5 Prologue you'll be able to compete in the time trial.

If you're among the 20 fastest in your country around the Eiger Nordwand course in a Nissan Fairlady Z Version S '07, you will go through to a national final.

Only those from UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Germany & Austria, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will get to take part. Bad luck Belgium! (We're doing a frowny face for you.)

Then, the three fastest in the national final will be going to Silverstone to compete in real-life cars and some spooky mental and physical tests. The top two here become the star prize winners.

The initial round of the competition closes on 18th July.

"This is a very exciting day for Gran Turismo," said Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi. "The Gran Turismo story started 10 years ago with the ambition to make a racing game that gives players the ultimate driving simulation experience.

"The GT Academy is the ultimate realisation of this ambition, taking the Gran Turismo experience to the next level," he added.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • DFawkes #1 4 years ago

    Agreed, not much of a compo if it losses you your job. Luckily, I have a get out clause - I'm shit at GT5 and will never see anywhere near the top of the board.

  • jonsaan #2 4 years ago

    I love GT prologue but I am so shit it's not worth me entering this quite frankly.

  • sickpuppysoftware #3 4 years ago

    If it doesn't feature a really tall bloke, a woman with a squeaky voice, a guy who makes noises, a shower scene and Steve Guttenberg then I'm not interested.

  • Bumhug360 #4 4 years ago

    Lets just hope alberto1984 doesnt enter as none of us will stand a chance

    (http://ww w.eurogamer.net/forum_thread_po... if you dont read the forum)

  • Mortey #5 4 years ago

    What a shit idea.....

    So someone who can play a game is naturally going to be good at it in real life?

    I'm off to play some Real Love!!!

  • flapps #6 4 years ago

    There's no pleasing some people!
    All the first comments are so typically cynical. I mean, this is a competition with a fantastic prize for people who'd love the chance to drive in a real racing championship, and be trained for 4 months to be ready for it. It's a great opportunity, but for most people who've commented on this so far, it's apparently some piece of s*** tournament, Guess you'd be happier with a bunch of free games as a prize instead of something based in reality?

  • Mortey #7 4 years ago

    @flapps

    not games just money!

    As someone else pointed out most people have bills to pay, what happens there? Also racing drivers are usually very gifted (even the bad ones).

    It's a nice idea but as usual for Sony it is very poorly thought out.

    PS according the press you also should consider the average bottom size of a gamer...!
    Edited by 1 at 04/06/08 @ 17:01

  • flapps #8 4 years ago

    @ Mortey 'PS according the press you also should consider the average bottom size of a gamer...! '
    Heheh, sad but true : )

  • monkie_king #9 4 years ago

    Those guys who make it to Silverstone will get a nasty shock when they try to ram their opponents out of the way at 130mph.

  • chronom4n #10 4 years ago

    come on this is a joke. what if the winner turns out to be underage? that would be a laugh! I reckon some real life racer will enter it and blow the shit out of the gamers. And what am i suppose to do after the four months? go back to my real job stacking shelves eh.