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May 17 2013

GT Academy 2013 Begins in July, GT6 Set to Launch, and Gran Turismo Celebrates 15 Years

Watch highlights from the 15 Years of Gran Turismo event at Silverstone on May 15, 2013.

Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital

May 15 2013

Nissan and PlayStation Announce Biggest Ever GT Academy Program

Nissan Americas and Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC revealed that the groundbreaking GT Academy televised competition will return for a third season in North America.

Mar 8 2013

Toughest Test Yet for GT Academy Graduates

Nissan's GT Academy graduates are taught from Day One to believe that anything is possible if you want it enough. The current roster of graduates, now fully-fledged NISMO Athletes, must have big dreams as the 2013 racing season holds a plethora of challenges for the virtual-to-real racers.

Feb 20 2013

Nissan GT Academy Winners Are "Too Fast"

Nissan's GT Academy Team RJN entry for a two-car assault on the British GT Championship has been refused as the drivers are "too fast" for the national Pro-Am category.

The Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 in British GT Action (on track in the British GT Championship in 2012)

Jan 13 2013

Strong Dubai Debut for GT Academy Graduates

The Nissan PlayStation® GT Academy again demonstrated the strength and depth of its driver discovery and development program this weekend when the four newest graduates took their prize drive at the Dubai 24 Hours.

Jan 10 2013

GT Academy Teams Qualify 1-2 for Dubai 24 Hour in 370Zs

The two-car GT Academy Racing Team piloted their RJN Motorsports Nissan 370Zs to a sweep of the top two positions in the SP3 class in qualifying for the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race.

Jan 9 2013

GT Academy Set to Shine in the Heat of Dubai

Since its inception in 2008, the Nissan PlayStation® GT Academy competition has attracted over two million entries, making it unquestionably the world's most accessible driver scholarship.

Jan 3 2013

Nissan PlayStation GT Academy to Take Center Stage at Dubai 24 Hours

Nissan and PlayStation® will demonstrate the growth in scale and stature of its innovative GT Academy virtual-to-real-racer competition in January. 2012's GT Academy Champions from Europe, USA, Germany and Russia will line up on the grid at the prestigious Dubai 24 Hour race (January 10-12, 2013) in two 370Z Nismo GT4 Race cars and in doing so they complete their transition from PlayStation's class-leading Gran Turismo®5 game to Nissan's Endurance Race Team in just four months.

Dec 10 2012

Nissan GT Academy North America Season 2 Crowns Doherty, Eyes First International Race in January

An unemployed 29-year old mechanic from Plainfield, Ill., toppled 15 of North America's fastest virtual racers at the track to win Nissan GT Academy North America Season 2. Steve Doherty won a series of on- and off-track challenges designed to find out which of the top 16 Gran Turismo® virtual racers had what it takes to outdrive and outlast the others to earn a seat in a Nissan race car.

Dec 5 2012

Nissan's GT Academy 2012: Episode 5

The best of the best Gamers attempt a high speed drive-by thru narrow openings without crashing into a wall. A mistake could cost these gamers their dream.