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GT Academy

  • 2015 GT Academy international champion Matthew Simmons is currently racing in the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Series
    Games
    Contestants gear up for latest gamer-to-racer competition
    In 2008, Nissan and PlayStation's creation of a gamer-to-racer competition was unprecedented. Now, the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy is an established contest entering its eighth year, with past winners who have gone on to real-life motor racing success.
  • The fireworks on Saturday evening were spactacular
    Collectibles
    Pictorial: 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
    Pebble Beach might sell more million dollar cars, Villa d'Este might be more exclusive, but the Goodwood Festival of Speed is without a shadow of doubt, the largest celebration of motoring's heritage on Planet Earth.
  • The prize for the overall winner of the 2015 GT Academy is a place on a driver development program and a real-world racing contract
    Automotive
    2015 Nismo PlayStation GT Academy gamer-to-racer competition gets underway
    Once upon a time, racing game enthusiasts could only dream of graduating from competing on-screen to competing on-track. Then, in 2008, Nissan and Gran Turismo began a partnership that would give people that very chance. The GT Academy is now back for a seventh year.
  • Four Nissan GT Academy winners will race at Le Mans this year, including two who will join Alex Brundle in a Ligier JS P2
    Automotive
    Four gamers to compete in Le Mans 24 Hour
    Nissan has announced that four of its GT Academy gaming graduates will compete in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours race. These include the first "virtual-to-real" race driver Lucas Ordoñez and Mark Shulzhitsky, who has recently worked with Onroak Automotive on the new Ligier JS P2 he'll be driving.