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The new 2008 Nissan GTR has attained an unbelievable, almost supernatural status. It has eclipsed the best offerings from Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and has even been described by many as a 'Baby Veyron'. Choice accolades indeed, and this is even before it's hit European and USA shores!
We've driven it and can confirm that it is indeed as incredible as the media portrays it. It delivers in every aspect - speed, style, comfort, practicality - it truly is a next generation car and has moved the goalposts so far ahead, it has left its rivals slack jawed in its wake.
The Nissan GTR is also the first GTR to be distributed outside of Japan officially under the endorsement of Nissan Europe. It's not without celebration too. As a club and forum, we've long been singing the praises of a car that has wowed and shocked many school kids from traffic light corners.
We're looking forward to the next few years - a new dawn has begun and we're delighted to be right in the heart of its rays.
Nissan and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have joined forces again to bring gaming and motor sport fans the ultimate racing competition. GT Academy 2010 will go live on 17 December, 2009 and will use the virtual world of the new PlayStation® Gran Turismo®5 game to find a real-world racing driver. The stakes are high, with an intensive race training programme and a season-long drive in a full race-spec Nissan 370Z in the European GT4 Cup as the ultimate prize.
GT Academy 2010 is the second instalment of this incredible competition. In 2008/09, Lucas Ordoñez, a 23-year-old Spanish student, graduated from his PlayStation®3 (PS3TM) console to become a full-on racing driver via the GT Academy. Lucas is living proof that the answer to the question posed by PlayStation and Nissan - “can the world of virtual racing unearth a real racing talent?” - was a resounding “yes”.
After a debut in the Dubai International 24 Hour race alongside former F1 driver Johnny Herbert, Lucas teamed-up with British driver Alex Buncombe to campaign a Nissan 350Z. Driving for the RJN Motorsport GT Academy team, the pair took part in the full European GT4 Cup season, mostly run alongside the prestigious FIA GT series. Their stunning performances included two race wins and two second-place finishes that left them an agonisingly close second in the drivers’ classification, but winners of the Teams’ Championship.
The success of Nissan and PlayStations’ ‘experiment’ spurred them on to make GT Academy 2010 even bigger and better. The competition falls into four main stages.
Full details here: http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/128779-gt-academy-returns.html#post1216240
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