The Nürburgring 24 Hour Race Starts

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On Thursday May 17, The Nürburgring 24 Hour Race has started at the Nürburgring circuit of Germany. This year’s race is the commemorative 40th race since its start in 1970. There are well over 100 thousand spectators here to see the battle between 200 racing machines, in the forest of Eifel also dubbed the “Green Hell”,

As with last year, major German works teams of Porsche, Audi, BMW, and Mercedes clash, while Aston Martins, Corvettes, and the new McLaren jump into the fray. From Japan are the Lexus LF A, Subaru Impreza and the Toyota 86, while the Peugeot RCZ and MINI face off in the compact car class.

Gran Turismo Series Producer Kazunori Yamauchi will participate in this race as a member of the new “GT Academy” team. Joining the list of drivers is the first GT Academy Winner, Lucas Ordonez, who will be driving the race for the first time alongside Tobias Schulze who raced with Yamauchi last year, as well as Yasukichi Yamamoto. The car they will be driving is the Nissan GT-R, a car that has been kept close in specs to the commercially sold Club Track Edition road car.

The start of the race final is Saturday, May 19 at 4PM local time. gran-turismo.com will be setting up a special page to bring you coverage from the world’s greatest grass-roots race. Enjoy the 24 hour drama brought to you by man and machine, right on this page.

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Round 3 and 4 are now open

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Round 3 and 4 are now open. New challenges are now available.

While the GT Academy 2012 event is being held, you can start from round 1 at any time.

['GT Academy 2012' Special Page]
http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/academy/2012/

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Notice: Cancellation of Seasonal Event

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Notice: Cancellation of Seasonal Event

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We have discovered a problem in the Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event, “Time Trial No. 35 – 500PP Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Time Trial” that was available from the 2nd May. The availability of this event has therefore been restricted for the time being.

We apologise for this inconvenience.

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‘GT Academy 2012′ Begins

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‘GT Academy 2012′ Begins

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It’s the moment all of you aspiring race drivers have been waiting for: GT Academy 2012 has officially started. If you think you have what it takes, go to PlayStation Store and download the free demo of GT Academy 2012.

This national competition, designed to turn the best Gran Tursimo players into real-life race drivers welcomes drivers of all levels. Each participant will compete in a series of virtual trials, piloting Nissan cars, over an eight-week period in 40 different events. Each round features five events that players can retry as many times as they want. Only the fastest lap times will be recorded and ranked. Rounds 1 and 2 are the first set of trials to open.

The last stage of the eight-week competition will serve as the finale—Round 8, Event 5—where it all boils down to one FINAL online time trial challenge. Only the fastest lap times will go up on the national leader boards, so in order to move up in the rankings, you must continually improve your performance. Take all the key driving techniques that you have acquired from each of the trials, and unleash them in Round 8, Event 5. Your performance here will determine if you have what it takes to move on to the GT Academy 2012 National Finals.

A special page has been created for the ‘GT Academy 2012′ in gran-turismo.com. Check here for schedules, round details and the latest news.

['GT Academy 2012' Special Page]
us.gran-turismo.com/us/acadmey/2012/

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Start Your Engines: GT Academy 2012 Gears Up for May 1st

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It’s time to gear up for GT Academy 2012! The competition starts on May 1st and will be open to all entrants through June 24th.

Developed for racing fans of all levels, GT Academy 2012 will offer a newly designed eight-step training and qualification program accessible as a demo based on the hit Gran Turismo 5. The demo will be made available for free on PlayStation Store via PSN and will maximize the potential of all users, from beginners to advanced drivers. All participants will compete in a series of virtual driving trials using Nissan cars, and the best of the best will compete in the National Finals in July. The action will then jump from the virtual cars of the PS3 game to actual Nissan sports cars when the winners of the National competition are invited to take part in the intense international Race Camp competition in August, where one ultimate GT Academy winner will train with elite racecar drivers and race as part of a professional team.

Entering its second season, GT Academy USA is a national competition designed to recognize elite Gran Turismo drivers and give them the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fulfill their virtual-to-reality racing dream of becoming a professional racecar driver. The grand prize for the GT Academy winner is a spot on a racing team to compete in a real race, including all the training and licensing he or she will need in order to prepare. From there, it’s up to the winner’s passion, determination, and skill.

Last year, Bryan Heitkotter from California was crowned the first US winner of GT Academy at Silverstone, beating out 53,000 racing hopefuls in becoming a professional racecar driver and now racing a Nissan 370Z Nismo RC in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series in the top GS (Grand Sport) class.

Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital, comments: “It makes me very proud to see the graduates of the GT Academy racing around the world with Nissan. This year we are aiming to make GT Academy bigger and better than ever before and so I am creating a new series of driving challenges open to anyone with a PS3 (Note: terms and conditions will apply). You don’t have to be an expert to have a go.”

So practice up on either Gran Turismo 5 or Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition and be sure to mark your calendars and get ready for GT Academy 2012 starting on May 1st.

More details to come on http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/ and https://www.facebook.com/GTAcademyNA

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Maintenance Notice

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The online service of Gran Turismo 5 will undergo maintenance during the following hours:

Start: 2/23/2012 09:00 EST
Finish: 2/23/2012 18:00 EST

During the maintenance, you will not be able to connect to any of the online services.

*Please note that the exact time of the maintenance may slightly vary.

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Nissan announces GT Academy driver line-up

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Nissan announces GT Academy driver line-up

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On January 30, Nissan Europe announced its motorsports organisation for 2012, confirming that Lucas Ordoñez (photo centre), Jordan Tresson (photo left), and Jann Mardenborough (photo right) will be driving for Nissan teams this year. All three are European winners of the “GT Academy”, the racing driver training project by PlayStation and Nissan. They will enter three different categories of endurance racing, and continue to make their dreams a reality.

Lucas Ordoñez, who was in the spotlight as the first winner of the GT academy in 2008, lived up to and exceeded expectations by achieving second place in the legendary Le Mans 24 hour race and becoming the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) series champion. This year he will be entering the European Le Mans Series (LMS) in the LMP2 class with Greaves Motorsports in a Zytek-Nissan. The team won the LMS title last year and are expected to be front runners in the series. His team mates are Tom Kimber-Smith and Alex Brundle (son of former F1 driver Martin Brundle), and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he will be driving together with the father and son pair of Alex and Martin.

[Comment from Lucas Ordonez]
“2011 was an incredible year for me. I learned a lot with Signatech Nissan, but Nissan has set me my next challenge: an overall championship victory. With two top team-mates and a championship-winning team I am aiming to win the European Le Mans Series outright. And I’m very much looking forward to racing with Martin (Brundle) as I will learn a lot from him.”

The 2010 winner, Jordan Tresson, will be taking a big step up from GT cars to Le Mans prototypes this year. He will challenge the newly established FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in the LMP2 class with Signatech Nissan, the team Lucas raced with last year. The famous Le Mans 24 Hours, which features both LMS and WEC entries, should see Lucas and Jordan take to the track in competing Nissan-powered cars.

[Comment from Jordan Tresson]
“I am taking a very big step up from GT racing to LMP2 this year. I have tested the car already and it is so quick through the corners! But I am ready for it. Racing at Le Mans, especially for a French driver, is a special dream. It will not be an easy year. Our opponents will be tough; the LMP2 class is big and there will be many cars with Nissan engines. I can’t wait to get started on our test programme now as this is shaping up to be the biggest opportunity of my life.”

The rookie who won the GT Academy last year is Jann Mardenborough. He showed his high potential at the Dubai 24 Hours taking a class podium with only half a year of racing under his belt. This season, he will be entering the Blancpain Endurance Series with UK-based RJN motorsports, part of the GT Academy programme since its inception. He will be driving Nissan’s new GT3 machine, the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. His challenge will be how to handle the greatly increased performance of the car over the 370Z he raced in Dubai in January.

[Comment from Jann Mardenborough]
“A year ago I was on a gap year and hadn’t even applied to enter GT Academy and now I’m heading into my first full season as a racing driver. I have had an incredible six months on the GT Academy driver development programme where I have been thoroughly knocked into shape by a group of instructors who I am sure will be lifelong friends. I’m super excited about racing the new GT-R. There are no nerves, I can’t wait for the start of the season at Monza in April!”

The three drivers have taken their first few steps into their new careers. Keep an eye on them as they speed their way through this racing season!

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Update Notice (2.05)

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A new update has been released for Gran Turismo 5.
The main contents of the update are as follows:

- The issue regarding experience and rewards in online races has now been fixed.

[To Check Your Current Version]
To check the version of your software, press the “Manual” button at the bottom of the main menu screen. The version number will be located on the upper left of the index page in this manual.

If the number starts with “Ver. 2.05″, you are playing the latest version of the game.

If not, please press the PS button and quit the game. The game will be updated automatically when you restart it with your PS3™ system connected to the internet.

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Public Release of Photographs taken in Photo Mode

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With the coming Gran Turismo 5 update planned for March 2012, we will be starting a new service on gran-turismo.com worldwide, called “Gran Turismo 5 Photo Stream”.

In GT5 Photo Stream, photographs taken in the photo mode of Gran Turismo 5 and set to “Share” will be shown in a list on a webpage, and be made possible to view by anyone.

The photographs will continue to change periodically, the online ID’s of the photographer will NOT be shown or made public, and there is no evaluation system or the like for the photographs. This is a service which simply introduces what kinds of photographs are being taken in Gran Turismo 5 by players around the world.
Please be aware that any photographs set to “Share” after the start date of this service will be released publically on the web by GT5 Photo Stream.

We hope you’ll look forward to the start of this new service.

* Photographs that had been set to “Share with Friends” before the start date of this service will not be shown in GT5 Photo Stream.
* Due to limitations of time and the number of photograph displayable, not all photographs set to “Share” may be shown in GT5 Photo Stream.

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Update Notice (2.02)

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A new update has been released for Gran Turismo 5. The main contents of the update are as follows:

[DLC]
- Introducing the new Car Pack 2 DLC
This new Car Pack 2 DLC adds a number of new cars to Gran Turismo 5, and will be made available in the PlayStation®Store from December 20, 2011. The price of the DLC is $3.99.
This pack adds 4 new cars – the new and improved 2012 R35 GT-R, Mini MINI COOPER S, Volkswagen Golf VI R, and the Volkswagen Scirocco R.

[Major Changes and New Features]
- Wheels can now be changed on Standard cars
Continuing the improvement of standard cars since the addition of simplified interior views in the 2.00 update, wheels of standard cars can now be changed.
Select the desired wheels for your car in GT Auto, make your car lighter and improve the looks.

- Downloadable contents can now be shared by multiple users with the Family Upgrade
This Family Upgrade will allow the the Course Pack and Racing Car Pack (including those purchased as a part of the Complete Pack) DLC’s released in October 2011 to be used by all acounts on the same PS3™ system. (Planned Release Date: December 20 2011)
There are important points to note in this upgrade, so please make sure to read the FAQ below:
- FAQ for Family Upgrade

- Cars purchased through DLC will now appear in the Car Dealerships.
The cars purchased in the DLC will now appear in the Car Dealerships. Once you have purchased the Car Pack DLC’s, you can purchase additional versions of the same vehicles within the game using earned race credits.

- A copy feature has been added to the setting sheets
A copy button has been added to the lower left of the settings screen. A settings sheet saved in either A/B/C can now be copied to A, B or C.
Please use this feature when you wish to slightly modify settings you have already made.

[Gifts]
- Toyota 86 GT ’12 – a gift for all
We will be giving out the Toyota 86 GT ’12 as a holiday gift to all players that have installed the 2.02 update.

- Free coupons for GT Auto
Free coupons have been added that allow you to wash cars, change oil, overhaul your engine, or restore chassis rigidity in GT Auto.
10 coupons will be distributed for free to each of those who have downloaded the 2.02 update.

- A gift to those purchasing the DLC’s
We will be giving out an additional car; the Gran Turismo Racing Kart 125 SPL. and five New Car Refresh cards to customers purchasing any of the DLC packs released in October 2011.
The New Car Refresh can be used from the Special Coupons option in the items list, and will return your car to its brand new condition (before breaking-in the car’s engine). Equipped parts and current paint on the car will not be affected by this card.
* This gift will be available by purchasing anything from Course Pack, Racing Car Pack, Racing Gear Pack, Paint Pack and Complete Pack.
* This gift will only be made available once per account.

[Other Improvements]
- Pressing the □ button in the car coupon selection screen of the Car Delivery, will now allow you to exchange all car coupons at once (maximum number of coupons you can receive at once is 100).
- Tire-wear speed adjustment
- In GT Auto you can now see how the oil changes, aerodynamic parts, engine overhauls, and racing modifications will affect performance points and engine power, before and after their application.
- In screens where the [Garage] and [Driver List] buttons are displayed in the A/B Spec events, Special Events, and Seasonal Events, pressing the □ button will now show the [Garage], and pressing the △ button will show the drivers list.
- An option has now been added for ‘Max. number of participants – this is featured in the room settings of My Lounge.
- Added ☆ marks which show the number of Gold Trophies attained in each event, in the event selection screen of seasonal events.
- Racing sound effect adjustment
- Steering assist controls (used when using certain controllers on Racing Karts) have been adjusted. This applies to steering wheels with a 200 degree turning radius, including the GT Force®、Driving Force™、GT Force®RX、Driving Force Wireless™. The [Steering Type] (Amateur/Professional) settings in the Game Options will be ignored, and the controller’s steering angle will now directly affect the tire turning angle of the car.

[Correction of Known Issues]
- Fixed issue where you would overrun without resetting, when entering pit lane at low speed on some tracks.
- Fixed issue with Performance Points calculations for the Red Bull X2010 and the X2011.
- Fixed issue where the rear wing/aerodynamic settings were reset when switching between setting sheets.
- An issue was corrected where the car would become stuck in autopilot from the pit lane if a certain condition is met in an endurance race on the Tsukuba Circuit. Also revised the entry route during pit stops and speed judgement.
- Improved multi-monitor stability

[To Check Your Current Version]
To check the version of your software, press the “Manual” button at the bottom of the main menu screen. The version number will be located on the upper left of the index page in this manual.

If the number starts with “Ver. 2.02″, you are playing the latest version of the game.

If not, please press the PS button and quit the game. The game will be updated automatically when you restart it with your PS3™ system connected to the internet.

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