GT Academy South Africa

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I've been wondering, why is the appopriate age 21 to enter? I'm 19 and have my drivers license and might have what it takes to be a top racing driver. For now I'll never know, quite dissapointed to say the least.. :(
 
I've been wondering, why is the appopriate age 21 to enter? I'm 19 and have my drivers license and might have what it takes to be a top racing driver. For now I'll never know, quite dissapointed to say the least.. :(

I'm not sure, but maybe it's to standardise things worldwide? For instance, in the States you can only legally drink in public when you're 21. I dunno...
 
I'm so p....d off with myself! The best I could do was 83rd with a 1.32.794. I could have found at least another three quarters of a second, but just never put the lap together. Every time I had a better sector, I'd blow it elsewhere in the lap. Damn! :banghead:

Edit: Make that 85th.
 
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PSN Tags 1 - 16: Online competition

# Driver Laptime Split Top 16 Position
1 GTAS_PEETHAM 1.31.190 0.000 N/A
2 GTAS_CADDY 1.31.310 0.120 N/A
3 boris-theblade44 1:31.318 0.128 1
4 GTAS_JTEC 1:31.320 0.130 2
5 kartno38 1:31.347 0.157 3
6 xgerhardsax 1:31.410 0.220 4
7 GTAS_DRIZZT 1:31.413 0.223 N/A
8 GTAS_FEEG 1:31.416 0.226 5
9 GTAS_No1home 1:31.453 0.263 6
10 K24BYE-WP 1:31.455 0.265 7
11 Prior1tyZA 1:31.491 0.301 8
12 NxR-Yelo 1.31.515 0.325 9
13 Ryoku_Skywalker 1:31.536 0.346 10
14 Vortex-WP 1:31.568 0.378 11
15 NxR-AlexX 1:31.570 0.380 12
16 lawasema 1:31.590 0.400 13
17 jeanlaragnote 1:31.593 0.403 14
18 c_no_evil-_- 1:31.649 0.459 15
19 fpaldrich 1:31.669 0.479 16
20 GutGunther 1:31.713 0.523 17

Wildcard positions:
1. HaTe_Dunno (Durban)
2. GTAS_CADDY (Cape Town)
3. HaTe_Caged (Fourways Crossing)
4. GTAS_DRIZZT (Menlyn Park)
5. GTAS_PEETHAM (Sandton City)
6. Jon_Mogo (Reds Mall)
7. OZR_Enzio (Maponya Mall)
 
Ja it sucked. For me l was way off the pace. Have to invest in a steering wheel. l onl;y made it to position 167 then dropped at the end to 177. Next time l'l be prepared
 
Good luck to the competitors!

I've been wondering, why is the appopriate age 21 to enter? I'm 19 and have my drivers license and might have what it takes to be a top racing driver. For now I'll never know, quite dissapointed to say the least.. :(

I think it is because 21 is pretty much the legal adult age for all nations (in the U.S. you're an adult when you're 18 but you're still and adult when you're 21, for example). I also think it is because Nissan would prefer its competitors to at least have university studies or a few years' work experience rather than have nothing to fall back on if they get eliminated.

The Academy isn't the ONLY entry to being a professional racer, you know. Not to say that it won't be quite the experience! :)
 
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