Sony and Nissan have formally announced GT Academy 2013 has received over 1 million downloads worldwide as of July 16, just two weeks after the GT6 demo which hosts the competition was released.
Over 600,000 of those participants are from the 18 participating countries in Europe, with drivers from Spain showing the most national speed, holding over 41 spots in the top 250.
So far, however, no-one has been able to catch Ti-tech85, a Frenchman with a blistering lap of 2:16.516. Ti-tech85, or Arnaud Lacombe, actually competed with Lucas in the original 2008 GT Academy Race Camp finals.
Anything could happen, though, as the competition still has well over a week before it concludes at 10:59 GMT/UTC on Sunday, July 28, 2013.
As always, be sure to stop by our GT Academy message board to chat with other participants from around the world. Good luck to all GTPlanet members in what will surely be an extremely competitive week ahead!
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to make this really REALLY FUN AND INTERESTING is to PUT MORE EVERYDAY CARS such as GMC or nissan altima or chevy tahoe this game needs more cars that are from the road and chevy impala or malibu or chevy saburban. i put they put cars like this on gt6.
I have a good friend whos been ranked top 30 in the US for awhile LeMans__91
I was in the top 2,000, I think like 1,7??, and I know I still have at least a second out there but I haven’t played in like a week and a half now because I got a little bored of it for some reason and new I had all gold already anyways.
where can i download the demo?
Playstation store>games>demos. It’s somewhere after that, shouldn’t be hard to find.
which server?
HK and UK don’t have.
UK does have it – try like QuikSlvr says but choose store/PS3 games/new demos or try a search for Gran Turismo as that’s how others have found it.
Great lap by Ti-tech85!
Anyway I’m stuck at 2:21:136, 9084 th worldwide.
Very dissapointing because I’m a regular top 1000 in Time Trials :(
2 of those downloads were mine,had to download twice
I hope everyone that downloaded the demo lets PD know they are long way from getting it right, seems like they haven’t focused enough on making it a step above 5 but they just changed the driving phisics more to suit a steering wheel rather than a controller added a few cars and few tracks & gonna sit back & get even more rich than before while putting out an infearior product, OH well its just 60 bucks!
Works better with the controller than 5 did for me…
60 bucks??? You lucky, lucky bastard!! $115 in Australia! Or thereabouts anyway…
Look, the game isn’t out yet, so there’s no use comparing controller to wheel just yet! On the other hand, the demo worked fine with the controller for me too, but I’m quite certain there will be a few adjustments made before the final press.
This is a little off topic but I’m curious to see the exchange rate. What’s a gallon of milk cost over there in Australia? Lol. Here in NY it’s like $3
@Quigz125 – It depends on where you buy it but, average cost is about $1.55 per litre so, in gallons, around $6.20 per gallon! There are some supermarket chains that have it at $1 per litre ($4.50 per gallon)!
Petrol is currently sitting at $1.61 per litre ($6.44 per gallon)! So, yes, we get severely ripped off in Australia for just about everything!!!
Keeping off topic, what’s the cost of 100GB per month with your internet? I’m paying $60…
Scotte, don’t you get the option for unlimited per month? With us it’s a far better option – around £15 per month and it’s proper broadband too.
Holy hell those prices are crazy. I’m not sure what we pay for Internet, we have Time Warner Road Runner for Internet, I never see the bill for it though. All I know is we get about 50MBps steady on out main PC.
Unlimited per month is out of my affordability range, sad to say…
With what I’ve got, I get the strongest connection possible for the area I live in (no optical fibre unfortunately) and VOIP (Voice Over Internet Phone). However, I’m to move before year’s end, so I’ll move into an area with optical fibre connection. Still, I do have proper broadband though, just not as good as some parts of Adelaide! Bloody government!!!
I never see a bill either – it just gets taken out of my bank monthly!
Silly question I am sure. But there is just one download right? GT Academy 2013? There is no seperate download for a GT6 Demo?
So they are one in the same?
It’s just one download called GT Academy 2013. I don’t know what is up with the headline, it’s really confusing as it implies there is another demo which is not the case.
True…the title was missed by the proofreaders.
It is officially GT Academy 2013, but it’s being called the GT6 demo.
omgitsbees had it only partly right, JeremiahTB had it wrong and QuikSlvr223 has it right!
The GT Academy 2013 is being used as the GT6 demo, but only the handling is apparent in the demo!
There are no proof readers to miss anything!
The title of the post may have said that the GT6 demo was available, but if the whole article was read properly, or at all, we were told that GT Academy 2013 was being used for the demo…
Greatness awaits hit 5 million downloads. I thought they said they would tell some big secret once it does
lol still waiting
We’re only at 1million downloads…still 4million to go.
^ they are talking about greatness awaits trailer, not GT Academy…
Ooooooh ok.
Is the demo looking better than gt5?
The driving model is way better. It’s actually pretty similar to Forza now. A few noticeable differences, but the fact that GT is similar means it’s a lot more realistic now. Possibly finally for the the first time more realistic then Forza even? Not sure yet, will have to wait for the full version, but the demo leaves me optimistic that PD finally understands how cars really behave in the real world.
Err, GT has always been more realistic than Forza.
Nope, not even close. Read through the GTPlanet forums, it’s not like you can claim ignorance on this; there’s been plenty of people on here who actually know what they are talking about, they are all long time GT fans as well, who have gone into a lot of detail explaining this.
I know it’s a thing for GTPlanet to pretend that Gran Turismo is the only racing sim in existence, but it’s not and it’s not even close to being the most realistic. GT6 is a step in the right direction though.
I find it interesting that the GT side of the forum always has far more people reading and posting – the Forza side, despite what you suggest – seems almost deserted.
I know that’s no indication of how well Forza is perceived asa whole – it does tell me though, that as with many things here, it’s just a vocal minority that is making pretty much all of the noise.
This is not an attack or defence of either game – merely an observation of the trends.
Forza Central is the Forza fansite that most fans post on.
For your information, I have been reading through the forums for quite a while.
I mean graphical GT5 was better no question (I would hope we’ve all seen the Nurburgring side-by-side video). You can watch real world laps of Le Mans and compare them in each of the games and Forza’s environment is scaled incorrectly as well as the fact that all the close roped cars faulted completely in visiblity. As for physics, Gran Turismo has turned gamers into successful and competative real world race drivers, so we know its that realistic, and it’s a claim Forza can’t make.
I’m guessing Forza Central is another website – that’s why I said GTPlantet’s Forza forum, which is what I thought we were talking about.
I’m sure far more Forza fans are concentrated elsewhere, but it’s here that the majority seem to be more GT focused, and very few of those who have both games seem to land heavily on the side of Forza. I get what you mean about the points raised throughout the forums – the viewing trends though seem to indicate that only a few are doing that posting.
Like I said, it’s not an attack – just seeking balance. I’m sure both games have points which suit some more than others and I’ve never seen it as a competition.
“As for physics, Gran Turismo has turned gamers into successful and competitive real world race drivers, so we know its that realistic”
this is a really misleading comment. Everyone who has won the GT Academy competitions and went on to race for Nissan, were already amateur race car drivers in real life with hundreds of hours of real world racing in high performance race cars. Saying Gran Turismo had everything to do with their current success isn’t true at all. They were already more then qualified to race for Nissan. At the very least Gran Turismo gave them a chance to race for a professional racing from a top car manufacturer, but that is where it begins and ends.
I thought only Lucas had racing in the family and one other guy did karting – not all of them.
Agree with omgisbees. Forza 4 is actually more realistic than GT5 because GT5 has a tire, suspension, and aerodynamic model that is lacking. But GT6 will fix these issues. Looking forward to how the full game feels with the hundreds of different cars that will be in the game.
I haven’t played in weeks since I started my new job. I miss Gt! :-(
Gran Turismo forever.
Hey I just downloaded it last night maybe I was number one million! The best I can do is 13,000th in my region, god I’m good. :P
I also have another question. What car view do y’all use to get the fastest lap time possible out of yourselves?
Hood view or cockpit view.
I usually use hood. But nose cam isn’t bad either
Well, it’s more a roof-cam than the hood/bonnet view.
Lol I go for the good ol’ chase cam and still rank in the top 10000… I know I suck but it’s the best I can do with a dual shock 3.
Chase cam rules. The best view to admire the cars. But I like the driver’s seat view when using the wheel.
I’m all about that cockpit view! I want it to be as real as possible so I like to put myself in the drivers seat. I mean if you advance to the actual camp you can’t use hood or chase view :P
I use the chase cam, I just find it easier to judge distances that way.
Hood/bonnet (some say it’s nose) view is the best for judging track position. If you are immersed into you television with no, say, stereo, coffee table, blinking lights or walls in your field of vision, cockpit view is also good.
Of course, if you are one of those people into the fantasy side of things and don’t take driving seriously, you can opt to use chase cam or, as I call it, “angel view”, where you are floating 10 feet behind and 5 feet above the car!
For all the people trying hard to get the fastest lap time possible, how long does it take for y’all to get the fastest lap time out of yourself with a steering wheel? Plus, does the controller steering sensitivity setting affect the wheel too?
Shame I can’t get my hands on the demo because I’m Australian :(.
You cannot get the demo, or compete? The demo is on PSN Oz, but you should really have a PSN US account anyway, just for the many exclusive things that it has.
I can’t find it on PSN Oz.
In the PS3 demos section.
I got the demo, and I’m in Australia – you can play it, but it just doesn’t allow your lap time to be a part of the GT Academy results.
Aussie guy here… I got it on my Australian account!
When you go to the PSN Store, go to “DEMOS” then look for “GT Academy 2013” – download that!
I am 999,999th fastest…. Sucks to be that other guy eh?!!
Lol nice number dude. That’s a keeper.
i wonder if we’ll get some sorta demo at the end or after, like the ones we see where the X-bow or delta wing is being driven
I’m in the top 3,000
With a controller.
lol
Well, I’m top 8000…
In the region…
Yeah, you win.
I cant beat the one for the GTr but I can I was close last time with both
Something I learned that helped me was using the ghost replays of the top 10 pros. I used their driving lines and tried to judge them and stay as close as possible. I was still like seconds behind their times with a DS3 controller but I noticed it helped me a lot more seeing their lines.
I haven’t download it yet, wait for my lap…..BITCH
Still dreaming bitch, because its difficult!
Very. I’m lucky that I got in the top 100
Very. I was lucky that I got in the top 100. But most of the players aren’t even driving realistically either. The only reason I got that time was because of whipping the car round the first corner withought shredding the tyres sonehow
‘Somehow’
@jap Even if you poopsock until the end, I doubt you’ll make it to the finals. The only people who do have most likely already started poopsocking to win.
Sweden sucks at this! Just saying, all the southern european countries rule at this. So do our sisu brothers in the east. But Sweden who is the bringer of Koeningsegg, the Polestar Volvos, Rickard Rydell, Kenny Bräck, Mattias Ekström, Ronnie Pettersson (RIP) e.t.c… can still not pull this off.
Too busy watching PewDiePie (I know I am)
Hope GTA arrives to my continent one day.
2:17.196 currently 41th World Wide.
Brutally fast lap time by Ti-tech, he really diserve another shot. He has been the fastest in Gran Turismo, setting the record at all GTAcademy’s. Also, remark the huge level of the Spanish guys. You need to do a 2:17.028 to get into the top 9 and be part of the national finals!!. My best wishes to my mate x_X_x_Rossi
Isn’t it top 16 for each country? Not that I’m anywhere near that, but you don’t need to be in the top ten as far as I know.
Wonder how many people actually tried the time trial though.
That’s impressive
Yeya! :D
How many downloads did we achieved in two weeks with the last GT Academy?
To be honest I was hoping for something closer to what we’ve seen during the 15th Anniversary meeting or during E3.
In my opinion the amount of content in this demo is a joke.
Your hopes misled you then.
For a GT Academy download, there is a lot more than previous versions.
yeah, they should have had some upgradable parts for the leaf and 370z- especially when they say there’s going to be 1000 upgrades for each car in the final game, they should at least give us a taste of some of that
@fishard517, it’s GT Academy, not a GT6 demo, they’re not going to throw in some customization gimmicks if they’re looking for serious gamers that want to go on to be professional race drivers.
1000 upgrades? Are you sure they didn’t mean 1000 possible combinations of upgrades, because that’s a lot :o Of course if paint chips count… then you get the idea.
1000 combinations for possible upgrades isn’t very many upgrades. We have 169 possible tire combinations (3 comfort, 3 sport, 3 race, dirt, intermediate, wet, and snow for FRONT and REAR) already. With 3 choices for air filters, 2 for intake manifold, 2 for exhaust manifold, 4 for exhaust, 2 for cats, and 2 for exhaust manifolds, that’s already 32000+. GT5 has tens of millions of possible modification possibilities. I can see there being 1000 different upgradable parts when you factor in rims, tires, and aero parts.
When will they release the info regarding the bonus content for GT academy?
when it comes out maybe :P
Which makes no sense in a competition as it is about a level playing field.
I didn’t know that many people even knew about this game 0_o
The majority of GT players don’t even know about GTP.
What rock have you been under, Over 9 million copies of GT5 have sold. If you start the game and have the news feed turned on you then know about GT Academy demo.
I’ve been under that rock in Hamilton..ya u know that rock GTP_REMO? it’s actually kinda big!
Well, GT5 has sold over 10.5 million copies… that should tell you something.
Also it’s been said GT5 is the highest selling PS3 exclusive ever and still going.
YAaa And that’s why we should expect a lot more from them, then they give us.. :P
I haven’t even downloaded it yet!
hey same time LOL :)
What I don’t understand is that everyone can play this track over and over again!! In real life you’ll never do that as a driver so it’s pointless. More specifically kids who don’t have nothing to do all bloody day can drive there and practice every corner Milion times and yeey 2.15.??? Point is there should be a line lets say everyone can drive this track 15 times like 15th anniversary of gt purely coz it’s about how quick you could judge, remember braking points like real racing driver. No one will never let you drive 1000 times on track before real race. I might be wrong but is logic for me. And I didn’t point this coz I might be in first 16 places, I’m around 16?? Place so it’s just about real talent or skills
Are you upset that some poopsockers have beat your lap time?
Can u read????!!???? I’ve said I didn’t wrote that bcoz I lost a place. I’m way above 1500 position. Read, understand, answer
Adrian to be honest even I was having trouble reading and understanding it.
I understand it as : people/kids that got all day, has a lot of time to practice, and if they do have skills and talent, they will probably take away places that could have been yours, But if the amount of tries pr, day, would be limited, then everybody would almost have the same time for showing off the Skills and talent in the contest..
It’s a good idea, when talking Fairness for all, i agree, but don’t you think that they will fall back in the second round, where all the top drivers have to compete to narrow it down a few..
Like I said I might be right or wrong. It’s good that someone understand my point and sorry if someone don’t. But you have to agree with me that gt5 or 6 ( doesn’t mater how perfect simulator you gonna build in room ( like I did)) it will never be the same as real driving? So you might be really good in gt but on real track not. If its about me I’m pathetic on both:)
@adrian- why do you care if kids have all day? It doesn’t matter what time they get since there is an age limit to who can advance.
But pls don’t get me wrong, like I’ve said in different article I’m jealous ( who wouldn’t ?) but I’m happy as well that someone will do what he love to do:)
@ adrian: Race car driving isn’t about how quick you can learn, it’s about how well you can learn. The guy for which it took 15 laps to learn a good line will always lose to the guy for which it took 100 laps to learn a slightly better line. If you’re not allowed to do 1000 laps around the track before the race, then go and get a simulator and do the laps there.
Ittybytti Stigy- you right, I’m sorry guys, didn’t mean to upset no one
@adrian to be honest, I just wanted to use the term poopsocker. Although it did sound like you’re mad that other people have more time to practice than you do. For example, poopsockers. There, I got to say it again LOL
TomBrady, I know it’s hard to understand me as I’m from Germany so really sorry for my English. Again it’s not about me, even if PD will banned all of these kids from gt academy ill be maybe in 1000 position on ranking. What I’ve try to pointed out is I’ve drove with lots of people even from gtp community and honestly they drives like PRO’s ( clean lines, no bumping, no slides etc.) and problem is I don’t see them in first 100 positions on ranking.
Eran0004 you’re right absolutely that guy with 1000 laps is better then the other with 100 but,
(everyone here follow academy winners and rest of racing world) so if you focus you will hear that they don’t have time for nothing as being a race driver is a really hard work so maybe but I can’t imagine for example Lucas ordonez before he’s first Le Mans sitting in simulator and doing 1000 laps. So please I’m not trying to argue with someone, I thought that academy day and night for 26 days with no limitation is quite not fair and just want to know somebody’s opinion about it
P.s. please don’t get angry guys is just my point of view of academy so please don’t kick me out from online races when you will see my nick coz I love race with you ;)
Wow, I never knew my comment would cause such a large argument.
well at least it’s a mature way of discussing an issue that one of our fellow members have, and everybody seems to enjoy the different views, and in the end we are all on the same page :o) That’s great i think, often in these matters, it ends up in Mobbing and bullying . so i’m very happy to see this end like that :o)
@TomBrady – what is “poopsocker”?