UPDATE: Episode 1 is now available online! Thanks to Taboaamassa for the tip.
Similar to the U.S. GT Academy, which is coming to Speed TV in the United States in just a few weeks, the European GT Academy is now also going to be featured on television.
GT Academy: Road to Dubai will begin airing in 15-minute episodes each Tuesday on EuroSport at 23:00 CET, starting today. According to some of the press material, Road to Dubai will focus on the progress and accomplishments of European winners Lucas Ordonez, Jordan Tresson, and Jann Mardenborough as they work towards the 24 Hours of Dubai next January.
jesper agreed,cant bring myself to play gt5 much these days,loved it for awhile,recently got very boring,can any 1 tell me if my DF GT steering wheel will work on new f1 2011
Unfortunately I have to agree with you, I found myself doing less racing and was just time trailing, then I seemed to only go on GT5 to take some photos but then one day I’d realised that I had not put the game in my PS3 for months… made me feel sad somewhat that I’d slowly phased out my once favourite game. I hope that the hint of new content coming soon will breathe new life into the game for folks like you and me. :(
Online?
Have you tried online racing?
I’ve entered in a group of gt5 fans, and we have championships almost everyday. And 2 lobbys of full 16 players are needed.
Currently we have finished (FIA GT1 and GT2, Golf GTI RM, Clio Sport V6 Trophy, JGTC, and several endurance races) and started DTM, GT4 and new endurance races.
Mondays – Track-days (same car, random tracks, 5 laps)
Tuesdays – Gt5 Extreme events (several different events 2 races, 40 laps a bunch of cars)
Wednesdays – GT4 official practice
Thursdays – GT4 race
Fridays – Endurance
Saturdays – DTM practice
Sundays – DTM race
As you can see GT5 was a great value for money if you explore the online possibilities. There are a lot of cars to be driven and to be raced…
I haven’t played it for months. Instead I bought a second-hand PS2 and I’ve been exploring (in turn) GT3, GT1, GT2 and now GT4. I now understand why long-term GT fans were so disappointed with GT5. The older games are worth playing if only for some great tracks (Seattle, Grindelvald, Rome Night, SS11, Red Rock Speedway, El Capitan, old Rome etc etc etc) and better structure *as games*.
Frankly with a component video connection GT4 doesn’t look *that* much worse than GT5, anyway.
Here’s the link for episode 1
xxuk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/13092011/58/gta-road-dubai-episode-1.htmlxx
Cheers
Thank you!
last time, i watched GT Academy on C4 in the UK and they kept blurring out all the Playstation logos etc. pretty bloody daft considering the nature of the program. i stopped watching it after that.
The laws in this country still prohibit blatant product placement
EuroSport: Win.
Speed: Fail.
Just putting it out there folks.
Anyone know where this can be “found” for those of us not privy to EuroSport? You’d think Sony would put this stuff on PSN or on GTTV :(
It would be cool if this and the US program on Speed showed up on GTTV. I enjoy some of the content there, and I’d pay a buck or two to see this since I won’t get it on TV.
Now of only they would add the Dubahi track on the game, haha, optimistic.
I’ll take the main road through the centre of Abu Dhabi For drag racing and speed tests… That would be a beautiful drag strip (Top gear style)
nice
Congrats to PD and kazunori.. Not many realise this but they have actually done so much, not only for GT5, but they have actually taken virtual racing as a whole, to another level. Gt5 may not he concidered the best sim game, but I’ve seen nothing the likes of this from LiveForSpeed or iRacing. Virtual racer to true race driver.. what a feat ..And to think that some people still complain about standard cars..
I so agree with you 100% on that one. :D
(^_^) Agreed
Just seen this post, then to find I’ve just missed it being on! :(
Good job it’s repeated tomorrow morning on Eurosport HD… phew.
No one plays GT5 anymore. Oh wait…
Haha
That´s right. The number drops….
On Eurosport worldwide or US only?
nevermind this comment… Second time here that I´m unable to read or click a link, lol
Pretty sure we don’t get Eurosport in the US.
Eurosport is for Europe, that´s what the Euro is for ;)
Will all of these be avail on GTV?
Yeah, in about 3 years probably.