GT Academy USA Round 3 Complete, 32 Players Move On

The third and final round of time trials in GT Academy USA finally came to an end Sunday evening after an intense (and thankfully drama-free) week of competition. Only 32 players (the top 8 from each region) remain, all of whom will be now be moving on to Round 4, the “National Finals”, next month.

Once again, I’m very happy to report that many GTPlanet members have made the cut! GTP_timeattack was the fastest GTP_tagged driver, holding the top spot in the West region. Here’s a tentative list of all the finalists (if you’re in this list, connect now with the other top drivers here in our forums).

Northeast

  1. Gar529 (3:56.700)
  2. APPALACHIAN_KRIS
  3. FixByWire
  4. Dr_3wide_skills
  5. embriodak
  6. blindsidefive0
  7. Kekambas91m
  8. z06fun

Midwest

  1. Choate51 (3:56.784)
  2. GTP_CarlPKY
  3. chiefdnd
  4. GoskiOszolom
  5. GTP_potatochip
  6. Jonesy48Jimmie
  7. Conman_Skills
  8. plate88

West

  1. GTP_timeattack (3:56.877)
  2. gtp99
  3. GTXf_CudaMan
  4. DOCTOR_ILL
  5. R1600Turbo
  6. GTP_TheCheef
  7. CrymsonEcho
  8. TenhulzenAuto

Southeast

  1. TX_Driven3 (3:56.939)
  2. Glenn_McGee
  3. L_Harrison
  4. jpe138083
  5. zerolm
  6. RounD
  7. SebaF1
  8. SpecMiata-JSW

User Rod_Sauzer has also put together a few graphs from each region yesterday to provide an interesting visual representation of exactly how quickly the times dropped throughout the week.

On a personal note, as a Round 3 participant myself who gave it my all (but obviously didn’t make the cut), I now have an entirely new appreciation for GT Academy and its competitors. These guys aren’t just the ones who can spend the most time putting in laps – they are a talented and highly skilled group of virtual drivers. As always, it is great to see their talents recognized in such a high-profile competition. Congratulations to all of you!

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Comments (22)

  1. RPM

    hahaha! I hope in GT6, the GT Academy will be worldwide so that the other countries can join like me right here in Canada.

  2. GT-PRO1

    just one question? how do ya get gt academy cars? I participated and did not even get one of them. what’s up with that!

  3. ChicoMaloXD

    Fix the engine sounds first before moving to the next “GT Academy” Round…

    JK I hope those guys have fun on the next rounds. : )

    1. Ryan

      Not really THAT big of a difference to start speculations. Lol.

      But how abou we label both the axis on the graph so people actually know what they’re looking at. Just food for thought.

  4. zedextreme8177

    Congratulations to all who progressed!

    Can’t wait for a worldwide GTA, shame that my country isn’t even officially on PSN:(

    1. Askanishkillo

      I’m with you, I’m in Mexico and I would like GT Academy to come here. May not be the most popular sport here, but we sure can give good drivers, and Memo Rojas and Sergio Perez are prove of it XD

  5. B7rani-special

    I should have been with them but I am not from USA. So I’ve stoped in this round :'(
    Congratulations to the best drivers

  6. mrdinosaw94

    Congratulations to all those who qualified, i wish you all good luck. Can’t wait for the next worldwide GT Academy :)

    1. mrdinosaw94

      I specifically congratulate GTP_TheCheef, GTP_timeattack, GTP_potatochip & GTP_CarlPKY, our GT Planet tagged top 5’ers

    2. Tvensky

      Im sure that tagged drivers are not only GTP members out there! Alot of them are in GTP just without GTP tag. Congratulations to all our grant recipients! :)

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