The previously delayed Round 3 of GT Academy USA finally kicked off today at 9 AM! After all the drama in Round 2, the 512 participants who made the original cut are eligible to compete, but only the top 8 from each region will be moving on to Round 4 (the US National Finals). The winners will once again be determined by the fastest combined lap times on two different circuits with two different cars:
- Nissan 370Z Tuned Car (GT Academy Version) ’08 / Indianapolis Road Course
- Nissan GT-R SpecV (GT Academy Version) ’09 / Eifel (Circuit) 102E
Hopefully updates to the wall-banging and corner-cutting detection algorithms in GT5 v1.06 will ensure these tracks persist throughout the rest of the week. As always, be sure to join all the other participants right here in our GT Academy (US) 2011 forum. Round 3 ends this Sunday, February 27, at midnight EST. Good luck to everyone!
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Inb4 more cheating.
Livening game, love the intent behind the GT academy BUT get frustrated everytime I have to look at the stage 3 icon In special event. PD should’ve made it an option ONLY for those eligable OR allow everybody the chance to race but not have thier times recorded. Just a thought!
Yawn….
Boring
I agree i dont want this on my seasonal events
Relly stupid
Lol ahhhhh u noobs make me laugh. Ha
Your illiteracy is even more hilarious.
Perhaps, being bored has you are, you might take time out to purchase a dictionary, and hire an english tutor. Preferably one with exceptional patience. The tutor, not the dictionary (in case your confused).
Haha I lm shocked it isn’t cancelled yet
I’m just shocked that it took 24 hours for some idiot to come up with that very comment……
@DMoss84
Really at least the 512 people who entered for round three care about it, even if yor opinion makes the whole Gt Community not care. When the Academy starts in Europe in a few weeks time I shall be taking part, although I wont stand a chance of getting a top ten time BUT AT LEAST I PARTICIPATE… thats the idea. Not that I dont care, at least people are willing to give it a go.
Let’s cheat!!!
Lol 400 of those people cheat
Were is the asia/ocenia academy??? I won’t do any good, but still, have something to do in GT5. Also the eifel tracks are awesome, i love the Ferrari challenge random generated track, i wish it was real.
Really.. Nobody cares about this crap. Take it off my seasonal events.
@DMoss84 – People who wanted to become professional racing drivers but just didn’t have the means and resources to carry on with real life racing actually care. I for one wouldn’t have bought a PS3 if it wasn’t for GT Academy (money and time better spent fundraising for a motor-racing campaign). Shame they cut back on the number of countries eligible this year.
PAWEL17 vote for an Asia + Oceania GT Academy in the feedback section here – feedback.gtplanet.net/forums/96709-gt5-feedback/suggestions/1501113-gt-academy-in-all-regions-and-countries-where-gt5-?ref=title – vote as many times as you can and if it gets enough steam it might just give Sony and Nissan the nudge they need to hold one in our part of the world!
Canadian GT Academy !
C’mon Polyphony Digital; we drive Nissans too!
Vote on the GTP feedback section dude. Write a comment saying where you’re from also so that Sony and Nissan knows where there’s interest in the competition
=> feedback.gtplanet.net/forums/96709-gt5-feedback/suggestions/1501113-gt-academy-in-all-regions-and-countries-where-gt5-?ref=title
I don’t get why people can’t wrap their head around the Course Maker concept. Here in this post there are people saying “Oh Eifel, I love that track!” or “Eifel is hard” or “Eifel is easy once you get to know it” or “Eifel should have been in round 1.” And for the last week I’ve heard so many people online say oh man I love that Eifel track but I can’t find it on the list because I wanted to practice on it or play it online with friends.
What is it that people don’t understand Eifel is just a LOCATION used for random generated tracks. Saying that it was easy or how well you know it has no meaning because it’s not the same track from race to race. Each event has an Eifel track and they’re all different. So those of us who didn’t make it to round 3 will never know what THAT Eifel variation is like for ourselves.
That’s why there’s different numbers for each track. Rd 3 is @ Eifel (Circuit) 102E. The RX-7 Bonus is @ Eifel (Circuit) 102D. The FF Challenge is @ Eifel (Kart) 102A. They are all different so however fun/easy/difficult you remember “Eifel” to be is not going to be the same next time you see Eifel in a Seasonal or Academy Event.
Why is the Nissan 370Z Tuned Car not in GT5??
It is, but you need a level 12 ticket (and some luck) to get it…
Algorithms are hot.
I love the Eifel, the Seasonal event on it was awesome.
PD should make it an official track:)
so they stuck with Indy eh?? Hmm they either have ALOT of faith in the cutting-corners fix or just never learn… let’s see in a few days if this round gets cancelled again.
I love that track! They corners are not blind anymore once youg get to know the track…
Oh suuuure, now they use the easy tracks. Lol
I love the Eiffel track. It should have been in round 1.
Eifel is a great choice for the Academy – hardest damn track in the game so far thanks to all the blind corners.
Yes i agree, but it’s so much fun, almost like rallying.
Lets hope theres no cheating this time. Good luck everyone
I wish we could still play it, just not get ranked :-/