GT Academy USA Round 3 Complete, 32 Players Move On

Gran Turismo 5 GT Academy February 28th, 2011 by Jordan

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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  1. March 2nd, 2011 at 3:04 pm - #
    Supra_Skills

    Congrats to Dr_3wide_Skills and Conman_Skills!!! Team_Skills FTW!!!!

  2. March 1st, 2011 at 11:27 pm - #
    RPM

    btw I got a GT Academy 370Z and I won it in B spec :)

  3. March 1st, 2011 at 11:26 pm - #
    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.

  4. March 1st, 2011 at 4:41 pm - #
    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!

  5. February 28th, 2011 at 5:01 pm - #
    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. : )

  6. February 28th, 2011 at 2:57 pm - #
    MintBerryCrunch

    North East FTW!

  7. February 28th, 2011 at 11:39 am - #
    Smilenator

    That is a fairly large difference between the regions, anyone think of a reason for this.

    • February 28th, 2011 at 12:07 pm - #
      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.

    • February 28th, 2011 at 4:03 pm - #
      Smilenator

      I reckon that if it was all together in one competition that different people would of got through.

  8. February 28th, 2011 at 11:14 am - #
    Anderson

    Congratulations

  9. February 28th, 2011 at 10:33 am - #
    zedextreme8177

    Congratulations to all who progressed!

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

    • February 28th, 2011 at 11:34 am - #
      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

  10. February 28th, 2011 at 9:50 am - #
    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

  11. February 28th, 2011 at 9:10 am - #
    KFM

    Great job, GTP drivers. Great job to all the other drivers, as well!

  12. February 28th, 2011 at 8:01 am - #
    Hypergolem

    Congratulations to the best drivers of America!

  13. February 28th, 2011 at 7:33 am - #
    Stune

    Nice analysis

    • February 28th, 2011 at 5:10 pm - #
      redreevos

      Stune, I hope you will be competing in the GT Academy Europe. If you do, I will be rooting for you!

  14. February 28th, 2011 at 4:25 am - #
    mrdinosaw94

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

    • February 28th, 2011 at 4:28 am - #
      mrdinosaw94

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

    • February 28th, 2011 at 6:30 am - #
      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! :)

    • February 28th, 2011 at 5:41 pm - #
      R1600Turbo

      Me!

  15. February 28th, 2011 at 4:23 am - #
    W

    Congratulations on the GTP members who advanced