The GT Academy EU 2011 Round 1 time trials just wrapped up earlier this week, and SCEE has released some official stats about this year’s contest. More than 90,000 players from each of the 10 eligible countries took part in the competition (as you may recall, the first U.S. competition brought in 50,000), but only the top 20 drivers from each region will be moving on to their respective, head-to-head racing finals.
This year’s GT Academy attracted the most entries from the UK closely followed by France and Spain. In performance terms, it was the French who dominated with the fastest two drivers and four of the top 10, and the largest number in the top 50. A Spanish driver was third quickest overall, and one of three Spaniards in the top 10. The remainder of the top 10 was made up of a German (fifth), an Italian (sixth) and a British driver (eighth fastest). The level of competition was fierce, with over 145 gamers setting times within just one second of the leader.
I’m also very excited to announce that many GTPlanet users have made it through to the next round, with a special nod to the following drivers from our GTP_Registry:
- GTP_Rutter200
- GTP_Dessy
- GTP_w-g-e
- GTP_PASM
- GTP_spyrrari1
- GTP_CICO
Join the finalists in our GT Academy 2011 forum and watch for more updates and coverage of the regional finals from around Europe in the next few weeks. Congratulations to all!
GT5 Photomode image by Dessy182.
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What about how many people at age qualify for the GT Academy, also the fact it’s in Europe (not the whole world) an that some people maybe didn’t want to.
So, 90000 players is very lame, if you set it in relationship to the sold copies.
Let Australia play, we get nothing…
trust me more than half of the world get nothing..! I cant even register my country in PSN… to participate in GT is even more far for me.. :((
•GTP_Rutter200
•GTP_Dessy
•GTP_w-g-e
•GTP_PASM
•GTP_spyrrari1
•GTP_CICO
Congratulations to the above named members of GTPlanet, I’ve spent many enjoyable hours racing with these guys and they well deserve there placing, great advertisement for GTP.
If I was 30 years younger I’d give you a run for your money. Not
Good luck guys.
Good luck to all in the next round it’s better to burn out than fade away, but in the end there can be only one.
Phillip.
great some of them are guys from my PSN friends list… had alot of good races together.. congrats! :)
Would LOVE to see where I came, but PSNs down! (incomprehensible screaming)
90000… Ok it’s huge !
But how many of them have just signed in for the “DLC” GTR GT Academy Special” ?
Many, that’s why I made it through to the next round.lol
I just want to say that I won’t be able to participate in the next round because I’m too young to participate. I did fill in my real birthdate, but I could just do GT academy like others.
The reason why I did it, is to advertise gtplanet of course.:)
i did. couldn’t really care for the Academy as i wouldn’t pass on health grounds, but the free car was pretty sweet.
Well done the GTP users who have made it to the next round.
90,000+ players,wow that’s immense!
Europe has been French fried.
LOL.
Any chance GTP might throw its weight around a little bit and get some details on DLC? We always appreciate new news regardless of its content. But we need something with substance, such as information on future updates.
Ah, if only it was that easy! :P
Jordan> Being the best ain’t easy! ;)
Yeah @!@ French are the first !!!!
Apparently not with English…
90,000? damm to bad PSNs gna be down for one or two days. i,d get on GT5 but the offline bores me.
Exactly, its even worse when your wheel arrives the day before and you can practice with competition
Top 5000 for me i’m not good enough! :(
I just love love they brag about not including the rest of europe. 600.000+ user excluded. Nice.
S2U is the most realistic racing while GT5 is the real driving simulator. Thats what they said in the box
Well if they said so, then it must be definitely true. Yep.
@Razor +1
I finished around positon 2000, just between GTP_grass_racer and GTP_ corner_cutter :D
Zing!
Congrats to all who advanced. I just need to wait 5 more years before I’m eligible. :D
Glad I was one of the 90,000 but really annoyed withy self that I bought nfs shift 2. Not impressed one bit. Also that the psn is down it’s kind of a piss me off Easter Holiday really!!!
I managed to make into the top 1000 , out of 90,000 makes it seem better
Shift 2 is slightly better than GT5, but the GT5 is the classicz… it’s just a great simulator of physics, while S2:U is a great race driver simulator. OFFTOPIC
ONTOPIC:
Great note Jordan!
Shift 2 is not a driver simulator, it has pure arcade physics.
and its not better than GT5 either.
Well you may like or enjoy Shift 2 more than GT5 but better ? I’m pretty sure if you were to jump into a real car and race then play GT5 with a wheel it would feel a whole heck of allot closer to the real thing than Shift 2.
i just played Shift-2 on my pc this week… did two laps around Suzuka Short in the Nissan GT-R; immediately wanted to uninstall it.
I only need to make one comparison for people to understand the differecnes. The cockpit-cam/helmet-cam in shift 2 is HORRIBLE!!! i played with the ‘HUD’ completely off, i was relying on the dash to shift gears. the camera for no apperant reason constantly changes the distance blur, so one second the dash is in focus then distant trees then the dash then the trees and then you miss the shift point. The advertised, so called “revolutionary”, look to apex feature is terrible. The head/camera starts turning looking towards the corner just as you hit the brakes which immediately made me think i had locked up the brakes and was spinning out! Upon anaylising the replay i saw i was in fact braking fine and going straight. i keep over compensating the steering wheel and letting off of the brakes going right off the track into the grass… huh nuff said, UNINSTALLED.
I agree with you !!!
Shift 2 is better and better sim !!!
I have GT5 too, but it’s booring and the engine sounds terrible.
Shift 2 is not that precise than GT, BUT there is amazing race feeling ( day and night ), fantastic car selection ( every single car workable ), amazing engine sounds, amazing track selection, Autolog is fantastic !!!
Shift Unleashed is just an arcade game. I was never tempted to buy it, and lucky I didn’t because in terms of realism, EA really did exaggerate. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a decent game (I’ve played it at a friend’s house,) but right now, GT5 is the game for me.
Well done guys, many congratulations and the best of luck for the finals :)
Great job GTPers, good luck!
Great numbers! shows how this game is most popular racing game in the industry.