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The international qualification round of GT Academy 2013 concluded over the weekend, involving over 1.3 million total participants.

Resources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l1MQFchpmuc

Sony and Nissan have formally announced GT Academy 2013 has received over 1 million downloads worldwide as of July 16, just two weeks after the GT6 demo which hosts the competition was released.

Since the start of the competition last week, our GT Academy 2013 forum has been buzzing with discussion amongst participants from around the world, sharing tips and tricks on how to get faster and move up the leaderboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjqmvGpoFcc

On the eve of the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 6 demo and the start of GT Academy 2013, 2012 champion Steven Doherty offers some advice and behind-the-scenes insight into what it’s like to win the competition in an exclusive interview with GTPlanet.

Image courtesy of Nissan.

GT Academy expanded to the Middle East late last year, with a special round of the competition that started last December.

Thumbnail images courtesy of Nissan and Jordan Tresson.

Details on GT Academy 2013 have finally been released.

Nissan and GT Academy are making a big splash at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, with both Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough driving together in Greaves Motorsport’s LMP2 car. (We’ll have a post up tomorrow with links to all of the live coverage feeds you need to follow the race this weekend – stay tuned.)