My sentiments exactly Magic069, up until about August last year i was desperately searching for somewhere to play GT2 against people that could actually play the game. Then finally, through my door popped a leaflet advertising a GT2 competition which was done at Vauxhall (UK) garages nationwide.
Every garage had been given a PSX and a memory card with a Vauxhall Astra saved on it. So, you had to go in there on Tahiti Road and get the best time possible. It was a 6 week competition, if you won at your local garage in 1 week, you won tickets to Legoland.
If you won in your area over the period of 6 weeks, you won a £100 lego set, and if you won nationwide, beating everyone in your path, you won £2000 of Sony Home Entertainment Equipment.
Well, i participated and got a time of 1 min 15. 4. I found out pretty soon i had won in my area, then about 3 months later, I got a phone call to say I had won nationwide and had to go get pics taken and collect my stuff.
If anyone wants to try and beat it, it was in a simple, 100% un-tuned Vauxhall astra, nothing done to it whatsoever, even tires or tuning ratios, just buy and race. Tahiti Road, and well, the rest is history, (albeit recent history), I just hope they do the same thing again with GT3
Playstation has to have some type of convention or something!!!
I haven't heard of such things in the states. I am competing in coolrules set of races. Which is awesome, but hopefully I will hear about a face to face competion soon. 
