), just wanted to get a baseline to see where I am at compared to the rest of the group. Hopefully this will give me some good measures of how I'm progressing with my training (I've only ever played GT on psx, so lots). 
Also, I highly recommend practicing your time trialing speed on the seasonal events. That's pretty much how I've gone from a noob to a pro. There's soooo much I learned from chasing the ghosts of some of the greatest Gran Turismo players ever, such as Ramon, Immortal, and Ti-tech.
A ghost of a friend who's a friend of another ghost told a little bird that I overheard telling another bird that next year's Nationals in the U.S. will most likely not contain any virtual competition.
Well, add me on GT6 and see where you would stack up to qualify for GT Academy. Also like what @Doodle said, do the seasonals, watch the replys, race the ghosts and race with the best to be the best as you can be. That's how I did it, someone can't teach you how to be quicker over a game. Got to help yourself and race with the right fast people as much as you can. Goodluck
The issue is that the physics in the GTA trials aren't quite the same as the game. Therefore, it's more important to understand how to be fast in Gran Turismo. Figure out a baseline performance through the seasonals before looking at the fast guys' replays. Determine what they do differently and apply those lessons to your lap.
What did I do?Why you gotta be like dat
One time, I ran a sub 15 one time!
Back to the OP, hours of mind numbing practice, watching replays of top drivers and such will get you on a good start. You won't be competitive without a wheel so get one. Also most top guys have a good amount of real world experience, national finalists most certainly have real experience.
Where's my mention?!!Also, I highly recommend practicing your time trialing speed on the seasonal events. That's pretty much how I've gone from a noob to a pro. There's soooo much I learned from chasing the ghosts of some of the greatest Gran Turismo players ever, such as Ramon, Immortal, and Ti-tech.
Yeah , 100% PS4
I recently found a slideshow about GT Academy on the FIA website here, and it looks like they're planning to add Japan and Malaysia next year and Brazil in 2016. So yes, we're almost certainly going to get another two years of GT Academy at the very least
dude you are my rival
hope we'll see each other in silverstone look I just bought a ps3 for this years competition. we are on the same level right now 
there is on thing that is crucial if u want to make it to the top : BUY A WHEEL. g27 or t500 rs if u have enough money lol . the second thing u have to know is physical training , practice in gran turismo is not enough , u need to improve your physical shape . 
I wouldn't be surprised if it came out on ps4 as downloadable on the PS store as it could also act as a GT7 demo.
Since gt6 was released after 3 years of gt5. I think that gt academy 2015 is going to be on ps3 because we'll have to wait another 3 years for gt7.
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