When will the GT Academy Finals be shown on SPEED?

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I was pretty sure the date was supposed to be in September. I just used my DirecTV menu search and can't find it anywhere. Do any of you know when it will be shown, or the final title of the show?

Thanks so much. Really been looking forward to watching this.
 
We have no idea actually. We've spoken to the powers that be, and they have been pretty quiet. A little bird told one of us that commercials were supposed to start airing this weekend, and nobody has seen any. I think the air date is supposed to be 20th, and looking on SPEED's website doesn't show it on that day, however there's a space at 10pm EST that doesn't show anything yet.
 
http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm

According to that page, the airing is September 20 at 10pm Eastern (with a couple more showings thrown in for filler). As noted, though, the listings on speedtv.com don't have the show at any time.

Take it all with a grain of salt, I guess.
 
They showed a commercial for the GT Academy during Sunday Night Football last night, not sure exactly what they were advertising but they had a link they showed. I forgot what the link was but maybe they had something on it about the show.
 
Thank you for the input guys! Absolutely correct on the time slot. It now appears on DirecTV for Sep. 20th at 10pm Eastern. Title: Nissan GT Academy.

Thanks Turbo, you are always one of the first to know all of this stuff. Thank you for pinpointing it Lord Grey! You guys definitely beat the News Page for the info. Many thanks..

Sniper - Saw that too... It showed on FOX during the NFL game. It was a link to the granturismo US site I believe. Cool commercial!
 
What I would like to know is, when will the "next" qualifying sessions be held to enter the competition [GT Academy] or if this is even a possibility atm? I was busy and out of the country during the holiday rush for qualifying..

Might anyone here know that information? Thanks.
 
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They're not 100% sure they will be doing another round. I'll ask though...

Edit: My insider says: "No word yet".

;)
 
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Can someone compile a list of all the GTP'ers that were on that show?
Would be cool to put some faces to all the names.

Only got to see the first ten minutes, then my Dad wanted to watch Laguna Seca.
Thank God for DVRs lol.
 
Just watched the show and really enjoyed it. Its cool to see the guys I competed with in Orlando putting in some real driving and going for it. So far looks like it was tough out there in Silverstar(Orlando finalists know the inside on Silverstar):lol:

Didn't see that coming to Glenn. Poor guy. They talked him up and then shot him down.:confused::confused: Glenn is such a great guy to meet and talk to. Just seemed the wrong way to eliminate him that way. Still :confused:

Looks to be a good series.👍
 
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Didn't see that coming to Glenn. Poor guy. They talked him up and then shot him down.:confused::confused: Glenn is such a great guy to meet and talk to. Just seemed the wrong way to eliminate him that way. Still :confused:
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I'll second that; he's a great guy and a really quick driver. I don't think they gave him enough of a chance to get accustomed to the cars.

Anyway, it's fun seeing what went on at Silverstone. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
 
Its amazing how much they left out of the first few days. They didn't show us lapping in the Z's, GT-R's, or any of the drifting. I'm interested to see the next episode to see if they edit some of our driving back in?

Cheers!
 
^I'd have to agree. definitely not enough racing. I'd be very interested to see what kind of training they had. I think the show was poorly produced, it's too reality tv and not enough "car show"
 
Interesting to hear how much was left out - I've always imagined editing any good reality show would be quite a challenge when you've got a lot to cover in such a short amount of time. Regardless, I really enjoyed the first episode. :)

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Can someone compile a list of all the GTP'ers that were on that show?
Would be cool to put some faces to all the names.

Only got to see the first ten minutes, then my Dad wanted to watch Laguna Seca.
Thank God for DVRs lol.
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I compiled a list of the finalists with their PSN ID's here. It would be a good list to keep handy while watching the show.
 
Great show last night. Brings back memories of the competition and I'm sure it was twice as cool to watch from the guys that actually made it to the finals. I'm really hoping they do it again next year. I was surprised to see Glenn go so soon.

Thanks for posting the PSN IDs Jordan
 
Anyone know where on the PS Store this is available, if it is yet? I couldn't find it anywhere and the post on the front page says available on Wednesdays. I really want to check it out but unfortunately no Speed Network.
 
Thx for the kind words and commiserations guys:tup:

and to Jason, Chris, Choate and all the guys for speaking in my favor, it means alot to me coming from the friends & talents that have my deepest respect

It was a confusing moment forsure.

I was later made aware of some factors that were completely out of my hands that influenced the decision; however, dubious they may have been, at least helped make sense of the whole thing. The lead instructors weren't too happy about how it went down either. It was nice to get there view of the whole thing.

I was wondering how it would be justified on TV.
Apparently by making It look like I was a total goof in the car.:dunce: Those close-up black/whites made it look like I was in the twilight zone :lol:

The interesting thing on the episode was that they played my first 2 runs of the drifting session,with rally driver Bryan Svenson correcting me on my errors, (painting an impression that It wasn't going to well) but ironically, as hard as that guy was to please, Svenson had deemed at the end of the event that me & R1600 turbo (Jason Miller) had the best performance. (Hope i'm not giving anything away? Not sure if they would show the event later in the series with me edited out?)
I would've thought the drifting would've made for great TV, but they only showed a couple of shots.

unfortunetly The most challenging thing we had done to that point: driving in the highly changable wet conditon on slicks, actually racing for once, employing race craft, passing, defending, overall speed, consistency, car control, throttle control, adaptabilty to an ever evolving situation, and in general doing what a racing driver should be doing, had little value in informing my fate:ouch:

But, i'm still all about what the Academy is doing for racing and know anyone of the guys could've come out with the overall win in the competition and performed well in RL for Nissan/Sony. I'm so stoked for Bryan, who is already representing us well. (so far, he was faster than his team-mate Ryan Daziel:eek:....that guy has some serious titles to his name)



I wish they would've showed less of me, my wife, my house, and car and more of the top32, and the Orlando event and the drifting and the racing in the karts. There was a lot of great battles going on that could've made for good TV. they ate up a ton of time with the personal stuff

The Digital portion of the competition in Orlando was great too. There was some clutch races by Nick, Sean, and Sebastien and great passes through out as well as great performances by the rest of the top 32 which got virtually no air-time. They deserved the recognition for performing so well
 
G.McGee
...Svenson had deemed at the end of the event that me & R1600 turbo (Jason Miller) had the best performance.
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That surprises me actually, as I had one really good drift in the last long corner and pretty much screwed up everything after that. Maybe he saw more potential than I did.

I'm not looking forward to the next episode as I'm pretty sure that's when I had problems with my gallbladder during the boot camp exercise, then proceed to get booted at the end of the day. :guilty:

Edit: Sorry for the spoiler if that matters..
 
Idk jason, he said the guy was telling him about his auto x experience and I started railing off names of who it could be and he seemed to think it was you. chris and bryan were the only other autoxers there right? did you tell him your exp. before running with him?
 
G.McGee
Idk jason, he said the guy was telling him about his auto x experience and I started railing off names of who it could be and he seemed to think it was you. chris and bryan were the only other autoxers there right? did you tell him your exp. before running with him?
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I may have, can't remember.
 
The Youtube vid sucks. I mean the sound is 4 sec or 5 late... :grumpy:.



EDIT: And on 360p...
 
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R1600Turbo
I'll have to agree with this. The first three (me included) that were told to go back to the dorm as we were safe, were in complete shock when he walked through that door. Did not expect that at all.
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I did not realize you had made it to the Academy. Well done

The show is on speed again Sep. 27th (2nd episode).
 

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