A new website and video trailers have just been published for the 2012 U.S. GT Academy reality TV show, which premiers on Spike TV, Thursday, November 1st, at 11:30pm Eastern Time (check your local listings for other time zones). It will also be re-broadcast on MTV2 and available to download via YouTube and the PlayStation Store.

Note the “Performance Difference Bonus” applies, so more credits will be awarded for using a slower car below the maximum allowed PP value.

In yet another career milestone for GT Academy champion Lucas Ordoñez, he helped drive the radical Highcroft Racing Nissan DeltaWing prototype to an incredible 5th place overall finish at Road Atlanta’s Petit Le Mans.

As just announced last month, GT Academy champion Lucas Ordoñez has been selected to drive the unique and radical Highcroft Racing Nissan DeltaWing prototype car at the prestigious Petit Le Mans endurance race, taking place this Friday and Saturday at Road Atlanta.

As most of you are aware, Gran Turismo 5’s online services have experienced significant disruption over the past few weeks.

The latest round of time and drift Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring the Subaru BRZ, Scion FRS, and the Toyota 86. The challenges are as follows:

Polyphony Digital’s demonstration of a Gran Turismo tech demo running at “4K resolution” made quite a splash when it hit the news a few weeks ago.

GT Academy officially kicks off today for players in its two newest territories, South Africa and the Middle East.

The Gran Turismo Awards have become a popular staple of SEMA 2012, the massive modified car show that takes place in Las Vegas each fall.

The latest round of Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring suave French cars. Cars are limited to a maximum of 450PP and Sports/Hard tires or less. The challenges are as follows:

The published schedule is:

Many gamers have been reporting patchy online performance from Gran Turismo 5 in the last couple of days, with random disconnects from online lobbies and “Error Code: 268” when trying to join. There was even a succinct message added to the in-game news feed yesterday afternoon:

As announced last month, a new model of the Red Bull X2010 is being made available in Japan for the energy drink company’s “5G” Gaming Championship.

Gran Turismo 5: Academy Edition was launched to the public last week on September 26, and is apparently performing well in the UK market.

New Time & Drift Trials are now available in Gran Turismo 5‘s Seasonal Events, featuring one of the game’s most powerful race cars, the Formula Gran Turismo.

Polyphony Digital has announced they’ll be showing off a special version of Gran Turismo at Sony’s “Dramatic 4K Experience” in Japan.

As you may have heard, Sony announced the launch of their third – and likely final – revision to the PlayStation 3 hardware at the Tokyo Game Show a few weeks back.

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