Is anyone else playing it? So far I think its been a little easy to achieve all the Gold stars don't you think?

Don't get me wrong on most of them I'm only in the top 5,000 or so but that ain't half bad. I'm still using the standard controller so no fancy steering wheels for me.

The real task comes when the final race(s) come up in a few weeks and then I need to start setting some fast laps. Having a little baby doesn't help

I saw this on TV a couple of years ago. The fastest times in the computer game get to race real cars?

What console is it on, and what exactly do you need to do?

PS3, free to download (even if you don't have GT5).

It used to be one lap of a certain track and the top 50 or so go through to a qualifying day. Then gets narrowed down to 2 or 3 and they end up racing in endurance/gt racing.

This years is slightly different. You have around 8 rounds of qualifying (1 round of tests released per week) and you need to pass them all in order to progress, rather like the licenses mode on Gran Turismo. There are 26 ish days left so you have more than enough time to get practising. Last year I was in the top 3,000 people but still atleast 3 seconds off the pace on a 1min 30 lap. Some people are very very quick and it helps to download the ghost car of the top racers.

Good luck.

Chris

Bummer, I don't have a PS3! I have a 360. Shame, as I'd love to have a go.

Actually, my sister and bro-in-law have a PS3, although I can't see them letting me borrow it or spend hours on theirs putting in practice as he uses it a lot for COD!

I just downloaded it last night and did the first round.
Yes bit easy to win cups. Need to get other rounds done so I can enter last live round before it ends in 12 days.

my best in round 1-3 gets me top 2,400 in world. (1st time I was ranked 854,700) so I guess I'll take that.
Be interesting to know where that would rank in UK only. My worst is Round 1-5 which i'm about 11,000 ish
If they only had a seniors over 50 years compo I'd be right up there

I'm guessing that the previous rounds do not matter so long as you qualify for next round, and it's the last round that is now live that counts?

PM me with your PS3 user name so we can compare times and help each other.

bin playing it from the start, got under 20,000 position on every one, best position is 103, in the 7th round, really fun, should of known about it before.

i know its for 18ns and over but i was sneaky and if i get in then my old man can go do the rest, im sure he wouldnt mind abit of fun...

oh and lego my user name is "jacob1995knight"

My username is nobbycoupe.

The next round started yesterday I believe so I'll probably have a play tonight.

Lego - they do get a lot harder, but still relatively easy for anyone who's played it a lot. I hope the big final round is with something powerfull like a GTR.

I'm a bit more security concious when it comes to my PS3 account and have PM'd my username to you both

I'm a PC racer normally and race in competitions - Race07, GTR2, RFactor etc.

Look forward to hookin up on the PS3 with you guys soon

well, added both of you, cant wait to get the tyres lit up for some fun

Had a few good games last night. Not done them all but I'll whop through it tonight. Has anyone else had any problems with GT Academy locking up when on the menu? I posted a truly superb time on one race but it locked up meaning I had to turn it off and on again

Only 10 days left chaps!

Your times are pretty quick Jake

Not had any problems.
Got another stage done, but too many things going on last night, and getting interupted to get a decent session.

cheers nobby, going through all of them over and over to get the best time possible, really getting quicker, cant wait to do some head to head challanges on the gt5 game.

*when* I get my playstation controller back ill give this a go.
I have done everything bar the endurance races now and I think I own every car of interest so I'm getting board