Racing: Gamers get a chance to participate in the Dubai 24-hour race

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By Raivo 'stormm' Streistermanis

May 6, 2008 19:06

At the PlayStation Day press conference, Sony Entertainment announced that they will be hosting a competition - "ultimate competitive driving test," the Nissan GT Academy, where two lucky winners will participate in the Dubai 24-hour race.

The PlayStation Day press conference in London was a success and introduced their visitors to Sony's future plans and current happenings.

One of the most astonishing "future" events is just around the corner and as Sony revealed they will be making a competition within the Gran Turismo in cooperation with Nissan.

Tom Bradwell from Eurogamer wrote in his live update:

"16:05:40 - It's already sold over 1.5 million copies in PAL territories, though, Dutch-man. So there. And racing is more than a game, says Reeves. "For a true PlayStation experience, we need more" than GT TV, he says. A collaboration with Nissan, he's announcing a competition of some sort.

16:06:31 - We're getting the "ultimate competitive driving test", the Nissan GT Academy. The prize is for two people to get a four-month real-life racing tutorial followed by a race in January 2009 - the Dubai 24-hour race."

Besides this Sony talked about their involvement in the FIFA Interactive World Cup, about their Blu-Ray sales and so on.