On May 15, NissanNissanJapan, 1932 > present159 models
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and Sony held a press conference at Silverstone where they announced that "Gran Turismo 6" would be released for the PlayStation 3 this holiday season. Nissan also announced that it will expand the GT Academy program this year to have the highest stakes ever when it begins in July. Players will be competing to win a season-long drive in a GT-R GT3Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3Japan, 2012 > present1 photo
in a top championship; Nissan did not announce specifically which series.  

The demo for Gran Turismo 6 will also be the competitive platform for GT Academy 2013. That means that any player who downloads the demo will also be competing for the race seat. Sony and Nissan predict that will make it the largest GT Academy competition ever. 

Previous GT Academy winners Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough were on hand during the announcement.

GT Academy works by having players compete regionally and then nationally. When players make it to the national finals, they compete in real cars to find the fastest among them. The winners of each national competition are invited to Silverstone to take part in the GT Academy Race Camp to decide the winner.