Jann Mardenborough Teaches You How to Boss a Rolling Start
We almost certainly all have somewhat fond memories of our first driving lessons: the thrill of laying hands to the steering wheel for the first time, the way the engine roars to life, the way the high school parking lot asphalt yawns like a hot black sea of infinite possibility. Of course, that all happens […]
Jann Mardenborough Wins at Hockenheim, Loves Champagne
Jann Mardenborough is living the dream. This weekend, the PlayStation gamer-turned-NISMO athlete captured the pole and then went on to claim victory at the GP3 race at Hockenheim. Since first winning the GT Academy competition in 2011, Mardenborough has more than enough accomplishments to his name to justify his place as one of racing’s hottest […]
Mardenborough Joins Racing’s Elite in BRDC
Let’s face facts: it’s incredibly unlikely that you will ever be interrupted in the middle of your Diablo III campaign by an actual witch doctor enlisting your aid in saving the people of New Tristram. The fantasy world of video games is destined to be lived out on the screen only…that is unless you are […]
Nissan Reveals 2018-spec GT-R NISMO GT3, Confirms Entry in 2018-19 Formula E Championship
Nissan and NISMO this month confirmed that it will become the first Japanese automaker to join the ABB FIA Formula E Championship while outlining its motorsport plans for the upcoming 2018 Japanese Super GT Championship season. Entering its fifth season in 2018, the FIA Formula E Championship challenges automakers from around the globe to […]
GT Academy Alumni Prepare For Dubai
Nissan’s GT Academy competition is truly unique. Gamers who are the best at driving cars in the virtual world are brought out to tracks around the world to compete behind the wheel of real Nissan racecars for a place on a race team. Nissan believes in the drivers it finds through the program so much […]
Two Nissan GT-R LM NISMO Drivers Got Their Start on PlayStation 3
Three drivers have been announced for the brand new Nissan GT-R LM NISMO race car that will race in the LM P1 class, and two of them got their start in Nissan’s GT Academy, where they went from being video gamers to racing in some of the most elite classes of motorsport. Lucas Ordóñez and […]
3 Nissan Motorsports Events to Watch in 2015
Nissan will have a big year in motorsports thanks to a team of great drivers, a strong GT Academy program, and the brand new Nissan GT-R LM NISMO race car. Here are the races you can’t miss this year: 24 Hours of Le Mans Dates: June 13-14 The brand new Nissan GT-R LM NISMO race […]
Nissan at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show: All About Performance
After a big reveal of the 2016 Nissan Titan in Detroit last month, Nissan shifted gears to the 2015 Chicago Auto Show with a focus on the NISMO performance division. Nissan brought out the Nissan GT-R NISMO LM P1 Race Car that was revealed during the “With Dad” Super Bowl commercial for its car show […]
Fourth Season of Nissan GT Academy Premieres Tonight
Update: You can check out the first episode, “Virtual to Reality,” below: *** Tonight marks the start of the fourth season of Nissan GT Academy, which premieres at 11:30 pm ET on Spike TV. The six-episode season will chronicle the quest of 12 contestants to translate their skills in Gran Turismo®6 on the PlayStation®3 into […]
France’s Gaëtan Paletou Crowned GT Academy 2014 European Race Camp Champion
Earlier this month, the NISMO PlayStation GT Academy 2014 European Race Camp ended with the victory of Gaëtan Paletou, a 22-year old gamer from Barzun in France. For those who are unfamiliar with GT Academy, it’s a collaboration between PlayStation and Nissan that invites the Gran Turismo video game franchise’s best players to try their […]
Ricardo Sanchez is Your GT Academy International Champ
Ricardo Sanchez of Mexico has won the title of Nissan PlayStation GT Academy International Champion and will now go on to four months in Nissan’s driver development program before inevitably making his professional debut for the Nissan NISMO race team in the January 2015 running of the Dubai 24 Hour race. Sanchez came out of […]
Nissan Adds Reip, Shulzhitskiy to 24 Hours of Spa Lineup
With the 24 Hours of Spa only a few weeks away, Nissan is making some changes to their NISMO driver lineup. Stanislav Aksenov will be replaced behind the wheel of the No. 35 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 by Mark Shulzhitskiy; and GT Academy winner and native Belgian Wolfgang Reip will join Alex Buncombe, Florian Strauss, […]
We’d Sure Like the Nissan 2020 Concept to Be the Next GT-R
Gallery: The Nissan 2020 is Gorgeous, Kinda Terrifying Nissan made good on its promise and brought a full size example of their 2020 Concept to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. And, yes, it’s every bit as beautiful and insane as you thought it was going to be. The 2020 Concept, which is probably maybe hopefully […]
Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN Nissan Tops LM P2 Class
For the second year in a row, a Nissan-powered car took home the top spot in the LM P2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race after the Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN Nissan finished first in its class and fifth in the overall standings. Most impressive is the fact that Nissan-powered vehicles took […]
Four Gamers Will Race in Le Mans for Nissan Tomorrow
Another E3 has come and gone, and while gamers on the whole have more than enough reasons to be excited (Halo 5! Super Smash Bros! No Man’s Sky! Evolve!), fans of racing games certainly got their money’s worth. From DriveClub and The Crew to Forza Horizon 2 and the inimitable Project CARS, next-gen gamers have […]
Nissan Cars in Le Mans Race
The GT Academy has become a major player in the Nissan Le Mans story. The Le Mans, the oldest sports car race in endurance racing, has been held each year since 1923. Lucas Ordonez, winner of the first GT academy competition in 2008, also took a podium finish in the 2011 race. That year, Nissan […]