Jann Mardenborough was thrust into the motorsport limelight by winning the Gran Turismo Academy competition in 2011. The aim was to take the world’s quickest sim racers, put them through a series of challenges and select one to become a factory Nissan driver. The now 31-year-old competition victor then drove for the Japanese manufacturer for…Continue reading “Gran Turismo Movie star Mardenborough: Hypercar seat for 2024 “the dream””»
Sony turns to race cars for its latest video game adaptation, mixing a hypersonic sense of speed with a true-to-life story and tepid character development.
With the film of the competition that used the game, ahem, now in cinemas, we spotted several vehicles in the movie not yet within the associated title.
Ahead of the release of the Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story movie, we take a look back at the GT Academy and examine the strengths and weaknesses of the original ‘Gamer to Racer’ competition.
Based on a true story, the latest spot of the upcoming Gran Turismo Movie shows the film’s depiction of Jann Mardenborough’s 2015 Nürburgring accident.
