You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
It has been a few weeks now that members of GTplanet and PlayStation.Blog have been speculating concerning the mysterious appearance of a camouflaged Corvette C7 that appeared in Gran Turismo 5‘s screen saver. Good to know that patience tends to dish out the best results, and it has been confirmed that the Gran Turismo 5 Corvette C7 is available, and you can download the free DLC now via the PlayStation Store.
Spy photos do point towards an estimated value of $100,000, and Chevrolet has certainly done a whole lot to disguise the test car. To ensure you have the best Corvette experience possible, a designated Corvette design team was actually given the unenviable task of developing custom camouflage in order to conceal the new design elements. The road ahead is long, as millions of hours will be accumulated via thousands of rigorous performance trials before the car will roll out later next year.
Once you’re done downloading the exclusive Corvette C7 Test Prototype, and burn some rubber on the track in Gran Turismo 5.
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Sony Computer Entertainment America, Polyphony Digital, and Nissan North America have announced that the final 16 Contestants have been chosen to compete for the top honors in the 2012 GT Academy North America TV show. The 16 gamers have been whittled from nearly 400,000 applicants that competed head-to-head on the PS3 videogame Gran Turismo 5 to win the chance at driving for a real race team.
The top 16 racers will fly to Silverstone racing circuit in the UK for a week-long boot camp in August. That week-long camp will be televised on Spike TV’s GT Academy TV series later this year. The driver who wins the contest will have a chance to race for an official Nissan racing team. The winner of last year’s competition was Bryan Heitkotter.
So far, he has raced a prepared Nissan 370Z race car to a podium finish in the Dubai 24 hours race, to front row qualifying spots, and two top 10 finishes in the Continental Tire Challenge Series. Not bad for someone who got his racing start playing a video game.
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