Presenting an interview with the North American GT Academy Champion, Bryan Heitkotter. Bryan was the first from North America in the competition that Sony and Nissan have backed since 2008. Bryan went up against more than 50,000 in Gran Turismo 5 to win his spot as a GT Academy pro driver and will run in the 24 hours of Dubai in January of 2012.

Check out the entire GT Academy show here http://www.nissanusa.com/gt-academy-web.html

GT US Finals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KzasiDfkRI
GT Academy road to LeMans
1 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiFIiTP_loc
2 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--VuZdVgeUU
3 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2LtT-AYE1s

Mid Ohio Update : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8ZVV05nBg

Bryans Driver profile : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAMcQDZcqSI

On this edition of Top Sim Cars, we put the Classic Renown sponsored Mazda 787B from GT5 and re-visit the Subaru and Audi with damage.

Episode 98 and part 2 of our review of Gran Turismo 5. This is not your average review as it comes after over 69,000 miles of combined driving (including B Spec) and nearly finishing the career mode in order to cover every aspect of the game. In addition to the final review we also give you some tips to help you conquer the game.

On top of that, we bring back Top Simulated Cars of all Time in order to put another car from GT5 on the list. Top Sim Cars is now sponsored by Tamiya. 

Our first look and un-boxing of the Official Gran Turismo 5 racing wheel by Thrustmaster, the T500RS.  We un-box it, install the brake mod that comes with it and install it in our Gamepod GT2 racing rig. We test it with Gran Turismo 5, F1 2010 and Dirt 2 on the PS3.  Check it out to see our first impressions. More videos and a full review on the T500RS coming soon.

Introducing a special report on the launch of Gran Turismo 5 in Madrid, Spain.

Andreas Nie was on the scene taking in the sights and the launch party. As a bonus, Andreas ran into Jordan Greer of GT Planet and sits down with him for an interview. They talk about Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi and the press conference that took place in Madrid as well as the future of GT Planet. Must watch for all Gran Turismo fans. 

Don't miss the section where Andreas get's a ride in an M3 through the streets of Madrid with a crazy driver. Do you recognize parts of Madrid from the game ?