Everyone who has ever played the Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport games must have wondered whether their console racing skills would translate onto a real track. And while track days have become more and more popular in recent years (which is why we have an all new track day insurance add-on available to our customers), the problem is that few of us have the kind of high-end cars that match the in-game experience, and in any case, you aren’t permitted to actually race.

Serious motorsport is the preserve of the wealthy elite, which means that the closest most of us will get, is a session at the local karting track.

So I was quite surprised to discover that Nissan, Sony and Channel 4 have clearly thought about this, and that Channel 4 has been showing a programme called GT Academy – where some of the countries top Gran Turismo players have been put into real race cars with the chance to win a drive in the European GT4 Championship.

The series is underway, but luckily you can catch up on 4OD.

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