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They found an Acura Legend Coupe, a 2002 Nissan Altima, a Cadillac, and more.

In 2006, a Nissan marketing executive had a truly insane idea to create a competition and an “academy” to turn gamers into race car drivers

The relentless push for the Japanese tech giant to turn its PlayStation franchises into TV programmes and films continues unabated. Hot on the heels of HBO’s The Last of Us rendition and the Uncharted adaptation follows not God of War or Horizon, but perhaps surprisingly the Gran Turismo film.

In our Gran Turismo review, we say the gamer-turned-racer movie nearly hits the skids.

Rather than embrace the video-game that inspired it, the film is a simulation of cinema featuring a reliably underwhelming cameo from Geri Halliwell Horner

David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Ginger Spice inexplicably lead an action blockbuster-cum-corporate-advertorial

This based-on-a-true story has it all, so why did they stick a spanner in it?

The GT-R is now 16 years old but still impresses on the drag strip.

A late charge by Ryuichiro Tomita in the #11 Gainer Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 allowed him to grab the lead at the start of the penultimate lap, easily passing the works Subaru BRZ that was struggling for pace with badly-worn wet tyres on a drying track.

The #3 Nissan Z shared by Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi was the class of the field in a wet-dry race on Sunday that was interrupted by a red flag, taking the chequered flag some 44 seconds clear of the field.

Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi took full advantage of the mixed conditions in Sunday's 100-lap race in their Michelin-shod #3 Nissan Z, taking their first victory of the season by a commanding 43.9 seconds.