“Gran Turismo: From Gamer to Racer” is the movie that hits theaters later this month; understand the details!
Reality or fiction? The truth is that the real, virtual and fiction have never been so intertwined as in “Gran Turismo: From Player to Runner”, a film that should hit theaters on August 24th, presenting not only an adaptation inspired by the game of the same name, but also a real-life portrayal of Jann Mardenborough, a gamer who became a professional racer. See the trailer!
But what is the story of Jann Mardenborough?
Born in the United Kingdom, Jann Mardenborough one of his hobbies was playing “Gran Turismo”, a car racing simulator that has different environments and different cars so that the player really feels like he is on the tracks.
The game, which was released for consoles in 1998, has been played by him on PlayStation consoles since childhood, but the Polyphony Digital title would become the turning point in the British career in adulthood, since it was at the age of 19 that piloting cars through video game controls ended up becoming the first step in his career mardenborough as a runner.
This happened in 2011, when he participated in the GT Academy, a program in partnership with Nissan that brought together the best Gran Turismo players in a dispute that would bring the new names that would be seen racing on the real tracks — which mardenborough secured third place.
As a result, he raced in the Dubai 24 Hours, and has since proved a dedicated student of Nissan’s Driver Development Program as he has become an increasingly accomplished professional racer, featuring prominently in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and still the GP3 champion at the German Grand Prix in 2014.
It is worth remembering that GP3 is part of the FIA and implies an important step for professionals to reach Formula 1, as happened with Valtteri Bottas, Charles Leclerc It is George Russell who won the competition and today are big names in the motorsport modality, as pointed out by the IGN portal.
Jann Mardenborough he hasn’t reached Formula 1 yet, but his career already includes stints in Formula 3 and Super GT, although many others are yet to come, as he is a test driver for the Nissan team in Japanese competitions.
More on “Gran Turismo: From Gamer to Racer”
With direction of Neill Blomkamp“Gran Turismo: From Gamer to Racer” features Archie Madekwe, david harbor, Orlando Bloom It is Djimon Hounsou in the cast so that the plot that will be distributed by Sony Pictures takes shape.
The synopsis reads: “Gran Turismo: From Gamer to Racer” is inspired by the true story of Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe), who, after winning a Playstation tournament promoted by the automaker Nissan, starts to compete in real racing tournaments under the training of Jack Salter (David Harbour).
Source: Recreio
