Taipei Game Show Report: The Birth of Gran Turismo 5 Asia Grand Champion!

Gran Turismo 5 was exhibited at the SCET booth at the Taipei Game Show from 18 to 22 February.
At the booth, there was a display set up for 3D, and also a set up with five monitors updated to software version 1.06 on 18 February with the newly added “Multi Monitor” mode, which was highly rated by the visitors.
Further more, GT-R Stealth Model by Nissan attracted great attention from the visitors.

On 19 February, Gran Turismo 5 Producer Kazunori Yamauchi made an appearance at the stage event as a guest.
He demonstrated playing Gran Turismo 5 from browser using software version 1.06 with the newly added “Remote Race” mode, which received great interests from the audience as well as the media.
On top of that, champions from eight Asian countries gathered in Taipei to compete for the title of Asia No. 1 at the Gran Turismo 5 Asia Grand Final.
Under the watch of Producer Kazunori Yamauchi, Mr. Patrick Ng Kee How, presenting Singapore, led an exciting race with outstanding performances, and won the title of the first Gran Turismo 5 Asia Grand Champion.

＜Comments from the Winner＞
Thank you so much for the wonderful time. It's been an awesome experience and just the whole program has been great! I really have to thank SCEH and SCET for such a perfect opportunity.
I’m happy to have those guys there and race against them, it certainly made the tournament more fun for me.
The Final was the most excited part, the players were strong and our racing time were very closed too.
I am happy to be the champion of GT5 Asia Tournament, it is an honor to Singapore.
I will share this experience to all of my friends and ask them to play GT5 together!

Gran Turismo 5 Asia Tournament Grand Final: Result
Rank	Region	Name	Time
1	Singapore	Mr. Patrick Ng Kee How	7:55.281
2	Taiwan	Mr. Ting-Shan Lo	7:55.888
3	Korea	Mr. Lee, Seon Hong	8:01.339
4	Thailand	Mr. Kasidit Tanduan	9:58.499
5	Hong Kong	Mr. Dave Chung Chun Fan	8:06.245　(*)
6	Philippine	Mr. Christopher Estavillo	9:10.042　(*)
7	Indonesia	Mr. Alva Jonathan	9:14.383　(*)
8	Malaysia	Mr. Wee Kui Seng	9:21.433　(*)