Gran Turismo 6 comes out for the PlayStation 3 this holiday season, but you can get your hands on the demo much sooner than that.

On July 2, you can try out a few of the game's 1,200+ cars (at launch), including three from Nissan – the Leaf, 370Z, and GT-R.

If you have the ambition and skill, you can also use your qualifying time from the demo as an entry into the 2013 GT Academy, but even if you don't want to try and enter the real-life racing program, you can certainly still download the demo until August 31.

The demo starts out with some GT Academy-themed sessions before giving way to a qualifying event at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.

For more on Gran Turismo 6's pre-order campaign, check out these details.

[Source: The Official PlayStation Blog]

Note: Shots shown are not from the demo.