The race suit Archie Madekwe wore playing Jann Mardenborough in the Gran Turismo movie is going under the hammer, and the starting bid is a deliberately tiny $15.

According to GTPlanet, the item is the Nissan NISMO suit from the 2023 film, which dramatised Mardenborough’s path from GT Academy winner to professional racing driver. Bidding opens on August 30, with the auction running into September. Beyond the opening price and the date, the details published so far are thin: the source hasn’t shared the auction house, an estimate, or what condition the suit is in, so treat this as a heads-up rather than a full listing.

The $15 floor is obviously a hook, not a prediction. Screen-used costumes from a Sony-backed feature with a real motorsport tie-in tend to attract collectors well beyond the sim racing crowd, so anyone hoping to snag it for pocket change should expect competition once bidding actually gets going.

Why should sim racers care? Mostly because this is one of the few physical artefacts from the one big-budget film that put sim-to-real racing on a cinema screen. The movie took plenty of liberties with the real story, and the community has debated its accuracy ever since, but it remains the most mainstream telling of the GT Academy idea: that a player with a wheel and a PlayStation could end up in a real GT car. The suit is a prop, not a race-worn Mardenborough original, and it’s worth being clear-eyed about that when the bidding numbers climb.

If you’re tempted, the practical takeaway is simple: note the August 30 opening, keep an eye on GTPlanet for the listing link when it goes live, and set a budget before the memorabilia market sets one for you.

Originally reported by GTPlanet.