Consideration Gran Turismo drivers! We’re excited to announce particulars of the Gran Turismo World Series 2024. Gear up and prepare for an additional nail-biting season as we begin a brand new format – The Nations Cup and Producers Cup will characteristic six rounds of Online Qualifiers every.* One of the best gamers will progress to 4 reside rounds with spectators, culminating within the World Finals
Montreal, Prague and Tokyo introduced as host locations for the Gran Turismo World Series Rounds 1-3 with the venue for the World Finals to be introduced.
The Gran Turismo World Series 2024 will get underway on Wednesday, April 17. Any participant who has a replica of Gran Turismo 7 for PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 can enter the collection by heading to the Sport mode within the recreation. As soon as there, join the Nations Cup – racing to symbolize your property nation or territory – and/or the Producers Cup, racing in your favourite producer.
First up from April 17 are the Online Qualifiers for the Nations Cup: six rounds performed out over three weeks. From Wednesday, 8 Could the motion switches to the Producers Cup, equally with three weeks and 6 rounds of Online Qualifiers.
On the finish of the Online Qualifiers, the highest gamers might be chosen to attend the reside occasions. In a change to the format for 2024, three reside Gran Turismo World Series Rounds will lead into the end-of-season World Finals.
The calendar for the Gran Turismo World Series 2024 reside occasions is as follows:
- Spherical 1 – Montreal, Canada | Saturday, 6 July
- Spherical 2 – Prague, Czechia | Saturday, August 10
- Spherical 3 – Tokyo, Japan | Saturday, September 28
- World Finals – Date and placement to be introduced
Followers unable to attend the reside occasions gained’t miss any of the motion, with every spherical set to be broadcast reside on https://www.gran-turismo.com/world/live/ and https://www.youtube.com/@GRANTURISMOTV.
Within the Nations Cup, the highest 12 gamers (5 from the Europe, Center East and Africa (EMEA) area; two every from the Central & South America, North America and Asia areas; and one from the Oceania area) might be invited to compete in all 4 reside occasions. With the 2024 Nations Cup reverting to a person competitors, the 12 rivals will battle in any respect three Gran Turismo World Series Rounds and the World Finals. Factors gathered at every spherical will decide the general 2024 World Champion.
The Producers Cup stays a staff competitors, however with a brand new twist for 2024. World Series companions Toyota Gazoo Racing, Mazda and Genesis are assured a beginning spot at every reside occasion. The opposite prime producers from the Online Qualifiers rating will create a complete discipline of 12. Within the Gran Turismo World Series Rounds 1-3, every producer might be represented by their prime driver from the corresponding area to the place the occasion is hosted – Americas in Montreal, EMEA in Prague and Asia-Oceania in Tokyo. For the World Finals, the three drivers per staff might be united to compete collectively. Once more, factors might be cumulative to determine the World Champions.
The Gran Turismo World Series started in 2018, and 2024 is the seventh season of the ultra-competitive SIM racing championships. In 2023, an exciting World Finals performed out earlier than a energetic viewers in Barcelona.
It was an sudden, and first-ever, win for Crew Nissan within the Producers Cup with Ryota Kokubun (JPN), Mehdi Hafidi (FRA) and Mateo Estevez (ARG) taking dwelling the trophy. Crew Mercedes-AMG and Crew Genesis accomplished the rostrum.
Within the Nations Cup, Crew Spain was dominant in entrance of their enthusiastic and really vocal dwelling crowd. The skilled Coque López and Jose Serrano have been joined within the staff by thrilling, younger newcomer Pol Urra to file a formidable win forward of Crew Japan and Crew Brazil.
Producer of the Gran Turismo collection. “We have been eager to extend the variety of reside occasions for 2024 and so I’m excited concerning the new format we have now. Deciding the rivals for all occasions at an early stage will give followers an actual alternative to get to know our proficient drivers and comply with them by means of the season. We will be at some nice venues and so are trying ahead to extra occasions with the identical unbelievable ambiance we had in Barcelona final 12 months and, in fact, extra wonderful racing.”
Michelin, Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR), Genesis, Mazda, Brembo and Fanatec proceed their assist as official companions of the Gran Turismo World Series in 2024.
The Gran Turismo World Series is open to all gamers with any PS Plus membership for the online rounds by means of the ‘Sport’ mode in Gran Turismo 7. The Online Qualifiers are organized right into a League format with three brackets decided by Driver Scores, in order that gamers compete in races towards opponents of an analogous stage. Qualification for the reside occasions is topic to phrases and circumstances which gamers can learn and settle for in recreation.
*Web connection and PS Plus membership required for entry