Gran Turismo players! The world’s fastest drivers will be in Tokyo on September 28 for GT World Series 2024 Round 3.
Get involved with special campaigns on Gran Turismo 7 including the Predict the Winners challenge where you can earn up to 2,000,000 in-game Credits
Tokyo is the penultimate round, with the Manufacturers Cup and Nations Cup Champions set to be crowned at the World Finals in Amsterdam from December 6-8 (tickets go on sale this weekend)
Round 3 of the Gran Turismo World Series 2024 takes place on Saturday, September 28 at Theater Milano-Za at the Kabukicho Tower in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo.
After a season full of stunning action and drama on track the event is sold out. But you can catch all the action live at the following times and platforms.
Manufacturers Cup – 00:00 PDT | EDT 03:00 | UTC 07:00 | CEST 09:00 | Local time JST 16:00
Nations Cup – 03:00 PDT | EDT 06:00 | UTC 10:00 | CEST 12:00 | Local time JST 19:00
Win big and race like the best on Gran Turismo 7
As ever, there are plenty of ways to get involved in the World Series in-game. By clicking on the Predict the Winners campaign banner on the GT7 World Map, players can win one million credits for each of the Nations Cup and the Manufacturers Cup with votes cast right up to the start of the final race of each.
Simply watching the broadcast in-game will also unlock some special iconic Japanese race cars in GT7 through the Viewers Gift campaign. Players watching the Manufacturers Cup will receive the Mazda 787B while watching the Nations Cup in-game unlocks the Xanavi Nismo GT-R (GT500) ’08.
Players can also take part in two special challenges in Gran Turismo 7 that reflect the car and track combinations from the show in Tokyo. The Nations Cup Grand Final is mirrored with an Online Time Trial featuring the X2019 Competition car on the Grand Valley Highway 1 so that players can check how they compare with the Nations Cup qualifying times. A Daily Race in Gran Turismo 7 will feature Gr. 3 cars on Australia’s Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, the same combination as the Manufacturers Cup Grand Final.
Gran Turismo World Series 2024 – The story so far
Round 1
Usine-C, Montreal, Canada
Saturday, July 6
The Manufacturers Cup race saw a familiar face back on top of the podium when Igor Fraga drove a faultless race for Team Lexus at the Autódromo de Interlagos. The Brazilian headed Italy’s Valerio Gallo, driving for Team Honda, and Japan’s Team Porsche driver Takuma Sasaki.
In the Nations Cup Japanese driver Takuma Miyazono, 2020 Nations Cup Champion, showed exceptional speed and strategic guile at the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta circuit to take the win by less than a second from hard-charging Spaniards Jose Serrano and Coque López.
Round 2
Divadlo Hybernia, Prague, Czech Republic
Saturday, August 10
The Manufacturers Cup field was packed with some of the biggest names in competitive Gran Turismo racing. After a tense race, with weather conditions on Gran Turismo’s Dragon Trail Seaside circuit adding to the intensity, few would have predicted that a World Series rookie would take a highly impressive victory for Team Ferrari. Mohamed Buhdeima, a 20-year-old Briton, held off a strong challenge from another debutant, Team Porsche’s Benjamin Hencsei from Hungary, by just 0.092 seconds. France’s Thomas Labouteley, driving for BMW, completed the podium.
Team Porsche now heads to Tokyo with the series lead on 9 points. Montreal winners Team Lexus sits in second on 7 points, while Buhdeima’s excellent win in Prague takes Team Ferrari to third.
The Italian national anthem sounded a second time in Prague when popular 2021 Nations Cup Champion Valerio Gallo returned to form with an emotional victory in a truly spectacular Grand Final held at the Red Bull Ring. Gallo narrowly defeated France’s Kylian Drumont and an incredible drive saw Spain’s Coque López storm from the very back of the grid to claim 3rd place.
The results leave 2022 and 2023 champion López sitting atop the Nations Cup standings with 8 points. Valerio Gallo’s win moves him to second with 7 points, while Takuma Miyazono (who failed to score in Prague) is third on 6 points.
Watch this weekend for World Final ticket details
Details of how and where to buy tickets for the 2024 World Finals will be announced during the broadcast on Saturday.
Amsterdam will host three days of the very best SIM racing action in early December: The Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup starts proceedings on Friday, December 6; the Manufacturers Cup will re-unite all three drivers from the 12 manufacturer teams on Saturday, December 7; and on Sunday, December 8 the Nations Cup World Champion will be crowned at Theater Amsterdam.
Keep an eye on https://www.gran-turismo.com/world/news/ for more details.