Nearly 10 million players, at the last time of counting, 96 articles on Traxion.GG and a pioneering ranked online racing mode – it’s been a good innings for Gran Turismo Sport, but it’s all about the end.
Not in a negative sense, of course, but because Gran Turismo 7 is just around the corner, launching on 4th March.
To celebrate, say goodbye and remember the good times, a special online championship within GT Sport will be held soon.
The ‘Road to GT7’ series will run within the Sport Mode section of the venerable title between the 5th and 26th February – completing just six days before the new game.
This will be the final official tournament using GT Sport, following the likes of the FIA Gran Turismo Manufacturer Series, FIA Gran Turismo Nations Cup and Toyota GAZOO Racing GT Cup. It also confirms, rather obviously, that should any high-level Gran Turismo esports events take place in 2022 and beyond, they will switch from GT Sport to GT7.
There will be four rounds in total, details below, each being held on a Saturday and with five time slots available: 14:00, 15:20, 16:40, 18:00, 19:20 UTC.
Matchmaking will be split into five regions with points from each player – this is open to anyone with GT Sport and PlayStation Plus – counting towards a total score. The best two round results will be taken into consideration.
The car and track combination details are below and there will be in-game ‘Victory Bonuses’ which are to be determined.
With all FIA events complete, for now, and the weekly Daily Race schedule becoming a bit repetitive of late, this sounds like a good excuse for one final flurry within GT Sport. We’ll see you on track.
‘Road to GT7′ series GT Sport online race schedule
Round 1: Saturday, 5 February 2022
- Category: N300
- Car: Car from Garage
- Track: Tokyo Expressway – South Inner Loop
- Qualifying Time: 5 Minutes
- Race Length: 10 Laps
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Tyres Available: Sports Medium
- Required Tyre Type: None
- Fuel Consumption During Qualifying: None
- Tyre Wear During Qualifying: None
- Fuel Consumption During Final: 5x
- Tyre Wear During Final: 8x
- BoP (Balance of Performance): Enabled
- Tuning: Available
Round 2: Saturday, 12 February 2022
- Category: Gr.3
- Car: Car from Garage
- Track: Suzuka Circuit
- Qualifying Time: 5 Minutes
- Race Length: 16 Laps
- Start Type: Grid Start (False Start Check)
- Tyres Available: Racing Hard / Medium / Soft
- Required Tyre Type: Racing Hard / Medium / Soft
- Fuel Consumption During Qualifying: None
- Tyre Wear During Qualifying: None
- Fuel Consumption During Final: 2x
- Tyre Wear During Final: 6x
- BoP (Balance of Performance): Enabled
- Tuning: Available
Round 3: Saturday, 19 February 2022
- Car Type: Gran Turismo Racing Kart 125 Shifter
- Car: Car from Garage
- Track: Red Bull Ring Short Track
- Qualifying Time: 5 Minutes
- Race Length: 20 Laps
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Tyres Available: Sports Soft
- Required Tyre Type: None
- Fuel Consumption During Qualifying: None
- Tyre Wear During Qualifying: None
- Fuel Consumption During Final: None
- Tyre Wear During Final: 10x
- BoP (Balance of Performance): Disabled
- Tuning: Available
Round 4: Saturday, 26 February 2022
- Category: Gr.4
- Car: Car from Garage
- Track: Alsace – Village
- Qualifying Time: 5 Minutes
- Race Length: 12 Laps
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Tyres Available: Racing Medium
- Required Tyre Type: None
- Fuel Consumption During Qualifying: None
- Tyre Wear During Qualifying: None
- Fuel Consumption During Final: 1x
- Tyre Wear During Final: 1x
- BoP (Balance of Performance): Enabled
- Tuning: Available#
Source: Gran Turismo
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