“WHO IS THE FASTEST GR SUPRA DRIVER?” Outline of GR Supra GT Cup 2020 Announced

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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR）announced the outline of GR Supra GT Cup 2020, that is a global one make race in “Gran Turismo SPORT” for PlayStation®4 *1(PS4®)

TGR will continue to work involving e-motorsports as one of the pillars of TGR motorsports activities. We are going to hold GR Supra GT Cup to make motorsports and sport cars more accessible and enjoyable across generations and around the world. GR Supra in Gran Turismo was bought by about 800,000 people along with implementation for GR Supra GT Cup and about 30,000 people participated. We received feedback and evaluation from the top drivers and also questionnaires from over 120,000 Gran Turismo drivers which we will use to enhance actual GR Supra development.

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Outline of GR Supra GT Cup 2020

Race Name GR Supra GT Cup 2020
Event Period April – November, 2020
Event Location Qualifying: online, across the world (Seven rounds)
Final: real event in November along with FIA GT Championship（Fixed Plan）
Participation Requirement Owner of GR Supra and “Gran Turismo Sport” for PS4® with software within Gran Turismo. Participants must be six years old or older*2
*2 Under the laws of the participating countries, even if participants are in the top qualifying rounds online, they may not be able to participate in the final (real event).

Schedule

Round Date Course
Qualifying Rd.1 26-Apr Fuji International Speedway (Japan)
Rd.2 17-May The Nürburgring (Germany)
Rd.3 7-Jun Circuit de La Sarthe (France)
Rd.4 21-Jun WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (USA)
Rd.5 5-Jul Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Brazil)
Rd.6 19-Jul Tokyo Expressway: South Inner loop (Japan)
Rd.7 16-Aug Mount Panorama (Australia)
Final Final Rd. November Real event (TBD)
*Schedule and course are subject to change.

Start Time (differs according to the five regions below)

Region Start Time
Asia 18:00 (JST)
Oceania 16:00 (AEST) 15:00 (JST)
Europe, Middle east, Africa 16:00 (CET), Next day 0:00（JST）
North America 19:00 (PST) 22:00 (EST), Next day 6:00(JST)
Latin America 19:00 (PST) 22:00 (EST), Next day 6:00(JST)

*Rd.2 and Rd.3 will start 30 minutes before the above times. Start time is subject to change.

Detailed information including the circuits to be used in each round will be published in due course on the GR Supra GT Cup section of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing official website.
URL: https://toyotagazooracing.com/e-motorsports/
Also, entries for each race will open 15 minutes before the start of each race at “sports mode” of the “Gran Turismo SPORT”.

Quelle: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing official website: https://toyotagazooracing.com/