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Coque López (pictured as A License test instructor) won the 2022 Nations Cup.
Subaru won the 2022 Manufacturers Cup with the BRZ GT300. Subaru also won Season 1 of the online Manufacturers Cup series.
The 2022 Gran Turismo World Series is the fifth season of the Gran Turismo World Series, and the first season held in Gran Turismo 7 and under the GTWS name.
The online season was held in two seasons, from May 27 to July 2, 2022, which determines participation for the Showdown, and from August 12 to October 1, 2022, which determines participation for the World Finals. Three pre-recorded races were also held in addition to the two live events, in a transition from a largely online-only format in 2020 and 2021 as effects of and travel restrictions relating to COVID-19 began to loosen up globally. These pre-recorded races were later dropped for subsequent years.
Coque López won the Nations Cup in a controversial three-way last-lap collision for the title in the final lap of the World Finals Grand Finals race, while Subaru won their second Manufacturers Cup title (as well the first across games and cars used) in a wet-weather thriller against Toyota.
This season marked the first year for Brembo and Genesis as official GTWS partners.
The online season took place from May 27 to July 2 for Season 1 (with Manufacturers races on Fridays and Nations races on Saturdays) and August 12 to October 1 for Season 2 (with Nations races on Fridays and Manufacturers races on Saturdays). For Manufacturers Cup, a rule is in effect where players may not switch manufacturers between Season 1 and Season 2. As result, only players who did not participate in season 1 of Manufacturers Cup could represent Suzuki when it joined the Manufacturers Cup following the addition of SUZUKI Vision Gran Turismo (Gr.3 Version) in version 1.17 (released June 23, 2022).
↑This event was unannounced until the 26th of May, when the Suzuki VGT was added to the game.
↑This event was unannounced until the 23rd of June, when Watkins Glen was added to the game.
↑This round featured wallriding at turn 2 and the final corner. As a consequence, manufacturer points were voided for this race in the Asia-Oceania and Americas regions.
↑This round was originally scheduled at Blue Moon Bay Speedway - Infield B, but was changed due to wallriding concerns after the incidents in round 2.
↑ 5.05.1These events were unannounced until the 26th of August, when the additional layouts for Catalunya (used for round 4) were added to the game. It is unknown why round 6's announcement was also delayed until this date.
Live and Broadcasted Events[]
Two live events and three pre-recoded races featuring top GTWS stars (to determine the point rankings) were held throughout the year.
New to the 2022 season is a player-level engagement to those events, by introduction of Predict the Winner Bonus Campaign. For correctly predicting a winner of each race from the game, the player can earn credits in form of tickets. The World Finals also saw the debut of Viewers Gift campaign, which required the player to answer correctly questions that were tied to the outcome of the event to earn in-game prizes such as tickets and cars; subsequent Viewers Gift campaigns would only require the player to watch the event from the game.
First GTWS live event since 2020. Miyazono was part of the Subaru team, but missed the Showdown due to an illness, later revealed to be positive test for COVID-19 during the Manufacturers stream.
In each of these standings, the top 12 manufacturers advance to the live events, with Season 1 top 12 advancing to the Showdown and the Season 2 top 12 to the World Finals. In event any of the partner manufacturers (Toyota, Mazda, or Genesis) fell out of top 12, they would have replaced the lowest ranked non-sponsor manufacturer.
For both seasons, the best half of the season counted towards the championship - best three races for season 1 and best four races for season 2.
The online qualifying for the 2022 season of Nations Cup works as follows:
Season 1 (Showdown, Rounds 2 and 3): 16 top GT1 League players subject to region criteria below, plus 16 2021 World Finalists (total of 32 players)
Season 2 (World Finals): 18 top GT1 League players subject to region criteria below, plus 12 2022 Showdown participants that made it to the Grand Final race (total of 30 players)
Each region is capped to a set number of players (with a limit of two players from the same country), for a total of 16 players selected from each round:
Europe, Middle East, Africa: 6
North America: 3
Central/South Americas: 2 (Season 1)/3 (Season 2)
Asia: 3
Oceania: 2 (Season 1)/3 (Season 2)
As with Manufacturers Cup, for both seasons, the best half of the season counted towards the championship - best three races for season 1 and best four races for season 2.
Bold indicates qualified players; italics indicates players who were in top 10 and already qualified from previous stage.
For privacy of players who have yet to qualify for live events, PSN IDs are used throughout this section. PSN IDs refer to current ID as of creation of the article and may not reflect their handle at the time of qualification. Only Top 10 rankings of each region are listed.
↑ 1.01.11.21.3Because of two drivers per country limit, the next ranked driver from a different country qualified.
↑Dstinct_Andrew would have been qualified to the Showdown as a 2021 World Finalist. However, he withdrew from the Showdown due to health reasons.[2]
↑McEwen qualified to the Showdown as a 2021 World Finalist.
↑ 4.04.14.2Kajracer passed on participation in the Showdown despite finishing sixth in the Season 1 EMEA standings. This would have meant the sixth EMEA slot would go to PolUrra, who was underage at that time and therefore ineligible, so that slot went to Adam18_26 instead.
↑Although VQS_Drifter led the North American Season 1 leaderboard, VQS_Drifter passed on participation in the Showdown for undisclosed reasons.
↑ 6.06.1Although Dstinct_Andrew led the Season 2 Oceanian leaderboard, Dstinct_Andrew passed on participation in the World Finals for undisclosed reasons. emreeree took Dstinct_Andrew's slot.
↑ 7.07.1PolUrra led the Season 2 EMEA leaderboard, but was underage at the time and was thus ineligible for the live events. NicoRD, who would have been otherwise not advanced under the two players per country limit if PolUrra qualified, advanced to the World Finals instead.
↑ 8.08.1roachwave (then CalenTwentyFour) finished second in the Season 2 North American standings, but was underage at the time and was thus ineligible for the live events. RobbyHeck, next in the standings, advanced to the World Finals instead.
For World Finals, number on the left is from regional qualifier or repechage, while number on the right is from the Grand Final race.
A blank spot indicates the player did not qualify for said tape-delayed race or live event.
Notes (Live Event/Broadcast Standings)[]
↑ 1.01.1Subaru and Toyota tied with both 40 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, Subaru is determined to be the winner.
↑ 2.02.1Genesis and Volkswagen tied with both 19 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, the fifth position went to Genesis.
↑ 3.03.1López and Inostroza tied with both 30 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the Nations Cup Grand Final race, López is determined to be the winner.
↑Miyazono fell ill days before the Showdown and had to withdraw.[3] Miyazono did not disclose what was his illness in his statement, but it was confirmed in the Manufacturers Cup stream that he tested positive for COVID-19.
↑ 5.05.1Andrew Lee did not participate in the Showdown due to health issues.[2] Lee also withdrew from the World Finals for undisclosed reasons.
↑Subaru and Toyota tied with both 40 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, Subaru is determined to be the winner.
↑López and Inostroza tied with both 30 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the Nations Cup Grand Final race, López is determined to be the winner.
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