The 2022 Gran Turismo World Series Showdown was a playoff event in the Gran Turismo World Series that took place on July 30-31, 2022, at the Red Bull Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria. It was the first live Gran Turismo event since the Gran Turismo World Tour in Sydney in 2020, and the first live event in the Gran Turismo 7 era of the competition, as well the first under the Gran Turismo World Tour name.
Series director Kazunori Yamauchi tested positive for COVID-19 days before the event and was not present in-person at the event.[1]
Manufacturers Cup[]
The Manufacturers Cup portion of the event took place on July 30, 2022, as a three-driver endurance race, in which the manufacturer finishing in the top six received World Tour points. The event was plagued with several issues, such as errors in driver entrances resulting in some drivers having to enter twice, controller and network failures, and certain graphical errors. Possibly related to the network issues, the countdown to the start of the stream was restarted once the first countdown ended.
Entry List[]
The Manufacturers Cup race consists of the top 12 manufacturers in the Global Manufacturer Rankings of the 2022 Online Series Season 1, with the partner manufacturers being granted "immunity" from failing to qualify. The car numbers are also determined from the Global Manufacturer Rankings. Each manufacturer has three drivers, one chosen from the best driver in the GT1 League of the online series for each region (Americas, EMEA, Asia-Oceania).
One driver will do the qualifying run, and during the race, all drivers must participate by performing driver changes during the pit-stop period. If a manufacturer is one driver short, the first driver will do the third stint.
(P) indicates a partner manufacturer, which has a guaranteed entry regardless if they finished outside of the top 12 in the online series.
| Team | Number | Car | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subaru | 1 | Subaru BRZ GT300 '21 |  Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis Takuma Miyazono |
| Toyota (P) | 2 | Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept '18 |  Nikita Moysov Igor Fraga Ryota Kokobun
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| AMG[mc 2] | 3 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 '16 | Lucas Bonelli Kazuki Cho Baptiste Beauvois
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| Genesis (P) | 4 | Genesis X GR3 |  Manuel Rodriguez[mc 3] Yuito Sasaki Dean Heldt
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| Nissan | 5 | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 '13 | Mehdi Hafidi Hiroshi Okumoto Harald Walsen
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| Volkswagen | 6 | Volkswagen Beetle Gr.3 | Seiya Suzuki Thomas Labouteley Roberto Sternberg
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| Porsche | 7 | Porsche 911 RSR (991) '17 | Jose Serrano Angel Inostroza Connor Healy
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| Chevrolet | 8 | Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3 | Adriano Carrazza Alex López Murillo Kazuho Iwata
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| Jaguar | 9 | Jaguar F-type Gr.3 |  Ádám Tápai Alonso Regalado Soma Iseri
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| BMW | 10 | BMW M6 GT3 Sprint Model '16 | Erik Cases Vazquez Randall Haywood Jay O'Dowd[mc 4]
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| Mitsubishi | 11 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition Gr.3 | Hiroki Shimizu Arthur Mosso Joss Legrand
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| Mazda (P) | 12 | Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept Stealth Model[mc 5] | Shotaro Ryu Arnoldo Daetz Giorgio Mangano
|
Notes[]
- ↑ Miyazono fell ill days before the event and had to withdraw.[2] Miyazono, who was not substituted, did not disclose what was his illness in his statement, but it was confirmed in the stream that he tested positive for COVID-19.
- ↑ AMG was referred as "Mercedes-AMG" throughout the event, except by commentators.
- ↑ Manuel Rodriguez replaced Nicolas Romero, who tested positive for COVID-19 and had to withdraw.[3]
- ↑ O'Dowd was an substitute for Yuki Kodaka (Dstinct_VELTRO), who sat out of the event due to university exams.[4][5]
- ↑ Mazda used the Stealth Model version of the RX-Vision GT3 Concept, although the car performs identically to the regular counterpart.
- ↑ Daetz withdrew from the event without any statement; during the stream, he was announced as having contracted COVID-19. Daetz was not substituted.
Qualifying[]
| Pos | No | Team | Qualifying Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | AMG | Baptiste Beauvois[mcq 1] |
01:47.298 |
| 2 | 10 | BMW | Erik Cases Vazquez |
01:47.646 |
| 3 | 6 | Volkswagen | Roberto Sternberg |
01:47.655 |
| 4 | 8 | Chevrolet | Adriano Carrazza |
01:47.734 |
| 5 | 1 | Subaru | Kylian Drumont |
01:47.785 |
| 6 | 12 | Mazda | Giorgio Mangano |
01:47.809 |
| 7 | 2 | Toyota | Igor Fraga[mcq 2] |
01:47.857 |
| 8 | 4 | Genesis | Yuito Sasaki |
01:47.887 |
| 9 | 7 | Porsche | Angel Inostroza |
01:47.937 |
| 10 | 11 | Mitsubishi | Hiroki Shimizu |
01:48.295 |
| 11 | 9 | Jaguar | Soma Iseri |
01:48.335 |
| 12 | 5 | Nissan | Harald Walsen |
01:48.557 |
Notes[]
Race[]
At the end of third lap of the original start, network issues began plaguing the race despite the LAN-based nature of the event. Players started experiencing lag, and heading into the first tunnel, the Subaru and Toyota teams lost connection to the network. The race was red flagged for around fifty minutes while troubleshooting was performed; when the race was restarted, it was with a clean slate from the first lap.
The restart went trouble-free until lap 18, when the Porsche team suddenly crashed into a wall before the final turn, then crashing into the pit separator wall on the start-finish straight, after suffering a "hardware issue", speculated to be in relation to the steering wheel (all competitors used Thurstmaster wheels at the event). The Porsche parked in the pits on lap 24, having run the remaining laps presumably on the auto-drive mode in the pause screen (although ghosting was disabled).
Subaru won the race ahead of AMG despite being one driver short, with Toyota defeating Mazda for the late battle for the final spot in the podium. Nissan and Volkswagen rounded up the final points positions.
| Pos | No | Team | Time | Points | Q Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Subaru | 1:28.44.037 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | AMG | +03.608 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Toyota | +15.219 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 12 | Mazda | +15.500 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | Nissan | +22.828 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | Volkswagen | +24.754 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Chevrolet | +36.502 | 4 | |
| 8 | 9 | Jaguar | +37.106 | 11 | |
| 9 | 4 | Genesis | +45.330 | 8 | |
| 10 | 11 | Mitsubishi | +48.513 | 10 | |
| 11 | 10 | BMW | +1:06.052 | 2 | |
| 12 | 7 | Porsche | DNF (hardware) | 9 |
Fastest Lap: Lucas Bonelli (AMG) - 1:47.559
Nations Cup[]
The Nations Cup portion of the event took place on July 31, 2022 in four elimination stages (for each regional division, plus a repechage/last chance qualifier) leading to the grand finals. All drivers that made it to the Grand Finals will play in Rounds 2 and 3, as well as the World Finals.
Only the grand finals were shown live; the regional finals and the repechage were raced prior to the start of the stream with the highlights shown during the stream. Additionally, a general qualifying round (using the repechage round configuration with 10-minute qualifying time) was also held, but the outcome of the session was not shown during the stream, although the EMEA region is known to have won the general qualifying with Jose Serrano setting the general qualifiers' pole.
For all races, the car number is determined by their qualifying spot.
Entry List[]
The Nations Cup consists of drivers from the 2021 FIAGTC World Finals and top drivers from the GT1 League of 2022 GTWS Online Series Season 1.
(c) indicates the defending Nations Cup champion, while (fc) indicates a former champion.
| Region | Driver |
|---|---|
| Europe/Middle East/Africa | Valerio Gallo (c)
|
| Baptiste Beauvois
| |
| Jose Serrano
| |
| Patrik Blazsán
| |
| Giorgio Mangano
| |
| Coque López
| |
| Quinten Jehoul
| |
| Kylian Drumont
| |
| Manuel Rodríguez
| |
| Marco Busnelli
| |
 Saruthan Seelan
| |
| Ádám Tápai
| |
| Central/South Americas | Lucas Bonelli
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| Juan Hernández
| |
| Angel Inostroza
| |
| Igor Fraga (fc)
| |
| Fabián Portilla
| |
| Adriano Carrazza
| |
| North America |  Andrew Brooks |
| Robert Heck
| |
| Ethan Lim
| |
| Dean Heldt
| |
| Asia | Takuma Miyazono (fc) |
| Ryota Kokobun
| |
| Kanata Kawakami
| |
| Tomoaki Yamanaka
| |
| Seiya Suzuki
| |
 Jonathan Wong
| |
| Oceania |  Matthew McEwen
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| Andrew Lee | |
| Simon Bishop
| |
| Guy Barbara
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Notes[]
- ↑ Brooks tested positive for COVID-19 two days before the flight date for the event and had to withdraw.[6]
- ↑ Miyazono fell ill days before the event and had to withdraw.[2] He 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.
- ↑ Lee announced on July 2 that he would not participate in the Showdown due to health issues.[7]
EMEA Regional Finals[]
The EMEA Regional Finals determines the drivers from the EMEA region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
- Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Serrano |
01:06.372 |
| 2 | Valerio Gallo |
01:06.501 |
| 3 | Baptiste Beauvois |
01:06.520 |
| 4 | Giorgio Mangano |
01:06.525 |
| 5 | Kylian Drumont |
01:06.531 |
| 6 | Manuel Rodríguez |
01:06.580 |
| 7 | Marco Busnelli |
01:06.610 |
| 8 | Coque López |
01:06.643 |
| 9 | Quinten Jehoul |
01:06.674 |
| 10 | Saruthan Seelan |
01:06.743 |
| 11 | Ádám Tápai |
01:06.757 |
| 12 | Patrik Blazsán |
01:06.873 |
- Race
| Pos | Driver | Time | Starting Grid | Finals Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Serrano |
27:48.776 | 1 | 1 (GF) |
| 2 | Baptiste Beauvois |
+01.842 | 3 | 4 (GF) |
| 3 | Kylian Drumont |
+02.436 | 5 | 7 (GF) |
| 4 | Valerio Gallo |
+03.185 | 2 | 1 (R) |
| 5 | Patrik Blazsán |
+04.500 | 12 | 2 (R) |
| 6 | Coque López |
+05.810 | 8 | 3 (R) |
| 7 | Giorgio Mangano |
+05.810 | 4 | 4 (R) |
| 8 | Manuel Rodríguez |
+12.558 | 6 | Out |
| 9 | Saruthan Seelan |
+14.412 | 10 | Out |
| 10 | Ádám Tápai |
+15.497 | 11 | Out |
| 11 | Quinten Jehoul |
+17.104 | 9 | Out |
| 12 | Marco Busnelli |
+17.588 | 7 | Out |
Fastest Lap: Patrik Blazsán (1:21.509)
- In the finals grid row, (GF) indicates grand finals, (R) indicates repechage.
- Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
- Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
Americas Regional Finals[]
The Americas Regional Finals determines the drivers from the Americas region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
- Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Fraga |
01:06.483 |
| 2 | Angel Inostroza |
01:06.576 |
| 3 | Adriano Carrazza |
01:06.616 |
| 4 | Lucas Bonelli |
01:06.714 |
| 5 | Fabián Portilla |
01:06.714 |
| 6 | Juan Hernández |
01:06.720 |
| 7 | Ethan Lim |
01:06.860 |
| 8 | Dean Heldt |
01:06.908 |
| 9 | Robert Heck |
01:07.157 |
- Race
| Pos | Driver | Time | Starting Grid | Finals Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Fraga |
28:31.116 | 1 | 2 (GF) |
| 2 | Adriano Carrazza |
+04.625 | 3 | 5 (GF) |
| 3 | Angel Inostroza |
+04.914 | 2 | 8 (GF) |
| 4 | Lucas Bonelli |
+10.623 | 4 | 5 (R) |
| 5 | Dean Heldt |
+24.647 | 8 | 6 (R) |
| 6 | Ethan Lim |
+26.804 | 7 | 7 (R) |
| 7 | Robert Heck |
+35.100 | 9 | 8 (R) |
| 8 | Juan Hernández |
+35.838 | 6 | Out |
| 9 | Fabián Portilla |
+43.447 | 5 | Out |
Fastest Lap: Igor Fraga (1:44.628)
- In the finals grid row, (GF) indicates grand finals, (R) indicates repechage.
- Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
- Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
Asia-Oceania Regional Finals[]
The Asia-Oceania Regional Finals determines the drivers from the Asia-Oceania region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
- Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryota Kokobun |
01:06.620 |
| 2 | Kanata Kawakami |
01:06.698 |
| 3 | Matthew McEwen |
01:06.729 |
| 4 | Tomoaki Yamanaka |
01:06.781 |
| 5 | Seiya Suzuki |
01:06.794 |
| 6 | Jonathan Wong |
01:06.811 |
| 7 | Guy Barbara |
01:06.945 |
| 8 | Simon Bishop |
01:07.242 |
- Race
| Pos | Driver | Time | Starting Grid | Finals Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryota Kokobun |
27:12.250 | 1 | 3 (GF) |
| 2 | Kanata Kawakami |
+09.886 | 2 | 6 (GF) |
| 3 | Matthew McEwen |
+12.147 | 3 | 9 (GF) |
| 4 | Tomoaki Yamanaka |
+14.100 | 4 | 9 (R) |
| 5 | Seiya Suzuki |
+14.722 | 5 | 10 (R) |
| 6 | Guy Barbara |
+17.273 | 7 | 11 (R) |
| 7 | Jonathan Wong |
+19.830 | 6 | 12 (R) |
| 8 | Simon Bishop |
+47.416 | 8 | Out |
Fastest Lap: Guy Barbara (1:19.841)
- In the finals grid row, (GF) indicates grand finals, (R) indicates repechage.
- Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
- Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
Repechage Round[]
The Repechage Round is the last-chance qualifier for drivers finishing fourth to seventh in each region's regional finals, with the top three finishers (just like the regional finals) advancing to the Grand Finals.
- Starting Line-Up
| Pos | Driver | Previous Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valerio Gallo |
4th in EMEA race |
| 2 | Patrik Blazsán |
5th in EMEA race |
| 3 | Coque López |
6th in EMEA race |
| 4 | Giorgio Mangano |
7th in EMEA race |
| 5 | Lucas Bonelli |
4th in Americas race |
| 6 | Dean Heldt |
5th in Americas race |
| 7 | Ethan Lim |
6th in Americas race |
| 8 | Robert Heck |
7th in Americas race |
| 9 | Tomoaki Yamanaka |
4th in Asia-Oceania race |
| 10 | Seiya Suzuki |
5th in Asia-Oceania race |
| 11 | Guy Barbara |
6th in Asia-Oceania race |
| 12 | Jonathan Wong |
7th in Asia-Oceania race |
- Race
| Pos | Driver | Time | Starting Grid | Finals Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valerio Gallo |
22:29.167 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Tomoaki Yamanaka |
+03.649 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Lucas Bonelli |
+06.841 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Dean Heldt |
+10.557 | 6 | Out |
| 5 | Giorgio Mangano |
+10.786 | 4 | Out |
| 6 | Coque López |
+11.939 | 3 | Out |
| 7 | Ethan Lim |
+12.646 | 7 | Out |
| 8 | Patrik Blazsán |
+12.746 | 2 | Out |
| 9 | Jonathan Wong |
+13.557 | 12 | Out |
| 10 | Seiya Suzuki |
+14.161 | 10 | Out |
| 11 | Robert Heck |
+23.707 | 8 | Out |
| 12 | Guy Barbara |
+40.433 | 11 | Out |
Fastest Lap: Tomoaki Yamanaka (1:05.679)
- Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
Grand Finals[]
The Grand Finals determines the winner of the Showdown, with top six drivers receiving points (World Series Points) that counts towards the Nations Cup standings.
- Starting Line-Up
| Pos | Driver | Previous Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Serrano |
1st in EMEA race |
| 2 | Igor Fraga |
1st in Americas race |
| 3 | Ryota Kokobun |
1st in Asia-Oceania race |
| 4 | Baptiste Beauvois |
2nd in EMEA race |
| 5 | Adriano Carrazza |
2nd in Americas race |
| 6 | Kanata Kawakami |
2nd in Asia-Oceania race |
| 7 | Kylian Drumont |
3rd in EMEA race |
| 8 | Angel Inostroza |
3rd in Americas race |
| 9 | Matthew McEwen |
3rd in Asia-Oceania race |
| 10 | Valerio Gallo |
1st in Repechage |
| 11 | Tomoaki Yamanaka |
2nd in Repechage |
| 12 | Lucas Bonelli |
3rd in Repechage |
- Race
| Pos | Driver | Time | Points | Starting Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kylian Drumont |
45:36.350 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Igor Fraga |
+07.661 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Ryota Kokobun |
+07.985 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Baptiste Beauvois |
+09.111 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Jose Serrano |
+17.658 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Lucas Bonelli |
+17.770 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Tomoaki Yamanaka |
+18.551 | 11 | |
| 8 | Valerio Gallo |
+19.932 | 10 | |
| 9 | Angel Inostroza |
+27.890 | 8 | |
| 10 | Adriano Carrazza |
+29.786 | 5 | |
| 11 | Kanata Kawakami |
+33.814 | 6 | |
| 12 | Matthew McEwen |
+43.201 | 9 |
Fastest Lap: Kylian Drumont (1:27.226)
Winners[]
| Manufacturers Cup | Subaru
|
Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis
|
|---|---|---|
| Nations Cup | Kylian Drumont
| |
Players who entered the Bonus Campaign with the correct predictions received two Cr. 500,000 Credit Tickets (for total of Cr. 1,000,000) for each correct prediction, for a total of Cr. 2,000,000 for those who correctly predicted both winners. The ticket(s) can be claimed starting August 5, 2022 and must be claimed before August 31, 2022.
Michelin Driver of the Day[]
| Manufacturers Cup | Subaru
|
Kylian Drumont
|
|---|---|---|
| Nations Cup | Kylian Drumont
| |
Championship Standings[]
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Announced Game Content[]
The content announced at the event was added to Gran Turismo 7 in the v1.20 August 2022 update:
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Trivia[]
The Nations Cup announcement card shown at the end of the Manufacturer Series broadcast. Note the hidden "AI was here" text on the top right.
- At the end of the Manufacturers Cup broadcast, the graphic advertising the Nations Cup race for the following day featured a hidden text, "AI was here", on the top left of the screen, teasing a showcase of Gran Turismo Sophy, an AI project developed by Sony's AI division in collaboration with Polyphony Digital.[8] Only a few minutes' highlights of GT Sophy demonstration was shown on the Nations Cup broadcast, however; the full races were uploaded on September 12, 2022.
- During the Nations Cup Grand Finals race, the sound used in Gran Turismo 4 when a car changes position in its B-Spec Mode is played when one of the finalists is refueling for every 10 liter of fuel added. This sound would also be used in subsequent GTWS broadcasts whenever necessary.
- The Manufacturers Cup race was the second FIAGTC/GTWS live event race to be red flagged, after the Nations Cup Race 1 of the 2019 Gran Turismo World Tour - Tokyo (which was red flagged due to the track being blocked as a result of combination of a wide car, Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé, being used on a narrow track, Sardegna - Road Track - A).
References[]
External Links[]
- GTWS Showdown on gran-turismo.com
- Race Report: Emotional Win for Team Subaru at First In-Person Gran Turismo World Series Event Since 2020 - gran-turismo.com
- Race Report: A Day Full of Surprises at the First Live Nations Cup Event in Two and a Half Years - gran-turismo.com
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