Gran Turismo World Series 2022 Showdown Start Date, Time, And How To Watch

Gran Turismo World Series Showdown 2022 is the first in-person esports event for a Gran Turismo game since 2020, and here you can find all the details about it, inlcuding start time and particpating drivers and teams.

This weekend in Salzburg, Austria, Gran Turismo 7 pro players will compete agains each other in two different competitions: Manufacterer’s Cup and Nations Cup.

Both competitions are improtant for drivers, but the former is a team-based tournament, while the latter sees individual drivers fighting for a qualifications chance to the next rounds of the tournament.

Gran Turismo World Series 2022 Showdown Start Date And Time

Manfacturer’s Cup will kick off on July 30 at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET/7 pm UTC/9 pm CEST. During this competition, 12 manufacturer teams, each with 3 drivers, will compete against each other to bring the championship to their brand.

Next, you can watch the Nations Cup on July 31 at the same time as above, which is competition between individuals who hope to get qualified for Round 2 and 3 of GT World Series. According to the official Gran Turismo website, 16 finalists from the 2021 World Finals Nations Cup as well as the 16 best-ranked players from the top league in each region of the Online Series 1 form up the Nations Cup participants in 2022.

Later in this article, you can check out the full list of the Nations Cup and Manufacter’s Cup participants.

How To Watch GT World Series Showdown 2022 Live

Grand Turismo World Series Showdown 2022 is a LAN tournament set at Redbull’s Hangar-7 arena in Salzburg, Austria. However, if you can’t attend the event, you can watch it live via official PlayStation account on Twitch. You can also check it out on YouTube through the official website of Gran Turismo.

Manufacturer’s Cup Teams

Team Subaru

• Kylian Drumont – France
• Daniel Solis – USA
• Takuma Miyazono – Japan

Team Toyota

• Nikita Moysov – Czech
• Igor Fraga – Brazil
• Ryota Kokubun – Japan

Team AMG

• Lucas Bonelli – Brazil
• Kazuki Cho – Japan
• Baptiste Beauvois – France

Team Genesis

• Nicolas Romero – Spain
• Yuito Sasaki – Japan
• Dean Heldt – USA

Team Nissan

• Mehdi Hafidi – France
• Hiroshi Okumoto – Japan
• Harald Walsen – Chile

Team Volkswagon

• Seiya Suzuki – Japan
• Thomas Labouteley – France
• Roberto Sternberg – Brazil

Team Porsche

• Jose Serrano – Spain
• Angel Inostroza – Chile
• Connor Healy – Australia

Team Chevrolet

• Adriano Carrazza – Brazil
• Alex López Murillo – Spain
• Kazuho Iwata – Japan

Team Jaguar

• Ádám Tápai – Hungary
• Alonso Regalado – Peru
• Soma Iseri – Japan

Team BMW

• Erik Cases Vazquez – Spain
• Randall Haywood – USA
• Jay O’Dowd – Australia

Team Mitsubishi

• Hiroki Shimizu – Japan
• Arthur Mosso – Brazil
• Joss Legrand – Belgium

Team Mazda

• Shotaro Ryu – Japan
• Arnoldo Daetz – Guatemala
• Giorgio Mangano – Italy

Nations Cup Participants

• Valerio Gallo – Italy (2021 World Finals Champion)
• Lucas Bonelli – Brazil
• Juan Hernández – Guatemala
• Angel Inostroza – Chile
• Igor Fraga – Brazil
• Andrew Brooks – Canada
• Robert Heck – USA
• Ethan Lim – Canada
• Dean Heldt – USA
• Adriano Carrazza – Brazil
• Fabián Portilla – Chile
• Takuma Miyazono – Japan
• Matthew McEwen – New Zealand
• Ryota Kokubun – Japan
• Kanata Kawakami – Japan
• Tomoaki Yamanaka – Japan
• Seiya Suzuki – Japan
• Jonathan Wong – Hong Kong
• Simon Bishop – New Zealand
• Guy Barbara – Australia
• Baptiste Beauvois – France
• Jose Serrano – Spain
• Patrik Blazsán – Hungary
• Giorgio Mangano – Italy
• Coque López – Spain
• Quinten Jehoul – Belgium
• Kylian Drumont – France
• Manuel Rodríguez – Spain
• Marco Busnelli – Italy
• Saruthan Seelan – UK
• Ádám Tápai- Hungary