Gran Turismo World Series Live Events 2025 - London Tickets Now Available

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I shall have to dig this out for 7 June... :D
Hope I can get to meet some of the :gtpflag:gang again @Jordan @Famine
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I'm not sure how reliable this site is, but it says the London event will be at the BBC Studioworks Television Centre and the Berlin event at the Uber Eats Music Hall.

 
I'm not sure how reliable this site is, but it says the London event will be at the BBC Studioworks Television Centre and the Berlin event at the Uber Eats Music Hall.

My side of town, I might have to pop into the London event.
 
Just here to say WHOO HOO BMW! Also, maybe this'll spur them to become an official partner . . ?

That 3-person team from Subaru . . . if there's one squad I would not want to go against, it's those folks.


Whelp, I'm onto Nations and a piddling finish for The Revengel . . .
 
So instead of Audi, Chevrolet and Genesis, the new players for 2025 are Lamborghini, McLaren and Nissan. It is interesting how the roster is even mix of 6 japanese brands and 6 european luxury sport cars manufacturers.

But I kind of don't understand why game updates don't bring more new racing cars that could be used in World Series. If they want to do prestigious e-sports series and attract sponsors, it would be logical to work on more new, up-to-date racing cars and not unlikeable vehicles like old Toyota C-HR.
 
But I kind of don't understand why game updates don't bring more new racing cars that could be used in World Series. If they want to do prestigious e-sports series and attract sponsors, it would be logical to work on more new, up-to-date racing cars
There's a couple of reasons, both practical and pragmatic.

The latter is "because BOP". In essence a new car just takes the place of the old one unless there's a radical difference in the car's layout. It won't be any faster because of BOP, won't be hugely different to drive, won't sound too different, and won't look any different when you drive it unless you drive cockpit/VR or chase.

In practical terms, race cars are the most difficult to deal with. Every sponsor on there has to be covered by a licensing agreement, and for those cars where the sponsorship doesn't confer image use rights (most of them) that means PD must gain (pay for) a specific case licence use - and one from dozens saying no will stymie that. We've seen workarounds, with the DBR9's fictional sponsors, but players kick off if it's not 1:1 (T10 is experiencing this now with some new Porsches). And then people make their own liveries anyway without them 😂

Basically it's a lot of hassle to what amounts to swapping a primary car for a mild shape change. Not that they won't do it - we've seen the updated R8, AMG GT, and GT-R, while the fictional WRX was basically swapped for the GT300 BRZ - but there's less effort/reward.

And again, I would personally like to see a 720S GT3 Evo, which is at least a wholly separate vehicle from the existing 650S rather than a generational update, but it's just a preference really.
 


Tickets on sale for London. Venue confirmed as Television Centre (ugh, Westfield on a Saturday afternoon).
 
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Tickets on sale for London. Venue confirmed as Television Centre (ugh, Westfield on a Saturday afternoon).
Thanks for posting this.
I've just bought a ticket for this. It'll be my first GT event since the GT Sport unveiling at the copper box, but unlike @sirjim73 I might not wear the t-shirt as its a bit snug now!
Just happened to check the "news" page and saw @Famine 's article, so I'm now on board

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