Takuma Miyazono: Interview with the Best Gran Turismo Player in the World

[Famine]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Takuma Miyazono: Interview with the Best Gran Turismo Player in the World​

GTPlanet recently had the chance to chat with newly crowned Gran Turismo World Series Nations Cup champion Takuma Miyazono — and arguably the best Gran Turismo player of all time — following his victory in the world finals in Amsterdam...

 

[Majorlazer]

This man has won me many credits 🥹

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Best of luck for next year, Miyazono!

Would be great if he could into Super Taikyu and ghr Nurburgring endurance in the near future! We could some updated Nurb livered cars in game 😉

 

[Talon16]

Seems like a nice kid. Wish him the best in his future endeavors.

 

[Johnny Caisse]

I look up to E-Sports gamers. They're talented!

 

[bduddy]

It's great that he's been able to turn his GTWS experience (and surely other things as well) into a job and real-world racing career. I think that's the kind of thing Kaz had in mind, so hopefully it works out for more people.

 

[TumeK5]

It's great that he's been able to turn his GTWS experience (and surely other things as well) into a job and real-world racing career. I think that's the kind of thing Kaz had in mind, so hopefully it works out for more people.

It's been a thing for a really long time.

cough Jann Mardenborough.

 

[brockie]

That’s some title, ‘best gt player in the world’, nice work

☝️

 

[B80]

I look up to E-Sports gamers. They're talented!

I listened to a podcast from one near the top a few years back... fraga comes to mind, sorry if wrong.

Incredible amount of time, focus that goes into it. He alluded to how he got into gt as a kid, all about fun. How things changed over time, as became competitive online. Talked about depression, constantly trying to shace off milli seconds. For hours everyday.

didn't sound like fun at all to me tbh... far removed from when/why he used to play it.

I know it's 'just a game' but I don't think any of the drivers at those levels are there by accident. Casually playing for a few hours a week. No doubt certain genetics at play to reach elite level of anything, but sounds like proper commitment. Constabt focus, dedication and not just in an unwind for 30 mins when rest of house have gone to sleep.

Defo need something about you to compete at these kind of levels, imo.

As you say, fair play.

I'm sure we'd all love to earn a living from video games. But it doesn't happen by accident imo, and I'm not sure everyone knows dedication it takes to compete at the top. Seems almost like another full time job. I suspect most work full time, as I don't think gt even pays remotely well at all iirc.. more around slight possibility of earning contract racing irl.


As I say, i don't think it's a case of picking up a ps pad a few times a week, whilst laid on sofa and suddenly you're in the finals.

When you think about amount of people that play the game across the globe. It's pretty much elite sportsman level of odds of making it.

The barrier to entry is extremely low after all. All you need is a ps5 gt7 and an Internet connection. Good luck!

 

[Sir Crashalot]

Are those guys pros? And if so, do they just do GT7 or other sims also?

Sorry if it has been mentioned in the Interview, I stopped the video when I realized he's speaking Japanese.

 

[Famine]

Are those guys pros? And if so, do they just do GT7 or other sims also?

Sorry if it has been mentioned in the Interview, I stopped the video when I realized he's speaking Japanese.

Do the subtitles not work for you?

Also largely not - GTWS doesn't really have prize money, so if they were pros it'd be a waste of time. Several players are on esports teams, and yes they do sometimes drive other sims.

 

[Sir Crashalot]

Thx @Famine !

And yeah, subs work but I didn't feel like reading. Or to be more exact, I wanted to just listen to the Interview on my headphones while doing something else.

 

[StephanCTR]

I really like Miyazono-san's personality. When asked about his non-optimal race strategy, he just said that him losing was not about strategy, but about others being faster. There are many professionals who always try to blame some external factors - like tire choice and recconaissance informations in rally or wind in cycling. Takuma just saying it is on him, so he has to train more is so refreshing.

Also, these overtakes in the end of final race, so cheeky...