PlayStation Spain has organized an official national championship for Gran Turismo players resident in the country, which takes place later this month.
Going by the name of Campeonato Espana GT, the series is the first official national esports event for
Gran Turismo Sport. The game has previously been the title of choice in other national events, notably the Japan National Sports Festival in 2019, 2020, and again in 2021, but this would mark the first PlayStation-organized championship at this level.
The competition will run across two stages. Firstly there’s a qualification period, which will allow players who live in Spain to set times in specific car/track combinations in live online rooms. Players will need to register through the official CEGT website before the qualifiers begin on February 4.
Whew.
We have absolutely no fear of contradiction when we say that 2020 has been an extremely odd spin around the Sun. What started off as a year of tremendous promise descended into the most challenging 366 days globally for probably two generations.
The lows of 2020 will likely mean that few will look back on this year fondly, but there have been a good few highlights to brighten up the last 12 months too. We’re taking a quick look at what 2020 has brought in this, our traditional end-of-year review.
January
Remember January? It seems like it was three years ago, but it started off the year in pretty positive fashion. For starters, we expanded our comprehensive guide to Gran Turismo, GTPEDIA, with an entire extra and free chapter covering the newest game in the GT series,
Japan’s Takuma Miyazono has cemented his place as the world’s best Gran Turismo driver in 2020, by adding the Nations Cup title to his Manufacturer Series and Supra GT Cup crowns.
The first driver to achieve the Nations/Manufacturers double in a single season, Miyazono has gone through 2020 undefeated, winning both the only World Tour that took place this year, in Sydney, and the Asia-Oceania regional final too as well as the Asia section of the online season!
Things didn’t entirely go to plan for Miyazono to start with however. Despite starting from pole position in the first race, using the new Toyota GR Yaris at Fuji Speedway, what looked like a rare tactical error from the favorite resulted in a ninth-place finish.