It’s time for another online endurance race in Gran Turismo 6, and this time, we’re going to Belgium’s Ardennes forest for a 24-hour race at Spa Francorchamps!
The race will be live-streamed in its entirety, featuring 10 teams and more than 30 drivers. The race begins on Saturday, October 11 at 13:00 GMT/UTC (convert this to your local time) and will be broadcast here on GTPlanet’s news blog and YouTube channel.
Last weekend saw 33 drivers in both GT3 and GT Cup classes take to the track to prove their pace over 4 sessions held in varied conditions.
Times fell over the course of each session as teams strategically opted for low fuel runs with fresh tyres towards the end of each 2 hour period.
Made 4 Racing’s @P1K3Y_M1k3Y set the early pace in QP1 with a time of 02:16.214 after 33 laps, with @J Daniels topping the time sheet for Lotus Club Rebellion, half a second quicker than the rest in GT Cup.
QP2, was the only session to be held in daylight, and again the Mercedes-Benz of Made 4 Racing proved the fastest, this time at the hands of @gtpcaine with a 02:16.130.
After QP3 most drivers had set times, and it was clear that no one team, nor car, was emerging as a favourite, despite the presence of many NISMO GT Academy Alumni. The GT-R of @rcb929 for Black Rose Racing Team, was first to break under the 2:16.000 mark.
In the final session, @andp132 (Old Rosie Racing) and @TNR_5zigen (Top Notch Racing) also set sub 2:16.000 times, in their SLS & Z4 respectively, with the latter recording the quickest time over all, a 02:15.876, just +0.091 faster than 2nd place.
The Lotus and Toyota drivers were evenly split after 8 hours of qualifying, with @J Daniels ‘s 02:25.537 enough to stay fastest in the GT Cup class.
For full results from Qualifying Practice, the Event Program, and all the latest news, visit the official forum topic.
There is still time to join the grid, but hurry, as time and space is limited. We are also looking for help with the live broadcast – if you would like to join Commentary or Broadcast Teams, please contact Race Director @AJ for more information.
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can anyone tell me how much HP and weight we can use if im gonna take part with this event while driving a BMW Z4 GT3? Because its kinda confusing for me how the scheme looks at the rules & regulations of this event
Tear it up Greasy and Flash! If you need a reserve driver you know where to find me! Good luck
well that’s interesting, I know for a fact that TNR_5zigen is only 13 years old, el oh el
I’m sure I will tune in at some point to watch. I just hope that they have a MUCH more stable connection than the last endurance race I watched. It was hosted on YouTube, but the stream kept freezing and stuttering. When I watched a few different segments of the 24 Hours of LeMans it was hosted on Twitch, I believe, and that was considerably more enjoyable. There were zero problems at the times I tried viewing.
Rooting for Black Rose Racing Team. I’ll be watching.
I wish the best of luck to you all! Can’t wait!
I’ll be doing my best to log on to watch this. For me in Australia I’ve got Bathurst the same weekend, but this will nestle nicely into an overnight-early morning viewing whilst working on a car in the garage. Here’s to motorsport weekend!
One comment though – any pics of entrants cars would be great, it would build the hype no end. Easiest would be a sub-blog or similar and make entrants editors so they can post up any GT pics or team media. Not expecting pro levels, but would be nice to see the cars that these teams are obviously putting a lot of effort into…
Wish I had time for this. Would love to run one of AJs 24 hour races again.
Good Luck AJ!