2026 International Rally Championship - Miku wins Round #2.Open 

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Hi everyone! Welcome to the 2025 International Rally Championship.
We are looking forward to having an another season of the Rally Championship! This idea of creating a rally series started when I was competing into a rallycross championship on GT6. That took me to host a WRC championship, however, seeing that it was complicated, it ended on being a failure. But while my old PS3 was broken and that I was still waiting for a new one, I already was planning to revive the idea of doing my rally championship and make it sucessfull, as there aren't very much rally championships which are sucessfull.
In September 2017, Pedro Harsk has stepped down as a GORO steward which ended the cooperation between GORO and GRC. As a result, the Rally Senegal was the last GT6 Rally Round under the banner.
Since then, it became International Rally Championship from 2018 onwards and it was also moved to Gran Turismo Sport on PS4, where it remained for 5 seasons. After 5 seasons, IRC moved to Gran Turismo 7 and 2023 was the first year that IRC has been hosted in GT7.

On the season which will be the 10th anniversary of IRC, the 2026 IRC will be contested with 15 classes, ranging from Gr. B Rally Cars to N100 Road Cars. The 2026 season will be marked by the continuation of GLP Class category and the debut of Beetle Desert Racer and 911 930 Turbo Rally Classes.

Since the establishment of new era of GRC in 2017, the Race Cars, Vision GT Cars, Prototypes and Supercars have been banned from competing on rally rounds. The Trophy Truck Pick-ups will also compete for the tenth time. There will be 15 rounds!

With that, the rally championship will become more realistic and fair without having to worry about the Race Cars.

If you have any question, suggestion or feedback, please let us know. 👍

Enjoy! :cheers:

Past seasons:
2015 The Rally Trophy- Little CHRISTMAS CUP (2016 Global Rally Championship's Pre-Season) (Champions: Alexander Erhart, Suzuki and Portugal)
2016 GRO Global Rally Championship (Champions: Alexander Erhart, Suzuki, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2017 GRO Global Rally Championship Season 2 (Champions: Dwyane Gable, Subaru, USA and Shadow Racers)- 2017 Season, Part 1
2017 GRO Global Rally Championship Season 3 (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Audi, Portugal and HRSC Racing)- 2017 Season, Part 2
2017 GRO Global Rally Championship Overall (Champions: Michael Bearpark, Subaru, England and HRSC Racing)
2018 International Rally Championship (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2019 International Rally Championship (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2019 The Rally Trophy - Little Winter Cup (Mini Winter Series) (Champions: Zephan Richfield, Mitsubishi, England and Zediya)
2020 International Rally Championship (Champions: Eric Smith, Toyota, Australia and Speed Demon Motorsports)
2020 The Rally Trophy - Little Christmas Cup (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal, HRSC Racing)
2021 International Rally Championship (Champions: Luke Mitchell, Peugeot, Great Britain and Speed Demon Motorsports
2021 International Rally Sprint Series (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Toyota, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2021 The Rally Trophy - Little Christmas Cup (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Mitsubishi, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2022 International Rally Championship (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2022 The Rally Trophy - Little Christmas Cup (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2023 International Rally Championship (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2023 The Rally Trophy - Little Christmas Cup (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, France and HRSC Racing)
2024 International Rally Championship (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2024 International Rally Championship (Champions: Pedro Harsk, Ford, Portugal and HRSC Racing)
2025 International Rally Championship (Champions: Troy Nettleton, Porsche, Great Britain and SBR POWERED BY TEAM GORO)
2025 GLP Rallye Cup (Champions: Miku, Toyota, Germany and HRSC Racing)
 
1.1- The Sporting regulations are written to guarantee clean and fair play during the championship season.

1.2- In every round, the Sporting Regulations will be on effect.

1.3- Making insults, racism and accusing towards participants or organisers is extremly prohibited and there will be severe consequences if these of the breaches happen.

1.4- The Sporting Regulations document are not definitive, therefore, they are sujected to the change at any time, for any reason.

2.1.1- The championship will have 14 rounds.

2.1.2- Each rally event will be lasting 1 week.

2.1.3- The Rally Event's deadline starts at Mondays at 00:00 GMT+0 and it ends at Sundays at 23:59 GMT+0, depending of your timezone.

2.1.4- The Rally Event's deadline may be extended for 1 or more days if there are not enough finishers for the rally events or then if there were issues such as Technical Difficulties.

2.2.1- There will be Point-to-Point tracks during the season for each rally event.

2.2.2- The rally events may contain from 1 to 30 Stages, depending of track Length.

2.2.3- Before the participants do the rally, they will be given a number of laps practise, meaning: One Practice Lap, One Timed Lap.

2.2.4- The weather conditions for each rally event will be based on the real life weather conditions.

2.2.5- The runs must be made in a Online Lobby.

2.2.6- The times of the 5 special stages will be added to the total Lap Time of the rally event. Here's an example of a rally Event result which will look like.
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2.2.7- All drivers, who had started the “Race Event” in order to set the best lap time for each special stage, must save the replay, so the Series Organizers can add the lap times.

2.2.8- If the rally has started and if you have joined the lobby to do your runs, wait for your turn to do the rally. There are plenty of opportunities to do the rally.

2.2.9- During a Rally event, a specific number of laps will be given to a rally round, which will be acting as a Special Stages.

2.2.10- To be classified, a driver must complete the required number laps for each rally.

2.2.11- If you get disconnected during the rally, it will be classified as “Retirement”. They will be considered as a Mechanical Failures and they are unfortunate.

2.2.12- The drivers, who already have done their runs and submitted their lap times, are not allowed to submit new lap times. Doing that will result a warning or a penalty, depending of how many positions you have gained.

2.2.13- The rally Rounds lap times must be done on Racing Alone (1 by 1), to prevent a Driver from ruining other driver's lap times: that way would be a 2nd driver interference and a 2nd driver interference is not allowed for the rallies! The mode will be in “Race” Mode.

2.2.14- After the participants have submitted their lap times, they are not allowed to submit the new lap times. Ignore this rule will result a penalty.

2.2.15- All drivers, who do the rally runs, must start from the 2nd grid row instead of 1st grid row. Starting from 1st grid row will not be acceptable and will result a 1 additional second being added to the total lap time.

3.1- The point system in the International Rally Championship will be as it follows:
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3.2- Drivers who retire or finish outside of top 10 in a rally round will not score points.

3.3- If you quit from the rally round without telling us the reason, it will be considered as “Rage Quit” and you will not get any points.

3.4- The bonus points will not be awarded for the Championship.

3.5- There will be a Countries and a Manufacturer's championship, however, to prevent the disvantage from a manufacturer/country, only the highest finisher will be eligible to score points for Manufacturer and Country Championship Standings.

4.1- The driver with the most points for the season will be crowned [2026 INTERNATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER/MANUFACTURER/TEAM/COUNTRY].

4.2- If two or more drivers finish the season with the same number of the points, the champion and runner-up will be decided on the following criteria:

4.2.1- The number of wins;
4.2.2- The number of podiums;
4.2.3- The number of retirements and/or disqualifications;
4.2.4- The number of attended rounds;
4.2.5- The average finishing position;
4.2.6- The number of round finishes.

4.3- If the two drivers meet up with the same criteria, the Series Organisers may have to do an extra round to decide the champion.

4.4- If the two drivers have finished the championship with the same number of points and if they are on the same teams, they will be crowned as champions.

5.1- To sign-up, a driver needs to complete the following form. Here's my sign-up for 2026 International Rally Championship:

Name: Pedro Harsk
PSN ID: HarskGaming96
Age: 30
Car: Ford Focus Gr. B Rally Car
Class: BGT
Country: Portugal
Team: HRSC Racing
Number: #2

5.2- The numbers choices (#) are now free to choose, but the number #1 can only be used by last year's Series champion.

5.3- You can drive only 1 car per round, however, car changes are allowed during the season.

5.4- The types of teams are Factory, Semi-Factory, Non-Factory Teams, Independent Teams and Privateer Teams (teams without name). You can join a team or simply invent it.

5.5- The participants may change number (#) before their first participation on IRC, however, they may not change number after they have completed their first round. This rule is in place to avoid confusion!

5.6- The participants may invite other people to join the lobby, however, they must inform the host.

5.7- There are no limit of number sign-ups. Two or more lobbies will be created if neccessary.

5.8- Entries will be reviewed after the 2026 International Rally Championship has been completed, for the next season.

5.9- Lobbies will be private, however some of them might be Public in order to have more drivers for 2026 IRC season.

6.1- Liveries can be done, as long as it doesn't breach the Community Guidelines;

6.2- IRC Logo is mandatory for all Liveries. The liveries not having the IRC Logo will be automatically out of IRC Points.

6.3- The Obscene and Inappropriate Liveries are prohibited on IRC and will be automatically punished with race bans or penalties, depending of the severity.

6.4- No Tobacco and no Alcohol advertising is allowed for IRC. Anyone being caught with it will be penalized. (Sadly it is necessary as it considered inappropriate by Polyphony Digital)

6.5- Each IRC Livery must have a respective Class Logo in it. Failure on Doing it will result an automatic exclusion from a rally round.

6.6- There are no Number Font Type restrictions for the liveries.

6.7- For more informations, see the Livery IRC Liveries examples for each car.

7.1- The drivers, who do not adhere to the Sporting Regulations, may be punished with penalties, point losses and even, with round bans.

7.2- If a driver feels agravatted with the incident which happened during the rally, he must send a Private message to the Series Organiser (Harsk100) by PSN message or then by GTPlanet Private Conversation facility, so the Organisation can check the incident.

7.3- After the incident has been checked, the penalty will be discussed. Penalties will be given by the following situations:

7.3.1- Ghosting (pressing “START” button) to avoid damage is extremly forbidden and the penalties will be given if this incident happens.

7.3.2- Insulting, crictising, making racism and making fun of the drivers is disrespectfull and it will be considered as “Injury of Reputation and Honor”.

7.3.3- Bringing a overpowered car or going with a wrong car will not be counted towards 2025 IRC Standings and it will be awarded with a automatic exclusion from a rally round if it is found.

7.3.4- A driver may be disqualified from a rally event if he accumulates excessive penalty.

7.3.5- Repeated Violation of the rules will be considered as “Breaching the Sporting Regulations” and may result on the ban for the rest of the season.

7.3.6- The Series Organisers do reserve the right to exclude a driver or a team, at their discretion, from any round, at anytime and for any reason!

8.1- The lobby Settings will be used as it follows:
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Class Decals and IRC Logo

GLP is used in amateur racing in Germany.
GLP Rallye Cup will continue for 2026 season, which will be held alongside IRC. Here's how GLP works:
If a driver does his first run, the first run will be known as "banker-time". Then, a driver will be given more two runs to come as close as possible to the banker time.
If a driver's second run is 1 second faster than the banker time, he will recieve 1 second on his score.
If a driver's third run is 1,2 seconds slower than the banker time, the 1,2 seconds will be added to the score, making a total of 2,2 seconds.
The driver with lowest score wins!
 
1.1- All cars which are on the Technical Regulations are specified with a specific HP and kg using the Balance of the Performance Method.
All present technical Regulations for each class must be followed at all times! The non-adherement of these Following Technical Regulations will result in a penalty for each event or worse, possible exclusion from the rest of the 2025 IRC Season.

1.2- The BGT Class consists on all Gr. B Rally Cars except the Audi S1 quattro Pikes Peak '87. Tuning is allowed, as long as they reach the Power and Kg Limited, as per Regulations.

1.3- N100, N200 and N300 Classes will consist on Road Cars. Tuning is allowed, as long as they reach the Power and Kg Limited, as per Regulations. Aero Kits and Wing upgrades are allowed, however, to keep the competition fair, the use of Nitrous will be prohibited. Tuner cars such as RE-Amemiya RX-7, Toyota SF-R Racing Concept, Mazda Roadster Touring Car and Amuse 380RS Superleggera are permitted. Gr. 4 Cars detuned to 300 BHP will not be permitted. Engine swaps are allowed, as long as the car can meet the required specs.

1.4- TT Class will consist on Ford F-150 SVT Raptor '11 and Toyota Tundra TRD Pro '19 detuned to N300 Specs, like in GT SPORT. Tuning is allowed, as long as they reach the Power and Kg Limited, as per Regulations. Aero Kits and Wing upgrades are allowed, however, to keep the competition fair, the use of Nitrous will be prohibited. Engine Swaps are also permitted, as long as the car can meet the required specs.

1.5- PPV6 Class is for Suzuki V6 Escudo Pikes Peak '98 in stock specs and tuning is forbidden.

1.6- PPS1 Class is for Audi S1 quattro Pikes Peak '87 in stock specs and tuning is forbidden.

1.7- A8 Class is for Toyota Celica GT-FOUR ST205 Rally Car '95 in stock specs and tuning is forbidden.

1.8- G2/1300 class is for Renault R8 Gordini '66 in stock specs and tuning is forbidden.

1.9- PPVW is for Volkswagen ID.R '19 in stock specs and with tuning prohibited.

1.10- GLP is a Class which will be contested with any Road Car. However, to keep the competition fair, the Race Cars and some Vision GT Cars such as Chaparral 2X and Dodge SRT Tomahawk will not be permitted. The use of Nitrous is Forbidden!

1.11- There will be two new classes for this season's IRC: DR and 930R. These classes will be consisting on Porsche 930 Turbo Rally (930) and Volkswagen Beetle 1966 Desert Racer with stock BHP and kg.

1.12- If you Race with the wrong Specs, you will be disqualified from the Rally. However, if the drivers take part with less power and/or more weight than regulated in a round, they are free to do so.

 
1.1- The 2025 IRC Calendar will have 15 Rounds, varing from 1 to 10 Laps. The 15 Rounds will be going across on Asphalt, Gravel and Snow.

1.2- The 2025 IRC Calendar is always sujected to the change, at anytime and for any reason!

 
Officialy joining the Championship for the third year, with also a change of manufacturer and the creation of a brand new team! ;)

Name: Martino Balzarini
PSN ID: MaBalza01
Age: 18
Car: Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione '91
Class: N300
Country: Italy
Team: Lancia Corse HF with IHR
Number: #99
Tyre Supplier: Pirelli

Name: Michele Balzarini
PSN ID: MiBalza02
Age: 16
Car: Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione '91
Class: N300
Country: Italy
Team: Lancia Corse HF with IHR
Number: #12
Tyre Supplier: Pirelli

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Officialy joining the Championship for the third year, with also a change of manufacturer and the creation of a brand new team! ;)

Name: Martino Balzarini
PSN ID: MaBalza01
Age: 18
Car: Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione '91
Class: N300
Country: Italy
Team: Lancia Corse HF with IHR
Number: #99

Name: Michele Balzarini
PSN ID: MiBalza02
Age: 16
Car: Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione '91
Class: N300
Country: Italy
Team: Lancia Corse HF with IHR
Number: #TBA

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Welcome onboard! :cheers:
 
Here are our liveries for this season!!!
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See you in Round 1! :cheers:

Edit: changed our post's entry form
 
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Hello everybody.

The 2026 International Rally Championship season will be starting next mondasy with the Rally USA. The track will be Colorado Springs Forward and the rally will be 6 laps long!

This season will also see the continuation of GLP, which will be held in conjunction with IRC.

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@ss3 @SM_Marti @Rawsoul



I'm looking forward to see you on the track for Round #1 and for 2026 season.

Good luck! :cheers:
 
Hello everyone!

IRC Round #1 and GLP Rallye Cup Round #1 are now live. However, unlike last season, there will be a small change.

To keep it fair, a minimum speed limit will be implemented for GLP Rounds.



For the Round #1, the minimum speed limit for GLP is 80 km/h (49 mph).

Good luck! :cheers:
 
Confirming entry

Name: Miku
PSN ID: FGR_MIKU
Car: Porsche 911 Turbo S (992) '20
Class: GLP
Country: Germany
Team: FeelGood Racing
Number: #39

Edit: Livery finished
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Hello everybody.

Here are the Round #1 results.

IRC:


GLP:


IRC Extra:


@RacingHardTV 's debut couldn't have gone better! The German Porsche driver has achieved an overall win and starts the 2026 season in first place for the overall championship.

In other hand, after two years of podiums, @SM_Marti finally achieves his first Group N win in a round and starts the 2026 season in first place for the Group N championship.

For GLP Rallye Cup, @Harsk100 wins Round #1 and leads the GLP Rallye Cup. In IRC Extra, Turbo Binder wins with the Audi S1 quattro.

Standings after Round #1:
IRC:
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GLP Rallye Cup:
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IRC Extra:
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Next Round is the Rally of Spain, which will be held in next week.

See you in Round #2! :cheers:
 
Hello everybody.

Round #2 is now live.

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I'm looking forward to see you on the track.

Good luck! :cheers:

NOTE: Due to a track being too short and having tight corners, the Minimum Speed Limit has been adjusted. The Minimum Speed Limit is set to 30 km/h instead of 90 km/h.
 
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Hello everybody.

Here are the Round #2 results and standings after Round #2.

IRC:


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IRC Extra:


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GLP Rallye Cup:

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Next Round is Rally Croatia, which will be starting in May 25th and will end in May 31st.

See you in Round #3! :cheers:
 
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