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"These are 15 races based on an original formula to decide the fastest in history."
―In-game description

The Formula Gran Turismo World Championship (named as Formula GT World Championship in the international versions) is a 15-part race series in Gran Turismo 4 located in the Extreme Hall. It is the longest race series in the game.

Background[]

The Formula Gran Turismo is designed to emulate Formula 1-style racing, with each race lasting just over 305 km (exactly like Formula 1, except in Côte d'Azur and Suzuka Circuit - two exception that also happen at the Formula 1 Monaco and Japanese Grands Prix respectively). All cars in the race series are Formula Gran Turismo race cars, an imitation of Formula 1 race cars. These are the quickest (at least in the areas of grip and acceleration) cars in the game. They are held back though, due to the player only being able to use medium compound race tires, limiting the overall pace in endurance racing due to the constant need to go to the pits to replace worn down tires. The player may choose to use the same car in the race series, but may also use any other race car they feel would outpace the Formula cars throughout the race series (though this can be difficult as they cannot keep up with Formula Gran Turismo cars, even those with high HP).

Races[]

The following list is of each track in order of completion (in championship order), and how many laps required.

# Circuit Number of Laps
1 Tokyo R246 60 laps
2 Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway 127 laps
3 New York 74 laps
4 High Speed Ring 77 laps
5 Grand Valley Speedway 62 laps
6 Circuit de la Sarthe 1 23 laps
7 Côte d'Azur 78 laps
8 Seoul Central 113 laps
9 Infineon Raceway Sports Car Course 76 laps
10 Laguna Seca Raceway 85 laps
11 Twin Ring Motegi Road Course 64 laps
12 Nürburgring Nordschleife 15 laps
13 El Capitan 64 laps
14 Fuji Speedway 2005 F 67 laps
15 Suzuka Circuit 53 laps

Prizes[]

Prize Money[]

  • Overall Champion: Cr. 3,000,000
  • 1st: Cr. 100,000
  • 2nd: Cr. 25,000
  • 3rd: Cr. 10,000
  • 4th: Cr. 5,000
  • 5th: Cr. 2,000
  • 6th: Cr. 1,000

Prize Car(s)[]

Trivia[]

  • Many of the races in this championship either closely or exactly replicate many races used in Formula 1 and IndyCar, both past and present:
    • Tokyo R246, New York, Seoul Central (replicates the many street circuits used during the IndyCar Series)
    • Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway, Twin Ring Motegi Road Course (replicates previous IndyCar races held at the Motegi complex; however, the road course was used only in 2011)
    • High Speed Ring (replicates previous United States Grands Prix that were held at the Indianapolis)
    • Grand Valley Speedway (replicates past European Grands Prix held at the Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit, as both courses are tight and technical)
    • Circuit de la Sarthe 1 (replicates the French Grand Prix held at Le Mans, but with the layout used for the 24-hour endurance race; the Bugatti Circuit only hosted the event in 1967)
    • Côte d'Azur (exactly replicates the Monaco Grand Prix, with both races having 78 laps)
    • Infineon Raceway Sports Car Course (replicates the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma held in 1970 and from 2005 to 2018 at Sonoma Raceway)
    • Laguna Seca Raceway (replicates the IndyCar Monterey Grand Prix held at said track; the event was also part of the defunct CART/Champ Car World Series from 1983 to 2004)
    • Nürburgring Nordschleife (replicates early Formula 1 Grands Prix and races of the Grand Prix Series, the direct predecessor of Formula One, held around the Nordschleife)
    • Fuji Speedway 2005 F (replicates previous Japanese Grands Prix that were held at Fuji Speedway rather than Suzuka Circuit; the Oyama circuit was also site of Japanese Grand Prix in 1976, 1977, 2007 and 2008)
    • Suzuka Circuit (exactly replicates the Japanese Grand Prix, with both races having 53 laps, as well as the historical Formula 1 season finale)
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