The winner of the inaugural FIA GT Sport Nations Cup in 2018 was Americas regional champion Igor Fraga (Brazil, IOF_RACING17). The winners of the championships are honored at the FIA's annual prize-giving ceremony in Paris. The FIA manages the series directly as they would with any of their other race series. Gran Turismo Sport also features two championships held simultaneously throughout the year: the Nations Cup, in which players represent their respective countries, and the Manufacturers Cup, in which players represent automobile marques of their choice. Main article: FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships

Car performance within each category is equalized using Balance of Performance (BoP), which makes adjustments to the weight and power of each car to ensure a balanced gameplay. There is also a special S Driver Rating reserved for players ranked in the top 200 worldwide.

The highest generally available levels are A+ for Driver Rating and S for Sportsmanship Rating, with the lowest being E for both, but the Driver Rating cannot exceed the Sportsmanship Rating. Each individual player is assigned a Driver Rating (DR), based on the player's overall skills, and a Sportsmanship Rating (SR), based on the player's attitude on the track, such as avoiding contact and obeying racing flags. Sport Mode consists of three daily races that reset every week. įor the first time in the series, the game features Porsche vehicles included in the game after Electronic Arts' licensing rights to the Porsche brand had expired (previous Gran Turismo installments included Ruf cars as a substitute).

It includes 338 cars and 82 configurations in 32 locations to race on as of July 2021.

Unlike Gran Turismo 5 and 6, the game does not feature a dynamic weather system or day-night cycle, but players still have the option to modify the race's time of day before entering the race. The game has been described as different from the 'Prologue' titles seen in the past in the series and features more content. Online racing is also featured in the game and saving is only allowed in online mode, unlike its predecessors. Similar to its predecessors, Gran Turismo Sport is a racing game and includes two game modes: 'Sport Mode' and 'Arcade Mode'. Here, the player is driving the Mazda MX-5 at Nürburgring Nordschleife. Gran Turismo Sport is the first of the Gran Turismo series on PlayStation 4.

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