Gran Turismo World Series World Finals set for Tokyo, Dec 5 to 6

Where and when it happens

The Gran Turismo World Series 2026 closes out at Shibuya LOVEZ, a multipurpose venue at 9 to 5 Udagawacho in Shibuya, Tokyo. Polyphony Digital has set two show days. On Saturday, December 5, doors open at 15:00 local time and the show runs from 17:00 to 19:30. On Sunday, December 6, doors open at 13:00 and the show runs from 16:00 to 18:30. For Indian viewers that puts the Saturday show starting around 1:30pm IST and the Sunday show around 12:30pm IST, given Tokyo runs three and a half hours ahead of Indian Standard Time.

Tickets are sold only through Lawson Ticket and Loppi terminals in Japan, in four tiers. A Premium two day pass costs 15,000 yen and includes preferential seating, a limited edition T shirt and an autograph session. A two day S Seating pass costs 8,000 yen, a one day S Seating pass costs 4,500 yen, and a one day A Seating pass costs 3,000 yen. There is no indication yet of a separate international broadcast ticket, so the realistic way to follow the finals from India is the official Gran Turismo stream rather than attending in person.

Who is racing, and why it runs on a PlayStation built in Tokyo

Gran Turismo 7's World Series splits into two competitions. The Nations Cup pits 12 individual drivers against each other, three of them seeded in automatically from last year's points standings, with the rest earned through this year's Online Qualifiers. The Manufacturers Cup fields 12 car brands, each represented by three drivers, one from Europe, Middle East and Africa, one from the Americas and one from Asia Oceania, for 36 drivers in total. Toyota and Mazda are confirmed as official manufacturer partners for the 2026 season, alongside the highest ranked brands that came through qualifying.

This is where the beat's interest in Gran Turismo lives even for a reader who never races competitively. GT7's grid is built from real production cars, and a World Series fought between factory backed Toyota and Mazda squads is effectively a manufacturer showcase for whichever road cars Polyphony Digital has modelled that season, livestreamed out of a Tokyo studio to a global audience.

How India fits into the eligibility map

Polyphony Digital's official rules and the PlayStation India terms both place India, barring the state of Nagaland, inside the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for both the Nations Cup and the Manufacturers Cup, grouped with countries such as France, Germany and Austria rather than with other Asian markets. Entrants needed a PlayStation Network account registered in India, a PS4 or PS5 running GT7, and an active PlayStation Plus membership, and had to be at least 18 on the date of any live event even though Online Qualifiers were open to entrants as young as seven. Indian players who ran the 2026 Online Qualifiers, held in two blocks, the Manufacturers Cup rounds from January 14 to 31 and the Nations Cup rounds from February 11 to 28, were therefore competing against EMEA rivals for a very small number of regional seats at the live finals, rather than against a separate Asia bracket.

Whether or not an Indian name appears on the Shibuya LOVEZ grid this December, the qualifying structure itself is worth knowing for anyone with a sim rig and a PS5 at home. The next World Series season typically opens its own Online Qualifiers within weeks of a World Finals wrapping up, and GT7's in game Sport mode is the only route in.

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