The Gran Turismo Championships is a series
of professional world championship eSports tournaments played out in Gran
Turismo Sport, which has now welcomed Mazda as its latest official partner.
With the announcement, the Japanese carmaker is now confirmed as a selected
manufacturer for all “World Tour 2020” live events, including the World Finals
where the series championship title is decided.
To mark the occasion, a new car will be
added to GT Sport through an online update on May 25. Called the Mazda
RX-Vision GT3 Concept, it is essentially a racing version of the RX-Vision that
made its debut at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, and was first teased back in
November last year.
The transformation from show car to race
car sees the addition of a large front splitter, deeper side skirts, a vented
bonnet, an extended rear diffuser and a massive rear wing, plus other
racing-related items like a bonnet quick release, tow hooks and a racing fuel
filler inlet in the rear quarter window.
Power comes from a rotary engine
developing 562 hp, with drive going to the rear wheels, and the car’s weight of
1,250 kg is split following a 48:52 front-to-rear distribution. With many real
world races being delayed or cancelled altogether, fans will at least have
something to look forward to in the digital world in May.
