Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) will hold Honda Racing eMS 2024— its second annual e-motorsports event, which attracted more than 200,000 participants last year.
Eligibility for the Challenge Class (18+ years of age) in the final race event, limited to residents of Japan last year, will be expanded to residents of all countries.
On July 19, 2024 – Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) announced that it will hold its official e-motorsports event, Honda Racing eMS 2024, using the Gran Turismo 73 (published by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.) for PlayStation®5 (PS5®)4 and PlayStation®4 (PS4®)*5.
The qualifying event will be held online from August 2-September 1, 2024, and the final race event will be held as a live event on December 1, 2024 at Honda Welcome Plaza Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan.
The event is to offer more people a firsthand opportunity to experience the fun of driving race machines and the excitement of motorsports.
The first ever Honda Racing eMS, held last year, was attended by more than 200,000 e-sports players.
The 10 top-ranked participants in each class of the “GT Fastest Attack 2024” will advance to the “GT Grand Final 2024” to be held on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at the Honda Welcome Plaza.
For both the qualifying and final events, there will be two classes: the “U17 Class” for participants 17 years of age or under and the “Challenge Class” for participants 18 years old or older.
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For Honda Racing eMS 2024, HRC has appointed Inugami Korone, a Japanese VTuber with 2.11 million subscribers*7, as an event ambassador who will convey the appeal of motorsports to a wider range of people.
By collaborating with a VTuber who is not directly involved in motorsports, HRC will create opportunities for people with no previous point of contact with motorsports to be involved in Honda motorsports activities.
Participation requirements:
Participants must be 6 years of age or older and able to play Gran Turismo 7 for PS5® or PS4® online.
Participation award
A car livery for the Honda Civic Type R CNF-R which participated in the ST-Q class in the 2024 Super Taikyu Series and an avatar created to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Honda F1 participation, which can be used in the Gran Turismo 7.
Honda Racing eMS 2024 – GT Grand Final 2024
Event period:
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Event venue:
Honda Welcome Plaza Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan
Event type:
Final race program on Gran Turismo 7
Total of 20 participants will be invited to the final race event
(10 for each class).
1) U17 Class: The 10 top-ranked participants in the qualifying event who live in Japan will be invited.
2) Challenge Class: 10 participants will be invited (last year’s winner, 4 top-ranked qualifying event participants who live in Japan, and the 5 top-ranked qualifying event participants who live outside Japan).
More details here:
https://honda.racing/ (English)
https://honda.racing/ja (Japanese)
