GT2 Challenge

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GT2 Challenge
Gt2c-logo.png
Type GTR sprint league
Recurrence custom schedule
License S2
Signup required  Yes
First season 2020
Years active 2020–2021
2024–
Seasons 3 seasons
Organizers New Dimension Racing
Official website

The GT2 Challenge (GT2C) is a sprint based series, using restricted GTR cars, organized by New Dimension Racing.

History

GT2 Challenge ran its four-round inaugural season in 2020, spanning between April 24 and June 13. Following the success of the first season, it returned for a second, extended season for six rounds. Season two introduced a pre-qualifying system to determine the 38 cars that can take part in a given championship round. The pre-qualifying ran for 48 hours, and awarded all participants who attempted pre-qualifying 5 bonus points per round. Drivers who did not make the top 38 cut, were offered a second race session of a full race distance, unscored, not officially timed.

In 2024, GT2 Challenge returns for its third season. Its first round was concluded right on the week following the final round of GT4 Sprint Cup 2024. A change compared to previous seasons, the race distance is also time-limited (105 minutes) besides being defined in lap count. During the week leading up to Round 1, a discussion emerged on the NDR Discord to adjust the intake restriction of the FXR. As a result, while FZR and XRR kept their restrictions for all season rounds, the FXR will remain 24% for Rounds 1 and 2, then run at 23% for Rounds 3 and 4 (announcement: [1]). Similarly to season two, pre-qualifying was also used to determine the top 38 drivers that can take part in a round, with the difference of not awarding bonus points for participants and also not having a second race session for those who did not make the cut. Of those, the first three drivers were asked to be ready to jump in last minute, if necessary, given they wished so.

Format

The series aims to a sprint format, one driver to a car. Races are scheduled to be approximately 230 kilometres in length, with a rolling start. Drivers are not required to make a pit stop, but the race lengths make the no-stop strategy risky. Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car deployments add strategic changes. In the first two seasons, balance of performance was defined as: FZ50 GTR (FZR) 21%, FXO GTR (FXR) 24%, XR GTR (XRR) 25% intake restriction.

GT2 Challenge - Season 2024 Format
Day Start Time Session Duration
Friday 13:00 UTC Pre-Qualifying 48 hours
Sunday
(Race day)
15:00 UTC Free Practice 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Qualifying 20 minutes
16:00 UTC Race laps

Scoring

Based on Season 2024: all drivers which drive 75% or more of the race distance are awarded points. Pole position qualifying awards an extra point. In race, all drivers get points based on the table below. The high climber driver gets 1 extra point. A 5 point bonus will be awarded to every driver at each round they participate in (in any session).

Scoring system (2024–)
Qualifying Pole Race  1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   6.   7.   8.   9.   10.   11.   12.   13.   14.   15.   16.   17.   18.   19.  High Climber Participation bonus
1 100 90 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 47 44 41 38 35 32 29 26 23 20 2 5
 20.   21.   22.   23.   24.   25.   26.   27.   28.   29.   30.   31.   32.   33.   34.   35.   36.   37.   38. 
19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Seasons

GT2 Challenge overview
Season Rounds Final standings
Champion Pts 2nd Pts 3rd Pts Teams champion Pts Final reports Balance of performance
S1 2020 4 Joni Katila (jsrk) 189 Isaac Price (isaacprice) 150 Matias Mäki-Hoimela (xaxax123) 136 meh Racing 203 Drivers Teams All rounds: FZR 21%, FXR 24%, XRR 25%
S2 2021 6 Joe Holmes (kart-36) 507 Isaac Price (isaacprice) 471 Joni Katila (jsrk) 356 Chad Esports 808 Drivers Teams All rounds: FZR 21%, FXR 24%, XRR 25%
S3 2024 4 Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) 401 Isaac Price (isaacprice) 371 Gábor Gyüre (viperakecske) 333 Yes Motorsport 732 Drivers Teams Rounds 1-2: FZR 21%, FXR 24%, XRR 25%; Rounds 3-4: FXR 23%
FZ2 FX2 XR2

Season 2020

GT2 Challenge 2020 Calendar
Rd Track Date Laps Pole position Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Reports Archive
1 Blackwood Historic (BL2) 24 Apr 2020 70 2x 1:08.97 | Joni Katila, Matias Pikkarainen Isaac Price (isaacprice) Joni Katila (jsrk) Matias Pikkarainen (matias-) 1:09.19 | Matias Pikkarainen (matias-) FP Q R SBTV
2 Westhill International (WE2) 16 May 2020 40 1:52.13 | Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Joni Katila (jsrk) Ricardas Petravicius (narkoze) 1:52.77 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) FP Q R SBTV
3 Aston North (AS7) 30 May 2020 45 1:52.05 | Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Joni Katila (jsrk) 1:52.26 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) FP Q R SBTV
4 Kyoto GP Long w/ Boothy Chicane (KY3X) 13 June 2020 32 2:21.68 | Joe Holmes (kart-36) Joni Katila (jsrk) Andrejs Laipnieks (laipnieks) Joe Holmes (kart-36) 2:21.52 | Matias Mäki-Hoimela (xaxax123) FP Q R SBTV

The event's official stream was provided by Sim Broadcasts. mpRes statistics can be found at: http://results.newdimensionracing.com/mpres/league/GT2C/1/

Results

  • The official season 2020 final standings can be found here: Drivers, Teams

Season 2021

GT2 Challenge 2021 Calendar
Rd Track Date Laps Pole position Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Reports Archive
1 Kyoto Ring National (KY2) 10 Jan 2021 45 1:39.67 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Joe Holmes (kart-36) Joni Katila (jsrk) 1:39.64 | Joni Katila (jsrk) PQ FP Q R SBTV
2 Rockingham International w/o Chicane (RO7X) 24 Jan 2021 60 1:30.95 | Dennis Lind (dennis93) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Joe Holmes (kart-36) Niko Puntola (nikopdr) 1:30.93 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) PQ FP Q R SBTV
3 South City Long (SO4) 7 Feb 2021 58 1:33.27 | Joe Holmes (kart-36) Joe Holmes (kart-36) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) 1:33.28 | Joe Holmes (kart-36) PQ FP Q R SBTV
4 Blackwood Grand Prix (BL1) 21 Feb 2021 70 1:10.45 | Joe Holmes (kart-36) Joe Holmes (kart-36) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Alen Terzic (terga) 1:10.66 | Dennis Lind (dennis93) PQ FP Q R SBTV
5 Fern Bay Classic (FEX) 7 Mar 2021 66 1:19.93 | Dennis Lind (dennis93) Joe Holmes (kart-36) Dennis Lind (dennis93) Dániel Balla (mandulaa) 1:20.58 | Dennis Lind (dennis93) PQ FP Q R SBTV
6 Aston Grand Touring (AS6) 21 Mar 2021 29 2:39.45 | Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Joni Katila (jsrk) 2:39.35 | Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) PQ FP Q R SBTV
NC Westhill International (WE2) 4 Apr 2021 6 hours #9 Procrastination Motorsports
sn1p, laipnieks
#69 Yes Motorsports and a Pleb
jsrk, excellent15, viperakecske, fastlt
#12 Energy Virtual Racing
mailliw, renato.picanco
#10 Energy Sim Racing
victormateus123, bacabinha
1:52.80 | #69 Joni Katila (jsrk) FP GRID R SBTV
  • Fun fact: in the non-championship 6-hour endurance round of 6 Hours of Westhill, 22 cars started and all of them finished, including 4 cars which were driven solo.

The event's official stream was be provided by Sim Broadcasts. mpRes statistics can be found at: http://results.newdimensionracing.com/mpres/league/GT2C/2/

Season trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txvZeAVa8Dg

Results

  • The official season 2021 final standings can be found here: Drivers, Teams

Season 2024

GT2 Challenge 2024 Calendar
Rd Track Date Laps Pole position Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Reports Archive
1 Aston North Reverse (AS7R) 4 Feb 2024 45 1:51.66 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Gábor Gyüre (viperakecske) 1:51.88 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) PQ FP Q R [SBTV] [2] [3] [4]
2 Rockingham International w/o Chicane (RO7X) 18 Feb 2024 60 1:30.67 | Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Joni Katila (jsrk) 1:30.54 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) PQ FP Q R [SBTV] [2] [3]
3 Kyoto Ring GP Long w/Boothy Chicane (KY3B) 3 Mar 2024 32 2:21.21 | Dennis Lind (dennis93) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Jordan Lavrikov (imudilaskyline) Isaac Price (isaacprice) 2:22.00 | Kamil Gorzelany (uchu) PQ FP Q R [SBTV] [2] [3] [4]
4 Westhill International Rev. w/o Chicane (WE2Y) 17 Mar 2024 40 2x 1:51.55 | Gábor Gyüre, Joni Katila Gábor Gyüre (viperakecske) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) 1:52.15 | Isaac Price (isaacprice) PQ FP Q R [SBTV]
FZ2 FX2 XR2

The event's official stream is provided by Sim Broadcasts.

Season trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDin4Gl3BVw

Results

Round 3 - Laptime stability (Top 15)
Round 4 - Laptime stability (Top 20)
  • The official season 2024 final standings can be found here: Drivers, Teams

League Standings display all Drivers who participated in a session, paired with their scored points. 1st, 2nd and 3rd places are highlighted in gold, silver and bronze, respectively. Pole positions are indicated in bold, Fastest laps in italic. Total represents points after bonuses, after penalties.

GT2 Challenge Drivers' Championship
Pos. # Driver Team Rounds Bonus Pen. Total
R1 R2 R3 R4
1 38 Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Yes Motorsport 100 101 100 80 +20 401
2 83 Isaac Price (isaacprice) Yes Motorsport 91 90 80 90 +20 371
3 7 Gábor Gyüre (viperakecske) Team S1DUS 80 60 72 101 +20 333
4 74 Darius Veržinskas (pathseeker) Yes Motorsport 55 75 60 65 +20 275
5 75 Pauli Peltokangas (botswanan salama) Team S1DUS 60 70 65 +15 210
6 60 Dennis Lind (dennis93) Born 2 Race 65 76 50 +15 206
7 40 Joni Katila (jsrk) World Class Lions 75 80 35 +15 205
8 8 Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex) Born 2 Race 70 13 75 +15 173
9 15 Imran Azhar (beileboy) Master Race car DNS 38 44 70 +20 172
10 77 Niko Puntola (nikopdr) Team S1DUS 50 0 38 60 +20 168
11 43 Dániel Balla (mandulaa) Race Green Autosports 44 19 29 47 +20 159
12 23 Ayoub El Hannouni (ayoub2016) Master Race car 32 44 7 44 +20 147
13 34 Karolis Motiejuitis (sobis) Yes Motorsport 19 47 18 32 +20 136
14 72 Jordan Lavrikov (imudilaskyline) No Motorsport 35 90 +10 135
15 88 Sean Lee (microspecv) Air Attack Racing 22 41 9 38 +20 130
16 85 Maciej Klimczyk (jackson93) Race Green Autosports 16 23 47 12 +20 118
17 9 Nierka Savusis (killmeimgod) Born 2 Race 29 0 26 41 +20 116
18 98 Jared Meade (jmeade) Angry Angus Racing 0 26 35 16 +20 97
19 73 Jeromy Gride (johneysvk) Master Race car 17 18 11 23 +20 89
20 80 Jeremías Zanella (pianomen) Kind Runners 41 0 32 +15 88
21 28 Zdeněk Cagaš (kid222) Maybe Motorsports 18 16 20 11 +20 85
22 27 Jefin Jacob (redbot_) Race Green Autosports 7 34 28 +15 84
23 59 Reg LeBlanc (rleb) Angry Angus Racing 13 15 15 15 +20 78
24 39 Daniel Lukaštík (d4no) Fragmasters 17 0 55 +15 -13 74
25 64 Dawid Góźdź (texxxas) Master Race car 23 35 0 +15 73
26 46 Borislav Botev (borislavb) Fast And Crazy SimSports 47 14 0 +15 -5 71
27 95 Marcelo Neiva (bacabinha) Energy Racing Team 65 0 +10 -5 70
28 25 Kamil Gorzelany (uchu) Conquest DNS 0 55 +15 70
29 4 Jari Katila (jkat) World Class Lions 14 20 17 +15 66
30 70 Cathal Croarkin (cathal50cc) Born 2 Race 29 0 20 +15 64
31 37 Krzysztof Mąka (masterkrys) Sim Racing Polska 23 29 +10 62
32 67 Steven Martin (steven_martin) SM Racing DNPQ 12 16 13 +20 61
33 6 Rik Kardol (rik97) Team S1DUS 55 +5 60
34 10 Victor Veloso (victormateus123) Energy Virtual Racing DNS 50 +10 60
35 93 Ivan Slavov (rallydriver2) Race Green Autosports 6 41 +10 57
36 21 Cyril Bissey (Bokujishin) 5 0 12 19 +20 56
37 96 Andrejs Laipnieks (laipnieks) Procrastination Motorsports 50 +5 55
38 22 Stefan Tiefenbacher (stiefla) Born 2 Race 13 DNPQ 18 +15 46
39 87 Bozhidar Velinov (f1 mainiac) World Class Lions 15 0 10 0 +20 45
40 14 Federico Silva (genniusgamer14) Kind Runners 38 +5 43
41 89 Dominik Ballak (wooyek_pl) Sim Racing Polska 8 14 +10 32
42 32 Patrick Hall (falconbridge) Race Green Autosports 26 +5 31
43 31 Mažvydas Grinius (mazwe) 19 +5 24
44 92 Martin Kapal (flame cze) Maybe Motorsports 17 +5 22
45 97 Julio Martins (juliao) Martin Virtual Race 0 0 0 0 +20 20
46 17 Grzegorz Kuruc (gzranka) 14 +5 19
47 18 Kaique Piropo (kaiquebra) Energy Virtual Racing 11 +5 16
48 24 Elvis Libietis (mousemanlv) No Motorsport 11 +5 16
49 86 Tatu Kosonen (tazka) Kosonen Racing 10 +5 15
50 30 Gabriel Lara (arturo boix) TAV 12 +5 -3 14
51 54 Mehmet Nuri Coşkun (bruhmomento) Master Race car 9 +5 14
52 99 Roka Rudi (rudi25) 10 +5 -3 12
53 2 Zdravko Topolnjak (numbertwo) Yes Motorsport 8 +5 -1 12
54 11 Mahé Martin Poirier (joe mama1256) 6 +5 11
55 90 Jakub Licznerski (liczner18) Sim Racing Polska 0 0 0 +15 -5 10
56 36 Teodor Zlatanov (sparckify) Street Obsession DNPQ DNPQ +10 10
57 71 Zdravko Ivanov (ilovebiscuits) 9 +5 -8 6
58 42 XiBin Lu (therubius192fe2) Sh*ts and Giggles Racing 0 +5 5
59 3 Igor Izquierdo (igortxu38) TAV DNPQ +5 5
60 13 Guilherme Moreira (guimoreira13) AirAttack Racing DNS +5 5
61 41 Ajdin Isic (pukyy) Sh*ts and Giggles Racing DNPQ +5 5
62 16 Leonardo Valenzise (hl_nano) Hormiga Loca Racing DNPQ +5 5
63 45 Yassin Bidal (yasso7up) Department of Defence DNPQ +5 5
64 5 Ignacio Arias (manolixsvouros) Winners Team 0 +5 5
65 26 Semih Aydin (semyhist) Premium Simulation Racing DNPQ +5 -5 0
  • DNS: did not start
  • DNPQ: attempted pre-qualification, but did not succeed to pre-qualify for the round


For teams, in a given race, only the top 2 drivers of a team score points towards the teams' championship.

GT4 Sprint Cup 2024 Teams' Championship
Position Team Drivers Rounds Total
R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Yes Motorsport  
 
 
191 191 180 170 732
2 Team S1DUS  
 
 
140 130 137 161 568
3 Born 2 Race  
 
 
102 109 102 125 438
4 Race Green Autosports  
 
 
70 57 88 75 290
5 Master Race car  
 
 
40 73 55 93 261
6 World Class Lions  
 
 
90 100 10 52 252
7 NO Motorsport  
 
 
46 90 136
8 Angry Angus Racing  
 
 
13 41 50 31 135
9 Kind Runners  
 
 
79 0 32 111
10 Air Attack Racing  
 
 
22 41 9 38 110
11 MAYBE Motorsports  
 
 
18 16 37 11 82
12 Sim Racing Polska  
 
 
8 0 37 29 74
13 Fragmasters  
 
 
17 0 55 72
14 Energy Racing Team  
 
 
65 0 65
15 Energy Virtual Racing  
 
 
DNS 61 61
16 Fast And Crazy SimSports  
 
 
47 14 0 61
17 Conquest  
 
 
DNS 0 55 55
18 Procrastination Motorsports  
 
 
50 50
19 SM Racing  
 
 
DNPQ 12 16 13 41
20 TAV  
 
 
12 DNPQ 12
21 Kosonen Racing  
 
 
10 10
22 Sh*ts and Giggles Racing  
 
 
DNPQ 0 0
23 Martin Virtual Race  
 
 
0 0 0 0 0
24 Winners Team  
 
 
0 0 0
25 Street Obsession  
 
 
DNPQ DNPQ 0
26 Hormiga Loca Racing  
 
 
DNPQ 0
27 Department of Defence  
 
 
DNPQ 0
28 Premium Simulation Racing  
 
 
DNPQ 0

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