GT2 Challenge

GT2 Challenge
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

• Races were using LFS version 0.6U.

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.
• Races were using LFS version 0.6V, so the latest version that can play back replays is 0.6V (and 0.6V3).

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] [2]

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 2024 Drivers' Championship

Pos.	#	Driver		Team	Rounds				Bonus	Pen.	Total
					R1	R2	R3	R4
1	38	FX2	Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15)	Yes Motorsport	100	101	100	80	+20		401
2	83	FZ2	Isaac Price (isaacprice)	Yes Motorsport	91	90	80	90	+20		371
3	7	FZ2	Gábor Gyüre (viperakecske)	Team S1DUS	80	60	72	101	+20		333
4	74	FX2	Darius Veržinskas (pathseeker)	Yes Motorsport	55	75	60	65	+20		275
5	75	FX2	Pauli Peltokangas (botswanan salama)	Team S1DUS	60	70	65	–	+15		210
6	60	FZ2	Dennis Lind (dennis93)	Born 2 Race	–	65	76	50	+15		206
7	40	XR2	Joni Katila (jsrk)	World Class Lions	75	80	–	35	+15		205
8	8	FZ2	Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex)	Born 2 Race	70	–	13	75	+15		173
9	15	XR2	Imran Azhar (beileboy)	Master Race car	DNS	38	44	70	+20		172
10	77	FZ2	Niko Puntola (nikopdr)	Team S1DUS	50	0	38	60	+20		168
11	43	XR2	Dániel Balla (mandulaa)	Race Green Autosports	44	19	29	47	+20		159
12	23	FZ2	Ayoub El Hannouni (ayoub2016)	Born 2 Race	32	44	7	44	+20		147
13	34	XR2	Karolis Motiejuitis (sobis)	Yes Motorsport	19	47	18	32	+20		136
14	72	XR2	Jordan Lavrikov (imudilaskyline)	No Motorsport	35	–	90	–	+10		135
15	88	XR2	Sean Lee (microspecv)	Air Attack Racing	22	41	9	38	+20		130
16	85	FZ2	Maciej Klimczyk (jackson93)	Race Green Autosports	16	23	47	12	+20		118
17	9	XR2	Nierka Savusis (killmeimgod)	Born 2 Race	29	0	26	41	+20		116
18	98	XR2	Jared Meade (jmeade)	Angry Angus Racing	0	26	35	16	+20		97
19	73	XR2	Jeromy Gride (johneysvk)	Master Race car	17	18	11	23	+20		89
20	80	XR2	Jeremías Zanella (pianomen)	Kind Runners	41	0	32	–	+15		88
21	28	FX2	Zdeněk Cagaš (kid222)	Maybe Motorsports	18	16	20	11	+20		85
22	27	FX2	Jefin Jacob (redbot_)	Race Green Autosports	7	34	–	28	+15		84
23	59	XR2	Reg LeBlanc (rleb)	Angry Angus Racing	13	15	15	15	+20		78
24	39	XR2	Daniel Lukaštík (d4no)	Fragmasters	–	17	0	55	+15	-13	74
25	64	XR2	Dawid Góźdź (texxxas)	Master Race car	23	35	–	0	+15		73
26	46	XR2	Borislav Botev (borislavb)	Fast And Crazy SimSports	47	14	0	–	+15	-5	71
27	95	FZ2	Marcelo Neiva (bacabinha)	Energy Racing Team	65	0	–	–	+10	-5	70
28	25	XR2	Kamil Gorzelany (uchu)	Conquest	DNS	0	55	–	+15		70
29	4	XR2	Jari Katila (jkat)	World Class Lions	14	20	–	17	+15		66
30	70	XR2	Cathal Croarkin (cathal50cc)	Born 2 Race	–	29	0	20	+15		64
31	37	XR2	Krzysztof Mąka (masterkrys)	Sim Racing Polska	–	–	23	29	+10		62
32	67	FZ2	Steven Martin (steven_martin)	SM Racing	DNPQ	12	16	13	+20		61
33	6	FZ2	Rik Kardol (rik97)	Team S1DUS	–	55	–	–	+5		60
34	10	XR2	Victor Veloso (victormateus123)	Energy Virtual Racing	DNS	50	–	–	+10		60
35	93	FZ2	Ivan Slavov (rallydriver2)	Race Green Autosports	6	–	41	–	+10		57
36	21	XR2	Cyril Bissey (Bokujishin)		5	0	12	19	+20		56
37	96	XR2	Andrejs Laipnieks (laipnieks)	Procrastination Motorsports	–	–	50	–	+5		55
38	22	FZ2	Stefan Tiefenbacher (stiefla)	Born 2 Race	–	13	DNPQ	18	+15		46
39	87	XR2	Bozhidar Velinov (f1 mainiac)	World Class Lions	15	0	10	0	+20		45
40	14	FX2	Federico Silva (genniusgamer14)	Kind Runners	38	–	–	–	+5		43
41	89	FZ2	Dominik Ballak (wooyek_pl)	Sim Racing Polska	8	–	14	–	+10		32
42	32	FZ2	Patrick Hall (falconbridge)	Race Green Autosports	26	–	–	–	+5		31
43	31	XR2	Mažvydas Grinius (mazwe)		–	–	19	–	+5		24
44	92	XR2	Martin Kapal (flame cze)	Maybe Motorsports	–	–	17	–	+5		22
45	97	XR2	Julio Martins (juliao)	Martin Virtual Race	0	0	0	0	+20		20
46	17	FX2	Grzegorz Kuruc (gzranka)		–	–	–	14	+5		19
47	18	FZ2	Kaique Piropo (kaiquebra)	Energy Virtual Racing	–	11	–	–	+5		16
48	24	XR2	Elvis Libietis (mousemanlv)	No Motorsport	11	–	–	–	+5		16
49	86	FZ2	Tatu Kosonen (tazka)	Kosonen Racing	10	–	–	–	+5		15
50	30	FZ2	Gabriel Lara (arturo boix)	TAV	12	–	–	–	+5	-3	14
51	54	XR2	Mehmet Nuri Coşkun (bruhmomento)	Master Race car	9	–	–	–	+5		14
52	99	XR2	Roka Rudi (rudi25)		–	–	–	10	+5	-3	12
53	2	FZ2	Zdravko Topolnjak (numbertwo)	Yes Motorsport	–	–	8	–	+5	-1	12
54	11	FZ2	Mahé Martin Poirier (joe mama1256)		–	–	6	–	+5		11
55	90	XR2	Jakub Licznerski (liczner18)	Sim Racing Polska	0	0	–	0	+15	-5	10
56	36	XR2	Teodor Zlatanov (sparckify)	Street Obsession	DNPQ	DNPQ	–	–	+10		10
57	71	XR2	Zdravko Ivanov (ilovebiscuits)		–	–	–	9	+5	-8	6
58	42	FX2	XiBin Lu (therubius192fe2)	Sh*ts and Giggles Racing	–	0	–	–	+5		5
59	3	FX2	Igor Izquierdo (igortxu38)	TAV	–	DNPQ	–	–	+5		5
60	13	XR2	Guilherme Moreira (guimoreira13)	AirAttack Racing	DNS	–	–	–	+5		5
61	41	FX2	Ajdin Isic (pukyy)	Sh*ts and Giggles Racing	DNPQ	–	–	–	+5		5
62	16	FZ2	Leonardo Valenzise (hl_nano)	Hormiga Loca Racing	DNPQ	–	–	–	+5		5
63	45	XR2	Yassin Bidal (yasso7up)	Department of Defence	DNPQ	–	–	–	+5		5
64	5	XR2	Ignacio Arias (manolixsvouros)	Winners Team	–	–	–	0	+5		5
65	26	FX2	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.

GT2 Challenge 2024 Teams' Championship

Position	Team	Drivers	Rounds				Total
			R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Yes Motorsport	Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) Isaac Price (isaacprice) Darius Veržinskas (pathseeker) Zdravko Topolnjak (numbertwo) Karolis Motiejuitis (sobis)	191	191	180	170	732
2	Team S1DUS	Rik Kardol (rik97) Gábor Gyüre (viperakecske) Pauli Peltokangas (botswanan salama) Niko Puntola (nikopdr)	140	130	137	161	568
3	Born 2 Race	Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex) Nierka Savusis (killmeimgod) Stefan Tiefenbacher (stiefla) Ayoub El Hannouni (ayoub2016) Dennis Lind (dennis93) Cathal Croarkin (cathal50cc)	102	109	102	125	438
4	Race Green Autosports	Jefin Jacob (redbot_) Patrick Hall (falconbridge) Dániel Balla (mandulaa) Maciej Klimczyk (jackson93) Ivan Slavov (rallydriver2)	70	57	88	75	290
5	Master Race car	Imran Azhar (beileboy) Mehmet Nuri Coşkun (bruhmomento) Dawid Góźdź (texxxas) Jeromy Gride (johneysvk)	40	73	55	93	261
6	World Class Lions	Jari Katila (jkat) Joni Katila (jsrk) Bozhidar Velinov (f1 mainiac)	90	100	10	52	252
7	NO Motorsport	Elvis Libietis (mousemanlv) Jordan Lavrikov (imudilaskyline)	46	–	90	–	136
8	Angry Angus Racing	Reg LeBlanc (rleb) Jared Meade (jmeade)	13	41	50	31	135
9	Kind Runners	Federico Silva (genniusgamer14) Jeremías Zanella (pianomen)	79	0	32	–	111
10	Air Attack Racing	Guilherme Moreira (guimoreira13) Sean Lee (microspecv)	22	41	9	38	110
11	MAYBE Motorsports	Zdeněk Cagaš (kid222) Martin Kapal (flame cze)	18	16	37	11	82
12	Sim Racing Polska	Dominik Ballak (wooyek_pl) Jakub Licznerski (liczner18)	8	0	37	29	74
13	Fragmasters	Daniel Lukaštík (d4no)	–	17	0	55	72
14	Energy Racing Team	Marcelo Neiva (bacabinha)	65	0	–	–	65
15	Energy Virtual Racing	Victor Veloso (victormateus123) Kaique Piropo (kaiquebra)	DNS	61	–	–	61
16	Fast And Crazy SimSports	Borislav Botev (borislavb)	47	14	0	–	61
17	Conquest	Kamil Gorzelany (uchu)	DNS	0	55	–	55
18	Procrastination Motorsports	Andrejs Laipnieks (laipnieks)	–	–	50	–	50
19	SM Racing	Steven Martin (steven_martin)	DNPQ	12	16	13	41
20	TAV	Igor Izquierdo (igortxu38) Gabriel Lara (arturo boix)	12	DNPQ	–	–	12
21	Kosonen Racing	Tatu Kosonen (tazka)	10	–	–	–	10
22	Sh*ts and Giggles Racing	Ajdin Isic (pukyy) XiBin Lu (therubius192fe2)	DNPQ	0	–	–	0
23	Martin Virtual Race	Julio martins (juliao)	0	0	0	0	0
24	Winners Team	Ignacio Arias (manolixsvouros)	–	–	0	0	0
25	Street Obsession	Teodor Zlatanov (sparckify)	DNPQ	DNPQ	–	–	0
26	Hormiga Loca Racing	Leonardo Valenzise (hl_nano)	DNPQ	–	–	–	0
27	Department of Defence	Yassin Bidal (yasso7up)	DNPQ	–	–	–	0
28	Premium Simulation Racing	Semih Aydin (Semyhist)	DNPQ	–	–	–	0

• DNS: no team driver started the race
• DNPQ: one or more team drivers attempted pre-qualification, but did not succeed to pre-qualify for the round

External links

• GT2 Challenge official website
• GT2 Challenge on the LFS Forum
• GT2 Challenge 2021 Rulebook (rev 2, 2 Jan 2021)
• GT2 Challenge 2024 Rulebook (rev 1, 28 Jan 2024)
• Sim Broadcasts on YouTube (for VODS of all seasons)