The pieces for the Singapore round of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series all dropped into place last week. Polyphony Digital has confirmed the venue, opened ticket sales, and added a new regional support race to the program at the Sands Theatre inside Marina Bay Sands on Saturday, October 3.
This is the follow-up to April’s announcement that the championship would visit Southeast Asia for the first time. With Round 2 set to be held as a closed-door event at Polyphony’s Tokyo studio on August 15, Singapore is the next (and final) chance to see the World Series in front of a live audience before the World Finals return to Tokyo on December 5-6.
The event is being run in partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board and will form part of the city’s “Grand Prix Season Singapore”, a ten-day stretch from October 2 to 11 that builds up to the Formula 1 night race on October 9-11.
Putting the World Series in front of a crowd already turning up for a weekend of motorsport is a smart bet, and STB’s director of sports Lilian Chee was happy to frame the event as one that “reinforces Singapore’s position as a premier destination for world-class sporting and entertainment events.”
A New Support Race
The most interesting new announcement is a regional support race called the Singapore Regional Gran Turismo Cup, which will run as an on-stage exhibition alongside the Manufacturers Cup and Nations Cup.
To populate the grid, Polyphony will hold a regional Time Trial inside Gran Turismo 7 in August, open to players from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Competitors based in Singapore will be joined by the fastest racer from each of the other participating territories, and the combined field will then race on stage at the Sands Theatre.
Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi said the Time Trial is “an opportunity for us to discover talented drivers from the region and give them a chance to race on stage in front of a live audience,” and added that the experience could give those drivers “the confidence to make it into the Gran Turismo World Series in future.”
The Championship Stakes
Singapore is the last points-scoring round before the season finale. For the Nations Cup and Manufacturers Cup field, this is the final shot at moving up the standings before Tokyo, and the competition should be appropriately tense.
The Manufacturers Cup grid at the Sands Theatre will feature 12 drivers from the Americas region, continuing the regional rotation we saw with the EMEA-region field in Milan. The Nations Cup will run the usual 12-driver field.
Schedule and Tickets
Doors open at 3:00pm local time on October 3, with the day broken into three on-stage segments separated by a dinner interval:
- 4:00pm: Singapore Regional Gran Turismo Cup (exhibition)
- 5:00pm: Manufacturers Cup
- 6:30pm: Interval (food and drink available at the venue)
- 8:00pm: Nations Cup
- 9:30pm: Estimated show close
A single ticket covers all three races. Three tiers are on offer, priced in Singapore Dollars:
- Signature (S$68) covers the best seats in the house, plus a meet-and-greet with the World Series drivers
- Premium (S$48) is for guaranteed premium seating
- Classic (S$38) is the standard admission
Polyphony is also running a 20% early bird discount across all tiers if you buy before June 30, with an additional S$10 off for under-18s, students, and those in National Service (proof may be required). Under-18 attendees need to be accompanied by an adult holding a valid ticket.
Tickets are on sale now through the official Gran Turismo event page.
The Marina Bay Sands complex is one of the most recognizable locations in the city, and the Sands Theatre itself should make for a strong staging venue.
If you’re planning to make the trip from elsewhere in the region, drop a note in the forums. There’s a good chance other GTPlanet readers will be heading the same way…
