Spectating Gran Turismo esports at Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7 exhibition
Fresh from seeing an inspiring Gran Turismo movie, Randall Hayward got a rare chance to see a real Porsche racecar exhibition — and he won $15,000 in a Gran Turismo 7 esports tournament at the same time.
Hayward was one of 16 finalists who traveled to the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca track for the Porsche Esports Challenge USA. And the 22-year-old won the esports competition for the second year in a row.
“The experience was great,” Haywood said in an interview with GamesBeat after the victory. “I’m happy that I became a double champion again. Yeah, I will be happy to come back here.”
I made it out to the Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7 racing exhibition at the Laguna Seca track near Monterey, California. More than 91,000 people attended.
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It was a fun festival full of Porsche enthusiasts, pro and amateur races from vintage and modern Porsche cars, and oddities like Porsche tractor racing. And it was nice to see this event of racing icons intermixed with an esports event attended by video game fans of Gran Turismo 7, which is part of a franchise that has sold more than 90 million copies to date on Sony PlayStation game consoles. FaZe Clan, the esports and creator company, also had an arcade with esports pros at the event. The hope is that one day we’ll have racing and esports fans going to the same events.
This time, the event featured the Bose Esports Arena right next to the track. In an interview with GamesBeat, Hayward said it was exciting to be part of the whole Porsche experience at Laguna Seca in Monterey,
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