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2025 Toyota GR Malaysia eRacing Championship Grand Finals Kicks Off This Weekend
The 2025 TOyota GR Malaysia eRacing Championship Grand Finals kicks off this weekend on Oct 10 and 11 at the Sunway University campus.

Heads up for local sim-racing and e-sports fans, this year’s Toyota GR Malaysia eRacing Championship is set to host its Grand Finals at the Sunway University campus this weekend on Oct 10 (Friday) and Oct 11 (Saturday)
.This event marks the eighth consecutive year of Malaysia’s biggest and most rewarding sim-racing tournament organised and support by UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT). Up to 20 of the nation’s best sim-racers will battle it out this weekend.
All will be vying for a slice of the RM123,000 combined prize money pool and, more importantly, the honour of representing Malaysia in the regional-level TGR Asia Esports GT Championship finals in Bangkok, Thailand next month (Nov).
Unlike past editions, this year's grand finals sees an expanded competition format featuring platforms like Assetto Corsa, RaceRoom, and iRacing. Included still too is the tournament's signature Gran Turimso 7 title.

Unlike past editions, this year’s running sees e-racers compete across a challenging and expanded new competition format that features notable platforms like Assetto Corsa, RaceRoom, iRacing and Gran Turismo 7.
This revamped competition format also explains why 35% of this year’s semi-finalists are new and fresh-faced competitors to Toyota’s sim-racing championship series. Some of them are notable veterans too.
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Concurrently, UMWT will also open online registration for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development Programme and nurture aspiring new racers in the Rookie Class of the Vios Challenge.
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Besides deciding this year’s champion, the Grand Finals also see organisers UMWT opening online registration (from Oct 11 onwards) for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development Programme.
This programme is poised opened to applicants aged 16 to 22 with either sim racing or karting experience with the opportunity to compete in the Rookie Class of the highly competitive Vios Challenge series in 2026.
Another highlight tto his weekend's Grand Finals is the successful Campus Tour finals too.

Alongside this main competition, UMWT also continues to host its Campus Tour series. After visiting eight public and private universities this year, 10 finalists have been chosen to compete in the grand finals this weekend.
Moreover, the Campus Tour series successfully produced three drivers that have gone into the aforementioned Toyota Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development Programme. In turn, this reinforces UMWT's commitment towards nurturing grassroots talent too.
Like before, the event will be streamed live online. You can garner more details for the 2025 Toyota GR Malaysia eRacing Championship Grand Finals via the official TGR Malaysia Facebook, Instagram and YouTube pages, as well as its official website.
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