Gran Turismo Becomes an Official Olympic Sport (+More E-sports at Olympics)

[mjk45]

twintail said:

Leynos said:

Laughable playing games can be called a "sport"

GT Sports championship races have been quite legit to watch. A lot of really good races.

Ka-pi96 said:

Disgusting. The Olympics should be about real sports only.

What's next other crap that isn't even a sport like chess? Screw that!

It's not the Olympics though. It's just a sectioned event before the Olympics begin.

Just saying... 

They are called demonstration sports and each host gets to pick a number of them, usually strong regional sports are chosen, plus, the IOC itself can and often does include sports that are under consideration for Olympic status, so it also acts as a test bed.

In this case like Twintail said it's more a separate Olympic sanctioned event.

Last edited by mjk45 - on 25 April 2021