Carpokes Porsche Forum

This Australian video is an excellent insight into why you have to be very careful with Aero cars like the RS. I am certainly not going to try to find its limits on the track, and expect to be no faster than in the 991 for some of the reasons explained in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GknHHEJjTS8&t=451s

RDMcG wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:03 pm This Australian video is an excellent insight into why you have to be very careful with Aero cars like the RS. I am certainly not going to try to find its limits on the track, and expect to be no faster than in the 991 for some of the reasons explained in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GknHHEJjTS8&t=451s

Iv just seen this actually. It's actually really good! The insight by that aussie is just fantastic.

I am, like most people, in no position to say anything slightly negative about the GT3rs. It's damn near perfect, for the purpose it was built. Driving one would be something I would cherish forever, but in terms of pure enjoyment, I prefer something where the limits of grip are not so high, and not so razor thin.... Sometimes lol

One of my track cars is a AMG GTR. It's by no means a fast track car compared to others, and I think a GT3RS would lap it lol. But, on the track I go from 1 second thinking I'm going to poop my pants, to the next second I am laughing my head off because its barking at me like an angry dog, with its rear end hoping all over the place ha. It's just pure fun.

The one thing that REALLY intrigues me about the GT3RS is just how complicated the process of mastering it is. I would love to have one and learn to master it (being taught by a pro or something), exploit it's un-natural abilities on the track and what not. That's really fascinating to me. A GT3rs would make me want to be a better track driver, if that makes sense.

The video kind of lays it out and makes sense in a succinct way. A car like the 992 3RS might be a fun challenge if I was 30 or 40 years younger, had unlimited funds, the ability to be coached extensively at a pro level and the patience to figure it all out. Even then, would I or most others get close to the car's full potential?

I enjoyed the comparison/explanation to the Cup cars which I think are the ideal road course track cars not only for IMSA-type pro series races but also for advanced non-pro track drivers and amateur racers.

Meanwhile, I'm happy on track with my little dependable, predictable and fun-to-drive GT4. Yeah, I often get left on the straights and sometimes run over elsewhere but I'm always in the mix at some level and, more importantly, I'm having fun without worrying about being in over my head.

Well, I am certainly not going to try to find its limits on the Nürburgring when I get it there in the Fall....I have had my three previous RS ( and the Panamera!:)) there in the past and am well aware of how tricky it is. The 991RS was a joy there ( in fact they all were), but this will require a modicum of caution.

RDMcG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:06 am Well, I am certainly not going to try to find its limits on the Nürburgring when I get it there in the Fall....I have had my three previous RS ( and the Panamera!:)) there in the past and am well aware of how tricky it is. The 991RS was a joy there ( in fact they all were), but this will require a modicum of caution.TF15D_0042.jpg

Nice picture!

Weekday afternoons are favourite time for Touristenfahrten though dedicated trackdays can any time; I tend to stay away of weekends which can be a nightmare

That video statement from D&W triggered me to dig out a lap at Spa I did in October this year. Actually I am not sure to blame the innovation. Just see yourself and decide wether to blame the car or the driver:

Very informative analysis, and inconclusive. You don't provide an active video of the later lap so there is gap in info available,

I have two questions ( because everything is remarkably similar form the data provided. 1) did you kiss the curb with the rear on the first lap and 2) absent kissing the curb that the difference may have been due to some "foreign" substance on the track?

When I did my usual Ring trip in 2024 there was no question in my mind that the 992 was notably surefooted compared to my previous four cars there. The progression of the RS of my 997.1,997.2,991 to the current car was an unbroken line of improvement but this was a big leap.

However, I did not go to the limit. If you see below, the first pic is of me and my son, the second of a friend ( Misha Charoudin) who blogs at the Ring and you can see how fully deflected the car is compared to me. Below is a video of him driving my son around which I will post here also.

Video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNjuEJI2ZFE&t=318s