GT Experience at Silverstone

GT Experience at Silverstone

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BullyB

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2,344 posts

246 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Guys,

I'm thinking about booking the GT Experience at Silverstone

http://www.porsche.com/silverstone/en/experience/p...

Has anybody done this one?
Driving the GT2 and GT3
Event Cost: £395 (incl. 20% VAT)
One-to-one Tuition: Yes
Event Car: GT2 & GT3
Running Length: 90 mins

My wife promised to take me for lunch for my birthday but it would be a shame not to drive something when there...?
I have done experience days in the past but always come away disappointed as they never let you actually have fun.

Just after a bit of honest feedback before I give then £400

or should I just go "all in" and do the RS one...?
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PorscheGT4

21,146 posts

264 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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if it's on the race track then sounds good , if it's on the pec track it's tiny

GT3cs

1,200 posts

240 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Pretty sure it will be on the PEC Track .

I've done the occasional "proper" track day in the past and personally I still have fun on the PEC track. As long as you get a good instructor you can pretty much do what you want , once he / she is happy you know what your doing. You will have to be wary of slower traffic as you'll be out with probably half a dozen Macan's. My thought's are maybe a little rose tinted as my 3 sessions have all been free , as you get a half day with a new car purchase . You cant not have fun hammering someone else 991 GT3 for 3 hrs .......

If you regularly do normal track days then I would say its not for you.

PorscheGT4

21,146 posts

264 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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not sure how you can hammer a GT3 on a track that small mostly done in 2nd gear

w5pwr

453 posts

189 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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I did it in July, in the 991 GT3 and 997 GT2.

It is on the PEC circuit which is quite short but very technical, you also take the cars on the skid area and on the other PEC circuit where they let you launch and emergency stop the cars several times.

I had a great time and thought it was worth the money, lets you see what the cars capable of when the instructor does a couple of 'hot laps'....

Make sure you ask for the 991 GT3 otherwise they stick you in the 997. I don't think the GT3 RS is available through the experience centre yet, it was only their for customer drives when I attended.

GT3cs

1,200 posts

240 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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PorscheGT4 said:
not sure how you can hammer a GT3 on a track that small mostly done in 2nd gear
Its still a 9000rpm change 2nd to 3rd several times a lap , along with several launch control starts and quite a few doughnuts throughout the day ...... Treatment I wouldn't give my own car. Yes the track is 2nd and 3rd gear but regardless its free , its someone else car , lunch is pretty good so good fun in my book.



BullyB

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2,344 posts

246 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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Thanks guys, think I will give it a go! Probably the only way I will get close to a GT3 cloud9
I do a fair few track days in my M3 but this should still be fun for sure.

Magic919

14,126 posts

200 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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I did the RS version, including the 4.0 and enjoyed it. Been back since they improved the track to do the GTS thing and it's much better.

WindyM

426 posts

139 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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Hi Bully
I've done the Precision course in my own car but that involved the PEC track and Silverstone (actually the full GP but that's another story).
I'm booked on the GT3 Experience too (5th October) but because the PEC track is short (but technical), I've asked to swap the GT2 for the 997.2 GT3 so I can drive it back to back with the 991 GT3. The point is, they're flexible if you want to swap things around as others have done too.
Have fun!
Windy

BullyB

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2,344 posts

246 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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WindyM said:
Hi Bully
I've done the Precision course in my own car but that involved the PEC track and Silverstone (actually the full GP but that's another story).
I'm booked on the GT3 Experience too (5th October) but because the PEC track is short (but technical), I've asked to swap the GT2 for the 997.2 GT3 so I can drive it back to back with the 991 GT3. The point is, they're flexible if you want to swap things around as others have done too.
Have fun!
Windy
Sounds good!
Report back so we can see how it went. I will give them a call!

KEVS500

86 posts

233 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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If you're having lunch, make sure you do the driving before, not after! They let you drive the cars 'very enthusiastically', and a full 3 course meal is NOT what you want sloshing around inside you in the hairpins