TCR vs BMW M2 vs M4 GT4 (F82)

[S1M VP]

Looking at do a fun race series next year, something like the 750MC Club Enduro or Roadsports.

TCR cars usually seem to dominate, but we are thinking something RWD and take them on.

Class A is up to 300bhp/ton and both an M2 CS Racing and an M4 GT4 are eligible.

I’ve never raced or driven any of these cars, so thought I’d ask the PH community for some ideas and input.

appreciate performance largely depends on driver and setup etc, but assuming the same driver … would an M2 or an M4 GT4 be competitive with a TCR car?

Anyone know how reliable all three are? (Assuming looked after by a professional team).
Anything to watch?

I’d imagine M2 have less set up options, so are easier to run, than an M4 GT4 … But is this assumption right or wrong?

Could an M4 GT4 run ok in the 750MC?

[S1M VP]

Dan BSCS said:

M4 GT4s have run successfully in Club Enduro in the past. The issue is they are VERY heavy and hard on tyres, brakes, fuel, etc. It’s possible to be competitive in any car with good drivers but TCRs dominate because they are very reliable and easy to drive.

Personally I think running factory built TCR and GT4 cars in “club” motorsport is taking the piss but that is a different discussion.

That’s why the Enduro series has the different classes though and BOP to even the fields within each class.
Plenty of single make racing to be had, but if doing the Enduro, would want to be in a A class car with enough grunt to we didn’t keep getting blown away by other cars down every straight.

Watched some races last year as some mates were racing in it.
There was a small silver car (older Ginetta maybe?) that was rapid down the straights, as were some of the Lotus’s which seemed to be on a level playing field to the TCR’s.

Personally, I just wouldn’t feel comfortable in a small car like a Lotus in a heavy impact (not that I’m intending to have a heavy shunt), after getting caught out by coolant in turn 1 at Spa. Hit the brake at the normal braking point and was in the wall 2 seconds later at 100mph and ended up with a fractured spine etc. Not sure I’d have walked away with just minor injuries if I was in anything smaller.