RE: Porsche 911 GT3 RS: Driven
Discussion
Nicely written article. Thanks Matt!
Terminator X said:
Looks / sounds amazing. I do wonder though how / if anyone runs them as daily drivers as the one I took out on the track at Silverstone was an absolute bone shaker it was so stiff plus it was not in the least bit comfortable. I was glad to leave it behind tbh.
TX.
Bizarre. I spent a lot of time in my friends 991.1 RS when he had it and the damping was some of the best I've felt. Sure it's primary ride is robust, but the secondary ride is fantastic. Taught, solid and able to deal incredibly well with harsh impacts. Of course you'd be stupid to run it as a daily though as they're not designed as such.TX.
bertie said:
Dale487 said:
What would you do to make it look more interesting? Personally I prefer the more understated looks of the GT3 Touring & R.
Not look like literally the other million 911s on the road would be a start.Dale487 said:
bertie said:
Dale487 said:
What would you do to make it look more interesting? Personally I prefer the more understated looks of the GT3 Touring & R.
Not look like literally the other million 911s on the road would be a start.I also accept I am in a tiny minority and most folks love the 911 shape.
bertie said:
Dale487 said:
bertie said:
Dale487 said:
What would you do to make it look more interesting? Personally I prefer the more understated looks of the GT3 Touring & R.
Not look like literally the other million 911s on the road would be a start.I also accept I am in a tiny minority and most folks love the 911 shape.
You can spend c£140K on plenty of cars that don't look like a 911 & it'll probably easier to find a dealer who can/will sell you it too, but they may not drive as well.
RacerMike said:
Dale487 said:
Ruby Stone (but it isn't a standard colour & the UK doesn't get Paint to Sample on GT cars)
Well. That’s a matter for debate really. It depends how important you are to Porsche and how late you take your allocationSo Porsche HQ like the latest 911. Plus ca change.
Approaching 55 years of making them bigger and uglier.
Having moved the RSR engine to a better location (again), is it pride that prevents them building an even better car by moving the enigne to the same location, so much for homologation rules.
Presumably a manual box would be a better “drivers” car.
The best turn in evs, even with that huge and heavy rear end pushing it about. The only competitor to that title being a front engined lightweight. 2+2=blather.
Nice colour though. 🙄
Approaching 55 years of making them bigger and uglier.
Having moved the RSR engine to a better location (again), is it pride that prevents them building an even better car by moving the enigne to the same location, so much for homologation rules.
Presumably a manual box would be a better “drivers” car.
The best turn in evs, even with that huge and heavy rear end pushing it about. The only competitor to that title being a front engined lightweight. 2+2=blather.
Nice colour though. 🙄
Dale487 said:
RacerMike said:
Dale487 said:
Ruby Stone (but it isn't a standard colour & the UK doesn't get Paint to Sample on GT cars)
Well. That’s a matter for debate really. It depends how important you are to Porsche and how late you take your allocationsmilo996 said:
So Porsche HQ like the latest 911. Plus ca change.
Approaching 55 years of making them bigger and uglier.
Having moved the RSR engine to a better location (again), is it pride that prevents them building an even better car by moving the enigne to the same location, so much for homologation rules.
Presumably a manual box would be a better “drivers” car.
The best turn in evs, even with that huge and heavy rear end pushing it about. The only competitor to that title being a front engined lightweight. 2+2=blather.
Nice colour though. ??
I’m sorry what? Your sentences contain English words, but I can’t say they’re arranged into anything that makes sense...Approaching 55 years of making them bigger and uglier.
Having moved the RSR engine to a better location (again), is it pride that prevents them building an even better car by moving the enigne to the same location, so much for homologation rules.
Presumably a manual box would be a better “drivers” car.
The best turn in evs, even with that huge and heavy rear end pushing it about. The only competitor to that title being a front engined lightweight. 2+2=blather.
Nice colour though. ??
Looks good, but not enough better than my 9.1RS to change...which is already more capable than I am. I will wait for the 992RS. OF course there will be the usual manual vs PDK debate, which is fair enough.- all I can say is that mine is just superb on track, so this is evidently better. Curious to see how much of this is the new tires, which I will get.
akashzimzimma said:
The 991.1 GT3RS on many tracks is slightly slower than a AMG GTR, and that car IS (front) mid engined, with a lower polar moment of inertia than the rear heavy Porsche.
So the comments re turning in better should be reserved until a direct comparison is made with the 991.2 and the AMG GTR.
The AMG has quite a bit more power. So the comments re turning in better should be reserved until a direct comparison is made with the 991.2 and the AMG GTR.
Cheib said:
I've seen it speculated on Rennlist that such a car in uber limited numbers is coming.
Homologation rules in gt racing are a bit of a joke. Porsche didn't even need an exemption for the rsr, changing the position of the gearbox/engine was actually allowed under existing regs. A mid engine car just to homologate the rsr is not required.RDMcG said:
Looks good, but not enough better than my 9.1RS to change...which is already more capable than I am. I will wait for the 992RS. OF course there will be the usual manual vs PDK debate, which is fair enough.- all I can say is that mine is just superb on track, so this is evidently better. Curious to see how much of this is the new tires, which I will get.
Are you considering getting one of the manual GT3s Ronan or have you already got one? I'll never forget seeing your beautiful orange 991.1 RS that day on Bloor St mate - it looked otherworldly compared to the rest of the traffic
RDMcG said:
Looks good, but not enough better than my 9.1RS to change...which is already more capable than I am. I will wait for the 992RS. OF course there will be the usual manual vs PDK debate, which is fair enough.- all I can say is that mine is just superb on track, so this is evidently better. Curious to see how much of this is the new tires, which I will get.
I might be wrong, but I'm sure I read somewhere on another thread that Porsche do not like you switching for different tyres as the cars handling and balance has been specifially built around the tyre compound and package in use?It even says in this article that both the GT2 RS and GT3 RS using PS tyres but different compounds due to the difference in weight.
BlackPrince said:
Are you considering getting one of the manual GT3s Ronan or have you already got one? I'll never forget seeing your beautiful orange 991.1 RS that day on Bloor St mate - it looked otherworldly compared to the rest of the traffic
I kept my trusty old green 997 GT3RS which is a simple 6 spd analogue manual car with no stability control. I will hang onto the two of them indefinitely and maybe add the 992 whenever it shows up
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