991RS Review thread
05-28-2015, 01:01 AM
#196
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20GT3%20RS.pdf
Thank you Macca! I've just started reading, but it looks amazing! If anyone has the similar document for the GT3, I'd love to see it also.
05-28-2015, 03:02 AM
#197
Macca has kindly forwarded this document which is now available at the following public Dropbox link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20GT3%20RS.pdf
Thank you Macca! I've just started reading, but it looks amazing! If anyone has the similar document for the GT3, I'd love to see it also.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20GT3%20RS.pdf
Thank you Macca! I've just started reading, but it looks amazing! If anyone has the similar document for the GT3, I'd love to see it also.
05-28-2015, 04:21 AM
#198
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Macca has kindly forwarded this document which is now available at the following public Dropbox link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20GT3%20RS.pdf
Thank you Macca! I've just started reading, but it looks amazing! If anyone has the similar document for the GT3, I'd love to see it also.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20GT3%20RS.pdf
Thank you Macca! I've just started reading, but it looks amazing! If anyone has the similar document for the GT3, I'd love to see it also.
THANK YOU
Have really been looking forward to this document!
You made my week!
05-28-2015, 10:25 AM
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05-28-2015, 11:05 AM
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"On the road, the engine, the transmission and suspension are little compromised over a conventional GT3. It’s firm, but not uncompromisingly so; the engine tractable; the gearshifts immediate and smooth. Dare I say it, but the GT3 RS is a little bit ordinary, if unquestionably fast and notably more vocal. It’s usable then, in the way all 911s are.
It takes time on a track to truly reveal the GT3 RS’s outrageous side, where it’s in its element – fearsomely fast, the engine’s appetite for revs whip-crack in urgency, backed up by a rousing soundtrack and a transmission that’s telepathically brisk.
The grip on offer is genuinely otherworldly, the immediacy of the steering to input and the faithfulness of response unlike any other 911, the nose so tied down you’d swear the GT3 RS was mid- rather than rear-engined. Yet push up to and beyond its mighty limits of grip and it’s as playful as ever. It all feels a lot more serious though, more hardcore, demanding more from you because those limits are so much higher and speeds far greater.
That’s to its detriment on the road, where at times it’s aloof, slightly remote, making it all but impossible to enjoy its incredible breadth of ability where speeds are limited. On the track, it’s a different story, as the GT3 RS is an incredible, hugely involving and rewarding car."
Delete the letters "RS" and the references to the GT3, and you have a GT3 review.
It takes time on a track to truly reveal the GT3 RS’s outrageous side, where it’s in its element – fearsomely fast, the engine’s appetite for revs whip-crack in urgency, backed up by a rousing soundtrack and a transmission that’s telepathically brisk.
The grip on offer is genuinely otherworldly, the immediacy of the steering to input and the faithfulness of response unlike any other 911, the nose so tied down you’d swear the GT3 RS was mid- rather than rear-engined. Yet push up to and beyond its mighty limits of grip and it’s as playful as ever. It all feels a lot more serious though, more hardcore, demanding more from you because those limits are so much higher and speeds far greater.
That’s to its detriment on the road, where at times it’s aloof, slightly remote, making it all but impossible to enjoy its incredible breadth of ability where speeds are limited. On the track, it’s a different story, as the GT3 RS is an incredible, hugely involving and rewarding car."
05-28-2015, 11:12 AM
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I think that you can change "GT3" to "991 GT3" or "991 GT3 RS".
You can almost suspect that they use a template for their GT3-reviews.
"The GT3 certainly hasn’t gone soft. It’s one of the best drivers’ 911s ever – fantastically tactile, irresistibly engaging and fitted with one of the most thrilling flat-sixes Porsche has ever built. Far from detracting from the experience, the standard fitment of adaptive suspension, traction control and air-conditioning all add to its appeal – PASM allows it to be more sporty on track, TC offers a (switchable) safety net, and 20kg is a modest penalty to pay for the benefits of air-con.
In fact, the fitment of lightly treaded ‘trackday’ tyres makes it the most uncompromising GT3 there has been. Dry-road grip is exceptional, but in the wet you’ve got to tread very cautiously. Yes, you can specify it with creature comforts such as satnav and electric seats, but don’t ever imagine it’s merely a sportier Carrera S. The GT3 has teeth, and it will bite."
05-28-2015, 11:17 AM
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I found this old review from Evo on the 997.1GT3:
I think that you can change "GT3" to "991 GT3" or "991 GT3 RS".
You can almost suspect that they use a template for their GT3-reviews.
"The GT3 certainly hasn’t gone soft. It’s one of the best drivers’ 911s ever – fantastically tactile, irresistibly engaging and fitted with one of the most thrilling flat-sixes Porsche has ever built. Far from detracting from the experience, the standard fitment of adaptive suspension, traction control and air-conditioning all add to its appeal – PASM allows it to be more sporty on track, TC offers a (switchable) safety net, and 20kg is a modest penalty to pay for the benefits of air-con.
In fact, the fitment of lightly treaded ‘trackday’ tyres makes it the most uncompromising GT3 there has been. Dry-road grip is exceptional, but in the wet you’ve got to tread very cautiously. Yes, you can specify it with creature comforts such as satnav and electric seats, but don’t ever imagine it’s merely a sportier Carrera S. The GT3 has teeth, and it will bite."
I think that you can change "GT3" to "991 GT3" or "991 GT3 RS".
You can almost suspect that they use a template for their GT3-reviews.
"The GT3 certainly hasn’t gone soft. It’s one of the best drivers’ 911s ever – fantastically tactile, irresistibly engaging and fitted with one of the most thrilling flat-sixes Porsche has ever built. Far from detracting from the experience, the standard fitment of adaptive suspension, traction control and air-conditioning all add to its appeal – PASM allows it to be more sporty on track, TC offers a (switchable) safety net, and 20kg is a modest penalty to pay for the benefits of air-con.
In fact, the fitment of lightly treaded ‘trackday’ tyres makes it the most uncompromising GT3 there has been. Dry-road grip is exceptional, but in the wet you’ve got to tread very cautiously. Yes, you can specify it with creature comforts such as satnav and electric seats, but don’t ever imagine it’s merely a sportier Carrera S. The GT3 has teeth, and it will bite."
05-28-2015, 11:24 AM
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Agree, but on the other hand watching Autocar's review was rather fun as Frankel really seemed to have problems wrestling the RS - so maybe it is a handfull and not too easy to drive.
05-28-2015, 11:55 AM
#208
Frankel wasn't smooth at all, it got even worse with his corrections that were so abrupt he was upsetting the balance of the car further. I wouldn't read too much into his review.
05-28-2015, 03:33 PM
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Guess Trakcar kan help with the lingo...
Autovisie TV
Porsche 911 GT3 RS (2015) - review Autovisie TV - YouTube
Autovisie TV
Porsche 911 GT3 RS (2015) - review Autovisie TV - YouTube
The only new thing maybe is that the rear bumper is some CF mix stuff.
