GT3RS Allocation Thread
#3527
I set my personal best times in my 991.2 GT3RSs at my local tracks, about 1/2 second fast than I was in my 997 GT3RS on hoosiers. I tracked my 992 manual Touring a few times but the car was moving around too much without the big aero for me to get fast lap times. I'm thinking I can shave off 1-2 seconds per lap in the 992 GT3RS off my PBs.
#3530
My ultimate best lap time was 1:51.2 in my 991.2 GT3RS on 13CW but my my personal bet lap on 13CW at BW in a Cayman car is a 1:53.5 in my 981 GT4 on RE71Rs (with catless headers, TB/Intake, full suspension, and higher wing uprights). With no mods I ran a 1:54.1 in the GT4RS getting used to the car (only done 2 track days at BW so far). I think if I push the car hard along with the suspension mods and higher wing uprights I can get a lap time in the 1:51s (I drive about 8/10th as I have a health fear of crashing and hurting myself).
#3531
My ultimate best lap time was 1:51.2 in my 991.2 GT3RS on 13CW but my my personal bet lap on 13CW at BW in a Cayman car is a 1:53.5 in my 981 GT4 on RE71Rs (with catless headers, TB/Intake, full suspension, and higher wing uprights). With no mods I ran a 1:54.1 in the GT4RS getting used to the car (only done 2 track days at BW so far). I think if I push the car hard along with the suspension mods and higher wing uprights I can get a lap time in the 1:51s (I drive about 8/10th as I have a health fear of crashing and hurting myself).
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#3532
LOL come on now...no one who claims to have been a track rat for years does this when trying to set PBs. Trying to soften your times by saying you only went 8/10ths
Last edited by PTS; 07-10-2024 at 12:21 PM.
#3533
I'm about as chicken as they come on the track, but based on your 981 video years ago and you sending it on Phil Hill, I would not have guessed that about you! BW is an interesting track in that power doesn't really seem to help reduce lap times as much as you'd expect. There's a very good non-WP white 4RS driver (haven't met him in person yet) that also hasn't beat his 718 GT4 time in his 4RS yet, but I think it's just a matter of time / cooler weather that he will. My sense of the videos is that he could get to full throttle earlier in the regular GT4. 265/305s help too!
#3534
Even though most of the tracks that I go to locally don't have many walls, I'm still scared of going off and damaging the car and more importantly hurting myself. I know guys who have ***** of steal that drive on the edge that have lap times 2-3 seconds faster than mine in the same cars and when I compare their data to mine I can see that I lift where they are on throttle and where I break earlier as they break later and for less time so the data tells me I'm holding back (due to fear as I mentioned). There are spots on these tracks where I'll push the car harder than other spots because if I go off I'll only dust up the car but going off in other spots (especially where you can pick up some significant time on a lap) may cause significant damage to the car (this is where I've seen cars flip, hit a wall or corner work stand, or take front/rear bumpers off). At my local and favorite track, the fastest guys running 991.2 GT3RSs are putting down 1:48-1:49 lap times where my personal best was a 1:51. I'm not going to lie, that car was scary fast on track to me. At the end of the day even though I want to better my lap times, my biggest win is bringing the car and myself back home in the same condition that I left the house.
#3535
Even though most of the tracks that I go to locally don't have many walls, I'm still scared of going off and damaging the car and more importantly hurting myself. I know guys who have ***** of steal that drive on the edge that have lap times 2-3 seconds faster than mine in the same cars and when I compare their data to mine I can see that I lift where they are on throttle and where I break earlier as they break later and for less time so the data tells me I'm holding back (due to fear as I mentioned). There are spots on these tracks where I'll push the car harder than other spots because if I go off I'll only dust up the car but going off in other spots (especially where you can pick up some significant time on a lap) may cause significant damage to the car (this is where I've seen cars flip, hit a wall or corner work stand, or take front/rear bumpers off). At my local and favorite track, the fastest guys running 991.2 GT3RSs are putting down 1:48-1:49 lap times where my personal best was a 1:51. I'm not going to lie, that car was scary fast on track to me. At the end of the day even though I want to better my lap times, my biggest win is bringing the car and myself back home in the same condition that I left the house.
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cosmos (07-10-2024)
#3536
You will be quicker in new GT3 RS if you are comfortable carrying speed thru the corners. That’s where this car excels, if you drive it like your 991.2 RS will go about the same lap times, have to be comfortable braking less and carrying speeds to take advantage of aero.
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usctrojanGT3 (07-10-2024)
#3537
Even though most of the tracks that I go to locally don't have many walls, I'm still scared of going off and damaging the car and more importantly hurting myself. - At the end of the day even though I want to better my lap times, my biggest win is bringing the car and myself back home in the same condition that I left the house.
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usctrojanGT3 (07-10-2024)
#3538
So maybe better said I'm going at my 10/10th comfort limit but about 8/10th of the cars limit beacuase I'm afraid to push it any harder.
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PTS (07-10-2024)
#3539
My favorite local tracks are more technical, slower but do have fast sweeping turns (both on and off camber) and that is where the GT3RS will shine and pick up time with the big aero.