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isv

Since we're on the theme of wet cars...

rickman_fr

happy to see these cars driven as they have to be !
it is the most beautiful reward that can be offered to the engineers who worked on it

mooty

beauty! and driven.

wurlie

mafoofan

evilfij

mooty

to each his own.
many of my friends and esteemed RL 4.0 drivers prefer the decals.
I did have my deleted at the factory.

mooty

our EU friends drive!
I was going to say we need a Dirty RS4.0 drive day...
then I realized I would be the only car showing up.

turbofreeFLAT6

Never have I appreciated the rear engine layout as much as when driving the 4.0 in the wet. The progressiveness of the rear end as it moves out is sublime (in stark contrast to the snap of my departed GT4). The wet also highlights the level of feedback from the old hydraulic steering (in the wet the GT4's EPAS offered none).

rickman_fr

cars with central rear engine will be always brutal when the rear begins to slide too much !

mooty

^ mid rear engine or mid engine: a small side goes into spinning like a top ask how I know.

turbofreeFLAT6

Evo reckon later model tyres make the CGT less knife edged. I've never had the pleasure of driving one. What have you found?

I've also had only a short, slow drive of a 991 GT3 (.1 RS) and it was on dry roads. I assume you've driven them in the wet; how did you find the breakaway and steering compared to the RS 4.0? Is it true that the .2 steering feedback is on par with GT3 hydraulic?

mooty

^ no , I spun my Boxster race car on track.
I don't push the CGT that hard.
but CGT does bite

have not driven .2RS but driving 991GT2RS, steering not as good as 997
991.1RS, it's not easy to get it loose on streets. if you got it loose, you are going way way too fast on streets.

isv

A mid engine car is always going to be considerably more snappy than a rear engine car though simply down to physics, low polar moment etc and all.

Re tyres - the major difference ime is that the later supersport tyres make the car far less highly strung when cold. They also have more overall grip when warm of course but the biggest difference for me was when the tyres weren't warmed up. The older PS2 tyres were alright if you could get enough heat into them though.