carrering

you are just in front of start/finish and several hundred feet before the braking zone for sunset. photo is shot from the balcony. by that time i already hit the stalk once and next press is to begin next lap. i don't dare look down at it. just review after the session is over. sunset was tricky until i learned to turn in earlier thanks to VJ. what is really tricky is that same corner going CCW. tracking out to that burm that sucks the left side of the car off the track. best just to drive right into the dirt and go straight for a half mile bleeding off speed.

TRAKCAR

I could not buy one with it. Looks goofy, is gimmicky and for not much more you have a proper data logger!

bob_dallas

I have it and find it immensely valuable to time how long it takes my wife to "run into the store real quick" and also how long it takes my son to get his shoes on and get out the door to leave.

Would never use on the track but I didn't have a lot of heartburn about getting it. If I had special ordered then I wouldn't have spec'd it but it's very hard to find one without it on a lot.

TRAKCAR

LOL, maybe we all need it after all....

NVRANUF

Mine has it, but it's neither a plus or a negative IMO... No heartburn here.

Clifton

Mine has it as well and I spec'd it that way. I'm a watch guy so the damn thing appeals to me....

One would really need to familiarize themselves with the start/stop/lap controls before track use thought.

It does come in very handy for timing how long it takes to burn through a tank of gas. LOL!

roberga

would not order a car with it. It was not a deal breaker for me getting a used car. It does keep my ball cap from sliding on to the floor.

Tacet-Conundrum

Exactly, if you have a PDK then it is a must; along with the flipper-flapper padels for shifting. Since the GT3 only comes with 6 speed there is no point.

911dev

On a 6 speed Carrera (non GT3/RS) you need to have SC to get the aggressively tuned (front loaded) throttle inputs, which some prefer. (I know it doesn't add any power -for the manual C2(S)- and pressing the gas further achieves the same goal, but I too liked it on my first C2S). I think a lot of non-experienced GT3 buyers believe this is the case with the GT3 as well; which we all know is not. I skipped it on my .2 GT3 but I have to admit Porsche's confiqurator had me confused about it.

I find it rather ridiculous that some dealers or buyers for that matter have and will order turbos w/o SC. Even Porsche released the introductory 997.2 PDK cars without SC. If any cars need it, it's those two models.

E4VLL

Interestingly, the dealer configurator still states that the SPORT button is only added when you option Sport Chrono; therefore, this misinformation is still being perpetuated.

Mayoman4

Does the sport chrono package add the ability for Launch Control on a 991.1 GT3 RS or will it come standard??? cant seem to find the answer

GM.RS

Wrong forum. Launch control 'round these parts means using the 3rd pedal

bweSteve

- Got a good laugh out of that one....

But since somehow this old thread has been dug up,.... I'll chime in....

I have the {hmmmm,... I'll call it a "unit",... although sometimes my wife uses that term endearingly for other references....},... anyway, I have the CLOCK on the dash of my Cayenne Turbo, and actually like the looks of it up there. AND I actually use it when I want to see the time.

Having said that,... many years later from first getting into that Cayenne,... we now own a 7.2 GT3 that does have SC,... and not that I really cared one-way-or-other whether it had it or not,... it was NOT on the mandatory list of must haves!!

Also seems that all the haters here seem to be GT3RS guys that primarily have interest in it's lack of abilities as a track tool. Wife & I are street drivers only. Bottom line for us: I WISH it was a clock. I have zero need for it as a Sport Chrono. BUT,... I actually do enjoy seeing the unit itself on the dash. We've been programmed to enjoy the look of it up there,... due to the Cayenne.

Just wish it was a clock on the GT3. Oh well. NIT picks. Don't really care I guess.

Back to your normally scheduled programming,...... guess I just needed to get that out there.

=Steve