The Porsche 911 R is possibly my favorite Porsche among the 3 packs. It is such a well balanced car - while it still maintains Porsche 911 characteristics, it's like...you don't have to try so hard. If I'm not mistaken, the 911 R is about 50kg lighter than the 911 GT3 RS. I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but the 911 R does feel like a lighter car. It could be a downforce thing though. Finally, for all you "purists" out there, the 911 R is a 6-speed manual transmission, isn't it? I only have DFGT, not stick here.
Yes, R is 6 speed manual.
I’m quicker in the RS at the ‘Ring by about 5 or 6 seconds… but the R is still a more enjoyable drive.
The 718 Spyder is probably my favourite car in the game – it’s easy enough to drive at 9 10ths, but really tricky once you get it on/over the limit of the tyres. Needs really delicate steering, brake and throttle control to keep it heading in the right direction… and it makes a fabulous noise
It's on a lot of tracks but specifically Nurburgring GP GT at the chicane running at 12:00 at 23 degrees. The car seems to bump up and down frequently and lose traction, especially under braking. Could it be due to suspension travel or dampers?
I’ve only driven the GT3R in the Special Event at Barcelona, but I had some issues with it there… running soft tyres, the left rear would overheat almost immediately with lateral loading – turn in to the 1st turn, slight feeling of loss of grip, the right tyre heats up immediately, baby it through, but impossible to get through the subsequent long right with any sort of speed as the left rear is red half way round.
I exited, and switched to mediums, which were better, but still overheated around half lap… hards just about lasted a lap.
I also found the car VERY sensitive to kerbs – in so far as any contact with the rear tyre resulted in immediate loss of grip… odd, as GT 911’s tend to use a LOT of kerb when racing IRL.
This might be tyre pressure related, but I was running a setting downloaded from the set-up market that’s had plenty of downloads.
I’ve had this same experience with other cars – the McLaren GT3 at Vallelunga hotlap event and the McLaren GT3 at Barcelona hotlap event for example – in both of these the left rear seems to heat up with the slightest sign of a slide… sometimes I’ve felt no slide, yet the tyre is red.
I can push the GT3 way over the limit without the same effect.
Odd.