Is the new 992 GT3 RS the ultimate road and track car? DickieMeaden finds out...
Aero might be a dominant theme, but so is adjustability. Everything from compression and rebound settings on front and rear dampers to the lock rate of the limited slip differential and intervention levels of the TC and ESC can be minutely adjusted via rotary switches mounted on the steering wheel. It puts an unprecedented degree of control at the driver’s fingertips and, by definition, is the first RS to exist at the forefront of digital dynamics.
That scintillating 9000rpm engine and super-sharp 7-speed PDK ‘box is one of the all-time great partnerships. Though not night-and-day different to the GT3, there’s a definite uptick in urgency and intensity. Against the clock 0-60mph arrives in 3.0sec, 100mph in 6.9. Top speed is 184mph, some 14mph down on the GT3 despite DRS.It's when you plunge into the first big braking area that you appreciate the RS is different gravy.
Steaming into the Maggots Becketts sequence is where the RS driving experience truly crystalises. Approaching the first left-right hard on the throttle and well into fifth gear, you lunge into the meat of the corner, brake hard, change direction, downshift one gear, change direction again, pop in another downshift and change direction again. All in one seamless motion and leaning on immense lateral grip.
If there’s a downside to the downforce, it’s that carrying such pace through the corners reduces the delta between the speed you join each straight and the peak you achieve by the end of it. In short, because it’s so good on the brakes and through the corners you know it could handle plenty more grunt.
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