06-01-2009, 09:15 AM
Thanks for posting that Todd. What's funny is that's exactly how it felt to me. The fastest I have gone recently, as measured by my trackmate, was with Kevin (registrar) in the car at a 1:22.5. When I was in the GTR it gave me the impression that it was equally as quick as my car only so much easier to drive and that was in it's completely stock form. For me at Summit I run a Bridgestone Pole Position 050 rated very well in the dry and when I switch to Hoosiers I pick up 4 - 5 seconds a lap as I was running 1:27's consistently that day on the street tires. When we switch the GTR over to R comps I expect good things from it. My guess is a 20 flat car or maybe better at Summit and a sub 2:10 car at the Glen. I can only think of 2 or 3 GT cars (Not the Sports Prototype style cars!!! LOL!! George!! They are extremely fast!!) in our club with a driver/car combination that are quicker. I am quite impressed at this point with it's performance.
Still not anywhere near as fun as a RWD Porsche though. My ride at Pocono with Drew in his GT3 made me realize all over again why they are such amazing cars!! He was sliding and throttle steering the car through 3, 4 and 5 so much I was clapping and broke out into laughter. After he got acclimated to my fat butt being in the car he could catch the rotation of the car in 3 by planting the throttle and we would squirt up the short hill to 4. It was awesome!! Thanks Drew.
Still not anywhere near as fun as a RWD Porsche though. My ride at Pocono with Drew in his GT3 made me realize all over again why they are such amazing cars!! He was sliding and throttle steering the car through 3, 4 and 5 so much I was clapping and broke out into laughter. After he got acclimated to my fat butt being in the car he could catch the rotation of the car in 3 by planting the throttle and we would squirt up the short hill to 4. It was awesome!! Thanks Drew.