When I left for the fun drive, the car had 2.8 bar front and 2.4 rear. In "comfort" mode (not over 270 kph), the R8 needs 2.7 front and 2.3 rear but the temp was a bit higher than 20 deg C in the garage.
Street tires PZero, this is why they loose traction after a few fast rounds, they get too hot/tire pressure gets too high.
I was happy having them (PZero) though, my buddy with his Trofeo R was sliding more than actually driving. LOL Excellent track tires but for changing surface qualities and even some mist/slighlty wet parts, no fun. Some motorcycle riders were really amazing (or crazy?) that day, they passed my friend, kept staying behind me and after a while it was a bit too much pressure for me to look behind all the time, so I let them pass. A few kilometers later they stopped at a restaurant in a small village and showed me thumbs up. I would never drive that way on a motorcycle...
Will post some photos when I get home, enjoyed the R8 a lot.
Speaking of "Comfort" mode: Since my wife was driving the 911 GTS Cab to Italy, we were driving back to back and pretty slow (120-170 kph at max). I decided to use Comfort mode and auto D mode to see how much fuel the R8 consumes when driven in a more normal way. I managed a fuel consumption of 13 l / 100 km, not bad for such a car. I did not try to use less throttle, just in auto D mode. Quite OK.
I understand that you like a screaming flat six more but it seems I'm more into screaming V10 and a nice V8 thunder. My GTS screams nicely at higher revs but I love how the V10 sounds when I press the throttle around 50-70% at around 4000-5000 rpm, that loud V10 sound is pure aural sex for me.
Yes, the neutral setup in Dynamic mode gives the driver a lot of confidence, very good setup and trust me, you want this setup on public roads. I get it that this may not be challenging enough for the track but then, try Performance mode Dry...or you could turn ESP off completely (longer press on ESP button). You'll love the oversteer but this isn't something you'd enjoy on a public road.
For a decent track performance, the R8 would need good semi-slicks though but I am not convinced with the available Cup 2. The Trofeo R, optionally available for the Huracan, is not officially certified for the R8.
From what I heard, there was a bit of a discussion in the VW Group how and where to position the new R8 marketing-wise and apparently there was a strong disagreement between the initial marketing preposition and what VW Group had in mind. One reason why Audi doesn't seem to try too hard to market the R8 as a track car, that Audi experience thingie seems to have been initiated with a purpose they didn't finish and now Audi is stuck with so many "young" and almost new R8 they need to sell/get rid of.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Porsche Macan Turbo, Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017), Mini JCW (2015), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014)
... You know, comfy , daily driver etc etc .
..However , we are still GT boys 
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