Re: 997 Turbo Supertest and my thoughts
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mumbasic said:
I don't agree 100% with you. The 997 tt has not only a oversteer problem it has an understeer and oversteer problem. Everyone who has tested the car has realized this behaviour. All Porsche including Gt3 have understeer. But the 997 tt, due to controlled AWD, starts first with understeer and then changes to oversteer.
If I would expect from people to 100% agree with me, I would run a Blog site, not a discussion forum.
My 997 Turbo didn't show any understeer with the Pilot Sport 2 tires, believe it or not. I testdrove a manual 997 Turbo which had some understeer but still not something worth mentioning. Very important is how you drive the car and how you adapt to the AWD characteristics. The 997 Turbo is different than the 996 Turbo and it is even more different than the 997 Carrera 4S to which you were used. With the new Sport Cup tires, the understeer is heavy but ONLY when the tires are cold. The worst part is the oversteer. The understeer/oversteer situation develops only if you didn't adapt your driving behaviour to the AWD setup. It is difficult to explain but you can drive the 997 Turbo much more relaxed if you know how the car reacts in certain situations. I'm pretty sure that if Horst v. Saurma had more time with the 997 Turbo, he would have achieved a much better Nordschleifen time. Some race car drivers tend to "throw" cars into a curve but this is something the 997 Turbo doesn't like at all. The 997 Turbo loves "harmony", meaning that the transfer from braking to steering in to steering to the other direction, etc. at and from high speeds needs to go VERY smoothly. Like I said, it is difficult to explain, you'll understand better if you own and drive your 997 Turbo for a while. Especially with Tiptronic, you can get a very smooth transfer, so there won't be the problems Horst v. Saurma mentioned but it is difficult to compare my experience with the one of Sport Auto because I drive most of the time with PSM turned on (Sport Chrono ACTIVE) for safety reasons.
With the Sport Cup tires, the situation is actually a little bit worse: I have fantastic grip now after the tires warm up, there is not much understeer but heavy oversteer if I'm not careful with the throttle. The safety margin is also a bit thinner but you can definetely achieve higher speeds through twists and turns at speeds under 100 kph. At higher speeds, I'm still a little bit cautious since the tires are new and my experience with them has been too short.
I know that it is hard to believe what I say but sometimes you just need to trust me.
, for many of you only Sport Auto really counts, but nevertheless, this should ease the pain 
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