Maybe I should add that the second founding father of Rennteam, CR, has a Carrera GT as well for many years now and thanks to some lucky circumstances, he is able to drive a 918 too pretty often and his daily driver is a 488 Spider.
His experience with tracks is quite impressive too but like me, he prefers pass roads fun and stuff like that, which is probably less challenging from certain perspectives but definitely more fun and entertaining in my opinion.
Anyway: He tried many tires and still ended up with the Porsche certified and recommended Super Sport. All other tires he tried were pretty much crap and/or weren't really working well with the car. The only mod he has done regarding the chassis is an alignment adjustment for pass roads driving (which requires a slightly different setup than a track). Not much done here though, just a few minor adjustments.
He never had the feeling that the CGT wants to kill him but of course, like many cars without ESP, this is a challenging car, especially considering its power output, mid engine design and RWD. If you push it too hard, the car will react and it requires not only skills but also experience with the car to keep it on the road.
I think that many owners enjoy the "the car wants to kill me" myth, because it makes the whole CGT experience a "raw" one, I get it but I think that if you get enough experience with the car and drive a clean line, the car can be very fast. Forgiving is of course a word which doesn't seem to exist in the CGT handling description but I remember how it was when I drove the CGT for the very first time and while I think I remember that I liked it quite a lot, I don't think I would have pushed it too hard because A. it wasn't my car and B. it was new to me. All I can say though is that the behavior is predictable up to some point but then, it feels not that predictable anymore and this is when I stopped. I don't have a clue how far I could have pushed it further and I didn't have the desire to find out as you can imagine.
Still...wonderful car but I would definitely prefer the 918 over it, I guess I really and officially got old.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Lamborghini Huracan Performante (2019), Mercedes GLC63 S AMG (2020), Mercedes C63 S AMG Cab (2019), Range Rover Evoque Si4 Black Edition (2019)