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RC: said
I am and I was disappointed with the GT2 because of several reasons, mainly:
1. too heavy and difficult to strip down
2. difficult to control compared to the GT3
3. PCCB doesn't keep up to it's theoretical advantages/promises (it is my understanding that this issue has been addresses with an overworked PCCB version on newer cars)
4. fast on the Nuerburgring Nordschleife (where power counts most) but highly disappointing in Hockenheim. The Lamborghini Murcielago with 1.8 t weight is faster. How come?
RC please explain your comments
1] gt3 is less than 100# lighter
2] for who? you?
3] i love pccb on my gt2
4] pls explain with lap times, i am only familair w/ N ring times.
Thank you for your knowledge!!!!
Oh boy, why isn't it always difficult to explaint certain "flaws" to owners of that specific car?
1. the "old" GT3 is around 90 kg lighter than the GT2.
Now strip down 90 kg from your car (if you can
) and you'll understand the difference.
But that's not the whole story: you can strip down a GT3 to almost 1150 kg but try to do the same with the GT2. Good luck.
2. the GT2 is much more delicate to control during extreme driving situations due to it's turbo charged engine.
Take the same driver (semi-pro) and I bet he does almost the same time on the track in both cars. The GT2 is a great car for track pros but most who think they are, aren't.
I've seen enough GT2 being outrun by GT3 and even 996 Turbos.
A pro like Walter Roehrl however will be always faster in the GT2. But again, how many of us are real pros?
3. most PCCB owners I know hate it and would love to get rid of it but can't because Porsche doesn't seem to want to retrofit the steel brake which is available too (first series of GT2 has been delivered to customers with the steel brake).
I'll never forget the black GT2 at Werk 1 standing on 4 supporters (no kidding!) in the middle of the parking lot without brakes (nothing!) and wheels. The owner did some track racing and destroyed the PCCB. He was so unhappy about PCCB that he really got mad. I think one of his friends is even on this board. And I know about a lot of similar stories. But I
you're happy with your PCCB, that's fine to me.
There is a rumor that Porsche installs a second PCCB generation to the GT2 and 996 Turbo right now but I didn't hear too many good things about this "new" PCCB.
4. the Hockenheim Ring usually doesn't give advantages to powerful cars but to good suspension setups. The all new GT3 did slightly over 1 min 13.2 seconds in Hockenheim, the GT2 is only 0.6 seconds faster.
The Nuerburgring is a different story, it is a very long track (slighly over 20 km) and poweful cars always have an advantage.
Or to make it short: the new GT3 is almost as fast as the GT2 on the Hockenheim Ring (0.6 sec. difference) but much slower on the Nuerburgring (as far as I remember there are 8 seconds difference between both).
Please take my "knowledge" with a grain of salt and please be also aware that most GT3, GT2, 996 Turbo on tracks out there around the world aren't stock. And unfortunately a lot of owners lie (or just don't tell) about their setups. This makes it very difficult to compare one car to the other.