very nice video . Thank's

 

996 had the better driver, but was interesting to see not much difference in acceleration on the straights -- when both cars are equal, lead car pulls slightly off the corner as he gets on the gas first -- when you factor in the better 996 driver, both seem to accelerate the same.

997GT3RS understeers pretty badly...

 

I have found the best way to catch someone on the track is to ignore them completely and drive and fast and clean as you can. Whenever I am "trying " to catch someone I alway make it more difficult on myself.

 

I wonder how long it took the 996 RS to put 2-3 turns in between the two cars. Drivers rule, the 997 RS guy seemed determined to be faster based on generation model car, he forgot the skill part.

 

Couldn't agree with you more. My racing coach, when he'd see my car language changing, he'd give a huge scolding that I was "racing in my rearview mirror". When I used to race wheel-to-wheel, I'd generally ignore the car behind and just focus on getting into a rhythm; it was when I got into a rhythm that the best lap times came.

If I thought the guy behind was going to make an attempt at passing, I'd just make my car a little wider than usual or I'd be a bit unpredictable in terms of what line I'd take through random corners to keep the person second guessing. Now that I do mostly track days for fun, it's interesting to see the difference between a race line and a fun trackday line.

 

The 7RS loses a lot of ground on the tight corners, plenty of understeer seen in the video.

The 7RS is slightly faster on the straights.

Both are great cars.

 

Nice video!