Driver's republic GT-R vGT2

[axolotl]

Driver's Republic - The Truth 030

[monaroCountry]

Wasnt Nissan's 7:29 Nurburgring lap faster than the GT2?

It seems that the GTR was more controllable in th wets, yet it was still slower than the GT2.

[axolotl]

it would have been interesting to see whether the dunlops made a difference and also if they let nissan and porsche choose their own drivers

[Philip]

Originally Posted by monaroCountry

Wasnt Nissan's 7:29 Nurburgring lap faster than the GT2?

It seems that the GTR was more controllable in th wets, yet it was still slower than the GT2.

TROLL!

[git-r]

great read thanks for posting

[Greg S.]

Was it just my eyes, or was the GT-R set up R-N-R? And if so, anyone willing to speculate about why that particular choice of setting?

[tokyogtr]

probably better for soaking up the bumps. R is a tad too hard.

[JudyJade]

God I want that car so bad!

[skyline69_uk]

Only 6 seconds difference! And on the wrong tyres for the GT-R too!

If the Dunlops had been used I reckon the times would have been fairly even. In the dry the GT-2 should murder the GT-R with the weight, tyres and power advantage in the hands of the right driver.

I don't doubt the GT-R's 7.29 but reckon in the right conditions with the right driver the GT-2 could beat that time. The fact that a £53k car aimed at normal road use on normal road tyres with 4 seats and with a HUGE power to weight disadvantage can get this close to something built for this purpose and costing £130k is utterly amazing.

Put an average driver in those car seats and the GT-R will always be faster than even a GT2 and that was the point of its design, Anywhere etc etc.

[Fuggles]

and in a GTR that has been ragged senseless by mutliple journos and various other PR days and Race Academy

[Yakozan]

So Drivers Republic managed to do roughly the same times as Porsches engineer ("ring expert") with the Bridgestones and in the wet!

says alot about the Porsche accusation about the GTR.

Compare DR GT2 time of 7:49 with the "ring expert" time of 7:34.
Porsche must have cheated. There is no way a GT2 would do 7:34 when the GTR only managed 7:54 in similar conditions <---- NOTICE SMILEY

edit: Jokes aside. That "ring expert" should have managed to go much faster in the GTR than 7:54 if the track was dry and he had the Dunlops on.

[skyline69_uk]

Originally Posted by Yakozan

So Drivers Republic managed to do roughly the same times as Porsches engineer ("ring expert") with the Bridgestones and in the wet!

says alot about the Porsche accusation about the GTR.

Compare DR GT2 time of 7:49 with the "ring expert" time of 7:34.
Porsche must have cheated. There is no way a GT2 would do 7:34 when the GTR only managed 7:54 in similar conditions <---- NOTICE SMILEY

edit: Jokes aside. That "ring expert" should have managed to go much faster in the GTR than 7:54 if the track was dry and he had the Dunlops on.

I reckon the times would be the same with Dunlops. The real worrying thing for Porsche is what will the V-Spec do and not only that but for a few grand more you can up the GT-R's power.

I wonder what a Cobb or other tuned GT-R on Dunlops could manage against the GT2 - it would surely be faster than it at the Ring and all for well under the price of an entry level 911 .

[R33_GTS-t]

I think all that DR proved is that times will vary. They were 6 seconds slower than Sport Auto with the GTR and 17 seconds slower than Sport Auto with the GT2. I can't get over how retarded these guys are. I'll bet if they did a second lap all the corner speeds would be different too. Why does every dumbass think that their own test is somehow supreme?

[tokyogtr]

Originally Posted by R33_GTS-t

I think all that DR proved is that times will vary. They were 6 seconds slower than Sport Auto with the GTR and 17 seconds slower than Sport Auto with the GT2. I can't get over how retarded these guys are. I'll bet if they did a second lap all the corner speeds would be different too. Why does every dumbass think that their own test is somehow supreme?

exactly. the reason the nissan time is valid is it took thousands of laps to achieve it. and the same was probably true for the GT2 and porsche.

all these other tests are only relevant to the everyday driver conversation.

[doggiehowser]

So far, the GT2 has been tested in Top Gear UK and Top Gear Australia on much shorter tracks, and in both cases, the GT2 have been faster than the GTR (albeit with a speed limiter on in the Australia track). So this result kinda proves it.

Whether it is due to driving style, I don't know. They are probably different ways to extract better performance from the 911 and the GTR.

Did Millen ever drive the GT2 against the GTR in the same shootout?