Why wouldn't they? There really isn't any other car in this class to compare to. If you want to be the best you have to go for the best and that applies to not just cars but everything in life.It’s obvious that the GT3 is the standard and if you’re bench marking a standard you want to beat or even tie the standard which the GT350R doesn’t. I love my GT350R, but I wouldn’t have bench marked a gt3
huh. I always thought it was "shoot for the stars, if you miss you still might get to the moon."Why wouldn't they? There really isn't any other car in this class to compare to. If you want to be the best you have to go for the best and that applies to not just cars but everything in life.
Remember the quote we all learned from grade school, "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars".
That's an interesting take. Or you could say, they benchmarked the standard for street/track sports car, made a car that captures a lot of the feel and is nearly as fast for ~1/3 the price out-the-door.It’s obvious that the GT3 is the standard and if you’re bench marking a standard you want to beat or even tie the standard which the GT350R doesn’t. I love my GT350R, but I wouldn’t have bench marked a gt3
I’m not denying that the GT350R isn’t an amazing car. I got that over the GT500 because I wanted a manual and something unique as in the engine and capabilities for a good price. Was Randy in a stock GT350R? The GT3 is a car great car. I’ve only ridden in my friends GT3RS and I was in awe by the power and the PDK.That's an interesting take. Or you could say, they benchmarked the standard for street/track sports car, made a car that captures a lot of the feel and is nearly as fast for ~1/3 the price out-the-door.
Randy Pobst put a GT350R around Laguna Seca about a half-second slower than a GT3 (non-RS). That's impressive. Most of the difference was acceleration out of the corners given the weight advantage of the GT3. For $100K-150K less money, depending on how crazy you go with the Porche option$$$ list, that is even more impressive.
Is the GT350R different feeling than the GT350? The 991/992 are suppose to be amazing. I love American built V8 cars the most, thus why I also got a 20 GT350R. Just don’t know why they would benchmark a GT3 if they knew they wouldn’t be close to the performance.Owning both a GT350 and a Porsche 718 Cayman, the 0-60, braking g's, and lateral g's are quite similar.
The two are no where near the same when you are behind the wheel.
If I had to make a comparison, the Porsche is more like a nimble light weight F1 car, and the Shelby is like a Nascar set up for Watkins Glen's road coarse.
If you can drive both on the same roads AFTER you are familiar with both vehicles, you will understand the difference in the "seat-o-the pants" meter feeling.
Is the GT350R different feeling than the GT350? The 991/992 are suppose to be amazing. I love American built V8 cars the most, thus why I also got a 20 GT350R. Just don’t know why they would benchmark a GT3 if they knew they wouldn’t be close to the performance.