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ForeverNA · Nov 8, 2023

Condor Man said: ↑

I have owned many GT3 RS’s and currently have a 992 GT3 touring in manual which to me is as firm as you could ever want it in a car.

I get that this firmness is a total car firmness Vs the V12 Ferrari’s that can tend to have more chassis shake…. This became in apparent in the 599.

Which GT3 do you have?

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I make my kids wash the cars too! But they whine so much!

ForeverNA · Nov 8, 2023

MaranelloAllTheWay said: ↑

I drove an 812 last week and wanted to post some feedback, both good and bad.

Good:

- The throttle response for an engine this size is quite impressive. It is not as responsive as a Porsche GT3, but I'd say 90% responsive that of a GT3 engine - which is a mighty accomplishment given the number of cylinders and large displacement.

- The steering ratio and RWS work very well in the car. It steers (careful use of word here) like a mid engine car. It is very nimble. Very easy to drive around town.

- Shifts are very quick.

- There is a lot of intake/drive train noise inside cabin, so much so that you actually don't hear much of exhaust at all.

- The cabin is very spacious and so is the cargo area.

Bad:

- The ride quality was pretty disappointing. It does not soak up bumps well at all. You get this jarring feeling of you are driving in a large car with long wheel base. Bumps road mode isn't that different at all.

- Overall the way car "drives" and goes over bumps, gives you the feeling that there is chassis flex and as if different parts/panels of the car are vibrating at different frequencies. Its hard to describe this, but basically it drives opposite to a 911 Turbo S or a Mclaren 720S in that those two cars feel like you are riding a singular piece of metal forged from one solid piece of aluminum block. With the 812, it drives too much like (I am sorry to say this) C7 corvette or a BMW M5. To me this was the biggest let down of the car.

- Before reading this next comment, please keep in mind I have never owned a ferrari. I am comparing it to a Porsche or a Mclaren for the following statement. The downshifts and particularly upshifts are purposelessly harsh. I don't understand if this is an Italian thing to provide some sort of a charisma to the car but upshifts on this car are unnecessarily harsh. They are harsh in Sport and in Race, they go from harsh to basically intolerable. Again, this may very well be a Ferrari thing. Porsche PDK-S in a GT3 is super smooth. Mclaren can be as smooth as GT3 but if you put the DT mode to Track, it can be harsh. But the good thing is, you can switch it off. In the case of Ferrari, its always harsh.

- It's a quiet car with stock exhaust. Car sounds glorious from outside, but from inside, its meh. I dont know why this is. Maybe the glasses are too thick?

- The cameras are quite hard to see from the small screen.

Overall, it wasn't what I was expecting. I have been trying to process this as I think part of the problem was lack of good sound. I think Novitec can help fix that. But the ride is probably is what it is. Because of the architecture of the 812 and the way Ferrari builds cars perhaps. I dont know if their mid engine cars drive the same way.
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confused here. Did you mean to post it in RL?

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