360 Switched from a Boxster to a 360 Modena. Advice for getting comfortable with spirited drives?

Great tires, but all season tires, with quite good grip when very cold, and can take you out of a ditch in snow... If you don't need all seasons (dont' drive Ferrari in winter) just get summer tires like Ps4s or extreme contact like @ADA///M mentioned.

 

Yep one of the best.

 

They are unfortunately a high performance all-season tire. They wouldnt be my first choice, but also they are probably fine and I wouldnt replace them (at least not right away).

Adding grip/speed doesn't make anyone safer in my mind. It just means you're driving faster before you find the limits. If anything it makes things less safe.

 

Welcome and I'm enjoying the discussion of feathering throttle and realized that is where I get the most enjoyment out of driving. I am in a three pedal so i have a little more control but matching revs up or down and controlling the engine sound and chassis feel with the feet is where all the enjoyment is for me whether at legal speeds or not. I wish I had better roads to become a better driver and obtain even more mastery of the car but it's just not available where I live. People with way more car experience are contributing here so I'll just continue reading but did install the PS4S tires recently and after messing around with the pressures a bit I really like them. I am not on a track though just a on the street guy!

 

Hey pritchett (I assume the same from WW forums).

The Porsches handle differently. I wrote a somewhat meandering comparison of the GT3s and the 360 on Rennlist:

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-gt2-gt3-forum/1488967-996-gt3-vs-997-1-gt3-and-rs-vs-360-f1-stock-and-tuned.html

The 360 is a fairly lively car compared to the Porsches. For someone that used to race Karts in my younger years and am very confident on 4 wheels, I prefer it because I can get my excitement out of the car at lower speeds. With good tires though, I don't have any problems keeping up or leading a drive with my fast driver friends in 718 GTS's.

Regarding tires, MPS4s have been tested to only be very slightly slower than Cup 2 on the track and have most of their grip immediately. Since I can drive year round in socal, having a tire with grip when cold makes a big difference. Taking a car out with Cup 2s in high 40s or low 50s mornings can be a little more lively than I like.

 

If you are serious about wanting to improve then getting a racing sim will be one of the biggest things that can help and then, in combination with that, getting the car into autocross or the track where you can round out the feeling and getting to know the car.

The sims though help you build the muscle memory, the technique and smoothness. My driving skills aren't really from the karting as much as the time spent in the sims. Probably for every hour of being in a kart, I spent dozens of hours in the sim.