Mate, those hands. what is going on there?!?!? We need to seriously talk, I now know why you're bad on the PS5 as you're probably holding the controller the same way too 😂
@mrsbumble6825
Жыл бұрын
So glad you tried a track day Max - especially @ Goodwood as it’s a great circuit and brilliantly organised. Whether or not you do another is up to you but in life it’s the things you don’t do that you regret the most so well done 👍. Love your enthusiasm keep up the great content. I’m continuing with my Cayman search and hope to start test driving in early 2023. All the best to you
@terrylessmann2274
Жыл бұрын
Well done for your 1st track day. Very smooth and balanced. That's the foundation of becoming a good track driver. A couple of suggestions from a PCA instructor: 1. Work on getting closer to the apex. That will be your fastest way around a corner. If you're wide of an apex, back your brake pt up (ie earlier) and turn in sooner. You want to Chef Kiss that apex. 2. Hands at 9 & 3, not 1 and whatever you were doing with your left hand. The only time your left hand leaves 9 is to shift and should return to the wheel immed after the shift. No shuffle steering either. With your hands at 9 & 3, you can do more than a 90 deg turn without moving your hands to new positions. With the proper hand position, you know your wheel is straight when your hands return to 9 & 3. 3. Final sessions are not for setting personal best times, but they are good for working on the proper lines. You paid for track time, use it to get better. 4. Good call on understanding the limits of your tires. Cup 2s are for ideal conditions, not cold and rain. PS4s would be a better choice, giving you more range in conditions. Here's a quick vid. Pay attn to my hands and the apexes. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1X18n6ausZiGfHY
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to leave such a detailed comment. I have to admit the line I was following was more to ensure if anything happened, my car had enough room on track to stay on track. At no point did I want to leave the track surface! Checking your video boss 😁
@terrylessmann2274
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS Staying on track is most important! I was no where as good as you on my 1st DE, so don't be worried about instructions given. I've been doing DEs for 10 yrs now. I should add your instructor was doing an excellent job with his directions. There was a point where I was thinking you could accelerate at that slight kink between straights and then your instructor said to step on the gas.
@julian987r4
Жыл бұрын
@@terrylessmann2274 lovely Cayman S Sport you have. They are rare here, I suspect as equally rare if not more so in the US.
@terrylessmann2274
Жыл бұрын
@@julian987r4 Thank you. Supposedly only 100 CSSs made it to the States. Overall, 7% of the 700 were Signal Green, so if you apply that % to the US imports, I have a car you don't see on every corner. 😉
@ShaanNotShawn
Жыл бұрын
Happy you got out on track! I feel like you would have benefited immensely from having an instructor for your first time out. They would give you the confidence you needed to find the true limit of your car, and in a safe manner. Braking later and harder before turns and accelerating harder out of turns. That said you were super smooth with your inputs, so nice job! Hope you give it another try, after my first day on track with my RS3 I was straight addicted.
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
I was too worried about coming off track or picking up bits of rubber on the track corners, so I was taking the line of caution not speed. Taking my time though, I did appreciate the balance of the car in a way I have never done before. In the morning I was harder on the brakes and I felt that gave me too much bite into the corners. I’d need to do it again and really pay attention. Overall I am too precious over my GT4 to be taking it further to the limit.
@ShaanNotShawn
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS Oh for sure, definitely important to stay at your comfortable pace. Well as precious as it is, I'm sure it won't stop you from continuing to enjoy it on some nice backcountry roads!
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
While I remember and not mentioned in the video… after the French trip and Goodwood, my 981 GT4 exhaust has never sounded so good. The ECU must have woken up and said ‘hey, the 3.8L block over there, tell your pistons the driver isn’t messing around anymore… open the taps all the way!’
@ShaanNotShawn
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS seriously same with my RS3, car was like "oh you wanna drive like this? alright let's do it then". I even left it in full Auto mode cause it knew exactly what gear to be in and was holding it for me at higher revs. Also my 987S after autocross strangely felt like it drove better than the morning of, it just felt happier 😂.
@zoomby_u5323
Жыл бұрын
That's an interesting steering technique :) Hands at 3 and 9!
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Newbie skills 🤪
@mrkevinlui
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS yea that looks a little dangerous. This seems not a bad one to follow: kzitem.info/news/bejne/o4agtaOPo6d5m4Y
@mgdrive8409
11 ай бұрын
Loved your experiance and didnt even know that Goodwood had a complete race track - just knew it from the events of the festival and revival :). Would love to experiance this track someday as well... I know, long time no comment from my side but catching up on your videos again :) keep it up for the commutiy which is still growing I see! Well done!
@Robman-HfoodO
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see you out there Max, the first time can get to your nerves wondering about wrecks
@qdosgolf
Жыл бұрын
Good to meet you at Goodwood Max, I was in the VX220 at the beginning of your video. My best times in the cars have been road trips with a track day thrown in for good measure. Perhaps that's the way to go?? Seeing as this was your first time at Goodwood, I thought your lines were pretty good, so well done. Your car looks absolutely amazing in the flesh. Sounds good too but you have to be careful at Goodwood as 981 GT4's do tend to have noise issues. Hope to see you at Goodwood again. Chris
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Man you were confident on track and testament to driver skills over BHP. If I return it would have to be in summer, and only at Goodwood. I was speaking with an older gentleman over lunch... he was the guy in the full racing suit in the white Alfa. This was his 14th time at Goodwood this year, and this was the first time he spun off this year. He was the guy who validated to me how greasy the track was in the morning after a recent Revival event. How did you find the morning conditions versus the afternoon conditions? Poles apart for me. Interested to know what someone more experienced thought.
@qdosgolf
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS After my first session I wished that I'd brought the GT4, the VX220 doesn't have any driving aids. I had a few wags of the tail and spinning of wheels which ultimately culminated in me having a spin at the chicane in a similar manner to the MG. It was just as the track was drying towards the end of the morning which is when the track is at its geasyest. In the afternoon it was a different story and I had loads of grip and I quickly forgot about my morning experiences. I was using Avon ZZR tyres which do not have a good reputation in the wet. In fact when I was waiting for noise testing, a fella came up to me after looking at my tyres, and said, "you're brave" which made me even more uncomfortable about the wet conditions. I have driven at Goodwood in the wet with the GT4 on Cup2's and although I was no where near dry speeds I felt a lot more confident. A couple of times the back stepped out but not uncontrollably. I think my laps times were 20s slower in the wet!! From what I saw on your video, I thought you may have had instruction because your lines were great just needed tightening up a bit but you didn't need to at the speeds you were doing; you could easily go a lot quicker on those lines. As others have said instruction is very beneficial, I always get instruction when I go to a new circuit. The exception to this is when I drove Spa, I did hours on a simulator beforehand, that really did help. Enjoy your videos and it would be good to see more track content from time to time. Keep up the good work, best wishes, Chris
@mattyp3119
Жыл бұрын
I think had there not been standing water on track and clearly the cup2s didn't suit but even in conditions like that they should do well for you. Which makes me think perhaps they were worn a bit much or maybe heat cycled too many times? Interesting how grip confidence can impact the perception of the day. Id say this: a track where you can get up to at least 220kph or more, go with a group, get an instructor to get you up to speed faster.. It will be on equal footing with the best of trips.
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Tyres were not brand new but one thing I learnt. A single track day will still ruin your tyres. They get hot (hotter than on road use), you come off the track and drive into the paddock where it’s all gravel and the stones immediately penetrate the rubber and get embedded. I have so many stones recessed below the surface line of the rubber on the tyres now. Expensive hobby or find a track without gravel off track!
@mattyp3119
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS they can get some damage for sure. They also get hotter and fling rocks harder its definitely a thing
@carllynch8798
Жыл бұрын
Book with Opentrack and will get free tuition which is priceless for a newbie To do Goodwood on a damp day ! Very fast track and if you get it wrong the barriers are not far 😮 Maybe Bedford autodrome next ? Love the car !! ❤ hopefully getting a Cayman R when I find the perfect one for me
@981_pdk3
Жыл бұрын
Nice track day Max and your Gt4 sounds great
@derrickgreen9020
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting thoughts….beautiful car and sound……am just back from 3 days of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Highlight to sit in and rev the 311RS Motorsports number 12 winning car of Porsche Carrera Cup North America. Another highlight was 2 hot laps round the circuit in a Skip Barber School Gazoo Toyota Supra, driven by the pace car driver. (Extra lap because we were from ‘Sunny Old England”!) Boiling hot there so no complaints about greasy surfaces😉
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you've had an AWESOME time. Good for you 👍🏼
@derrickgreen9020
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS I told him I have a Cayman and he should go for it😂….a wise decision of yours not to overdo things at Goodwood. I can imagine the old ‘classics’ dribbling everywhere ( the cars I mean, not the drivers necessarily)😉🤫
@julian987r4
Жыл бұрын
Hi Max. Great video, looks like a great day. What speeds are you all getting up-to there then?
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Hi Julian, I was never looking at the speedo as a quick glance could likely cost you 40m on track. Dashcam recorded 125mph on the straight, however my friend Gary on the day managed way higher speeds around 145mph on the straights. Top speed was very much driver dependent not just about the car.
@angelo12321
Жыл бұрын
Do a few more track days. Once you get more experience and push a bit more you may change your mind… hard to beat that track Adrenalin
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, maybe I need a beater track day car though!
@andyohara1393
Жыл бұрын
I too think you would benefit from tuition. I must say I was a little surprised with the position of your hands but you will learn. I assume this was your first track day in a car? After many years racing and countless track days over the years, both cars and bikes, I would be happy to show you some tips if our paths cross at a track day.
@cuthberter
Жыл бұрын
How old are your tyres? Could that be a factor in how they’re performing on that day?
@MAXREVS
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Not sure if you made it to the end of the video? The tyres delivered HUGE amounts of grip once warm and the track had dried in the afternoon. I subsequently learnt the week before there was a Goodwood Revival event... old cars dropping oil on the track. The morning session was damp and due to my lack of confidence I didn't get the tyres warm.
@cuthberter
Жыл бұрын
@@MAXREVS yup - I watched to the end but wondered if you just meant relative improvement. Another great video - really enjoyed it.
@theantler3625
Жыл бұрын
Why hold the wheel like that? Theres literally grooves for where your hands should be
@JGCPorsche
Жыл бұрын
That’s the strangest way to hold a steering wheel 😂
@MadelnMachines
Жыл бұрын
Where's the awesome engine sound - sounds very muted and warbley? You don't like some skiddy, drifty action? Do you think you'd enjoy it more in a cheaper car you cared less about like an MX5 or something? I think I'd get bored after a several laps on track.
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