I Drove Some Cars

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:44 pm

I was lucky enough to be gifted a supercar experience day that was hosted at Knockhill. Got to drive a Porsche GT3 RS, McLaren 650S, Ferrari 458 spider, Lamborghini Gallardo, Fast & Furious R35 GTR, Audi A8 V10.

The GT3 RS and McLaren 650S were the standout cars for me and the instructors allowed me a little freedom, but I kept it respectful.

My GT3 laps

And the F&F GTR with telemetry overlay

Post by **Drax** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:23 pm

good stuff!! pity your so restricted by the cones for an experienced track driver, but at least you had the opportunity to drive them.

i bet you just wanted to give it hell in your track lude afterwards....

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:40 pm

Yeah it's the first time I have been on track in a few years. At least with the GT3 I could push it a bit. Shame I didn't have a vid of the McLaren, the instructor was egging me on so got to drive it quite hard.

I'm now looking forward to the new Lude landing in the UK so I can get on and build it.

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:59 pm

Lo

Very nice

Looks like great fun

Cheers

Toadster

nalla · Post by **nalla** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:21 pm

Looks a brilliant day, and decent weather.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:12 pm

Nice stuff, well done.
None of them as fast or sexy as the lude though, obvs...

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:21 pm

Last week the wife and I were up at Knockhill doing the single seater experience. We were out in new Alpine's for our sighter laps (they were very nice to drive) and then 20 minutes in the 130hp single seaters. The car was more difficult to drive than I was expecting and picked up a few bruises, but it was great fun!

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:23 pm

Lo

Looks

You looked pretty fast too

Cheers for posting

Toadster

Post by **Vtecmec** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:18 am

That looks fun.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:45 pm

Nice!

Considering that's a circuit you know so well, I'm curious how it compares to the lude in terms of feel and laptime?
It's giving away about 80 bhp, some tyre width and overall track width (plus obviously

goodness!) but presumably making up on weight.