Porsche 964 Carrera RS — Sportsland SUGO / 2003-09

September '03, Sportsland SUGO Tyres: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Running with a Porsche 993 RS. A Porsche 968 CS and others also make brief appearances. While the Porsche 993 RS hardly gets out of shape at all, the 964 RS gets pretty unsettled. Of course the driver has something to do with it. The Porsche 993 RS is consistently neutral. Esses → High Point → Rainbow → Umanose → SP-in → SP-out The 964 RS, though, is all busy steering like a monkey train. The driver plays a part, naturally, but the difference in the cars' own potential is obvious. Straight-line speed does not differ much, which I put down to the fact that the 993 RS sold in Japan should have had the wing for the 993 RS Clubsport, whereas this is the home-market version with the lower-drag wing. From what I remember of Fuji Speedway back in '96-'97, I often saw cars with the RS Clubsport wing being passed on the straight by 964 RSs. But in both fast and slow sections the 993 RS really is very stable. Even if a car with the RS Clubsport wing does get passed by a 964 RS on the straight, in fast corners that wing surely shows its worth. For example the final corner at Sportsland SUGO, or 130R at Suzuka (it may have a different name now), and so on・・・ I ran a Porsche 993 RS Clubsport for about a year as well, and with the CS the roll bar is welded in, so I think the body stiffness is very much higher than the 993 RS. It feels as if the roll bar is part of the suspension・・・・ I will publish the 993 RS Clubsport videos at some point too.