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Just got back from a 2 day track event at VIR full course through chin.
Wow, just wow. The car (bone stock) is seriously impressive.
Hopefully not offending anyone with this statement, but Im convinced that everyone complaining about the mass of the car simply hasnt driven it anywhere close to the limit. You simply cant tell that it weighs so much. The car had two wheels off the ground at 90ish hopping the curbs on the climbing s curves repeatedly, and the suspension didnt bat an eyelash.
Ive owned lightweight cars prior to the g87 and yes they do feel more lively at street legal speeds so I get it, with street driving as the primary point of reference. But from a pure performance standpoint, dont listen to the armchair race engineers. We basically got a ton of refinement in this G generation car with no performance trade off versus F gen BMWs.
In fairness Im scared to look at my brake pads Im sure the weight means it is going to eat expensive consumables but purely from a feel and speed standpoint, its pretty magical what theyve done with this chassis.
Brake feel was incredible and the car responds incredibly well to trail braking. Its quite easy to manage the weight balance smoothly and get the nose where it needs to be. Brakes with stock pads and fluid had zero fade over 6 sessions in 2 days. I was a little worried because I read a few horror stories on the m4 board but clearly the guy either was dragging the brakes or forgot to remove the duct covers.
My complaints about modern BMW steering feel went away on track. You can tell exactly whats going on with the front end.
Purely from a speed standpoint, the car easily kept up with and passed gt4s, gt500s, gt350s, m4s, c8s, etc. Caught/passed all kinds of machinery in both the corners and on the straights. I gave one point by all weekend long, to a heavily modified c8.
Candidly my only complaints were:
1 The exhaust – its just not really loud enough to rely on sound to pick your shift points with all of the other (likely louder) cars around. Ended up leaving it in auto with the occasional manual short shift for certain corner exits. Too much going on to always be looking at the tach.
2 The last 10% of the throttle travel felt a little sticky – maybe just my car? Going to have the dealer look at it obviously smooth is fast, but the last 10% of pedal travel sometimes required an extra dose of pressure to go full throttle, which made it difficult to get to full throttle in the corner exit without accidentally upsetting the balance of the car. Found myself being a little reserved and hitting full throttle after getting the wheel straightened back up to avoid a silly mistake. Anyone else felt this or just me?
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