2023 Lexus RC F Track Edition | The Lap 

You are right about that. Though, the software tuning is slightly different in the RCF than it is in IS500.

Normally if we were driving on track to set lap times, we would most definitely switch the transmission to manual mode, however, we are trying to do comparisons with different cars on the same track in the same conditions and part of that means we want to see how the manufactures programed the shift logic of their automatic transmission under the most extreme conditions - on a racetrack. So, all things being equal, we let the car do the shifting. As you will soon see when we publish more videos, the new M2 in auto mode had absolutely no trouble with shifting gears as well as the C8 Corvette, Dodge Challenger Ghost and AMG 63S. For the understeer, yes wider front tires would definitely improve or even solve the issue - the point is however, Lexus is charging over $100K for this "Track Edition" version, we think it would be reasonable to assume it should have the correct size front tires on it from the factory, would you agree? Hey, overall we love the car; it's fast, it's fun and that V8 sound!!! It just has a couple issues that Lexus really needs to address and it shouldn't be that big of a deal... a software upgrade for the transmission and put some 275 size tires on the front - DONE!

@@WeAreMotorDriven Yeah, I understand that. You are right as the tires were a big weak point. I swapped out the OEM Michelin PSS tires (that had issue of sidewall collapsing under tight turns especially at slow speeds where the shoulder would just buckle) for much more aggressive shoulder profile tires to manage inertia of the weight under high G-load and it made a huge difference in tight turning situations. Regarding the transmission, I can tell you the delta between auto mode and manual even in SPORT+ is huge because only the manual mode was really designed for the track. The auto mode does not lock up the torque converter while the manual mode does, allow shifts in as little as 100 ms. Anyway, enjoyed the video and thanks for the response.

@@2ZZGE100 Great point about the torque converter lock up in manual mode. Thanks for watching and we hope you subscribed as we have more "The Lap" videos coming very soon!

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