Porsche GT2 RS - Have They Gone Too Far? 

GT2 RS is truly unbelievable car, but I'd rather have the GT3 or GT3 RS, due to NA engine and 9k rpms.

"Yes officer, I swear I was wearing a seatbelt, it just blends into my shirt"... Officer: "sure it does, the this ticket will also blend in."

Driving a slow car fast is allot more fun than driving a fast car slow.

The GT2RS is on the Mount Rushmore of cars , the car is a master piece of engineering !!!!!!!!!!

Generally these days cars are too fast for the road.

So nice to relive parts of what was such an epic weekend. It was a pleasure to drive with the 2RS nearby. Thanks so much for bringing it! Nice to see you again too. 🙏🏽

You can option the exposed carbon bonnet on the GT3 RS too.

The GT3 RS Weissach Pack has the exact chassis components (albeit different tuning) as the GT2 RS Weissach Pack. The GT2 RS is not more “Motorsport” than the GT3 RS. In fact, the rear wing of the GT3 RS sits higher and generates more down force than the GT2 RS. The GT3 RS actually generates slightly higher cornering speeds than the GT2 RS - Andreas Preuninger’s words not mine.

You should make t shirts "Bandwidth of smile gland interaction" "Drop cogs and make haste" BRILLIANT!

Your telling me that walki’s primary purpose isnt to shout for police 😂

I thought you didn’t wear a seatbelt. But later I saw that it’s the same colour as your shirt.

It’s a track car, if you’re someone who would track it then it’s great!!! Personally on roads like that I would take the V12 Vantage!

Great content mate. I enjoy your videos and see those cars. Please make more content like this

You the Man when it comes to high end video blogs, Thank you Mr.JWW.

There seems to be a bit of a trend developing with some of the latest super/hyper cars, in that they're so focused on going faster that they lose some of the qualities that can make a car enjoyable to drive. Looking forward to your track videos James 👍

Great video James . Awesome car. Looking forward to you and tony on track ! He is fast you know 💨

James, thank you so much for another great review! I get your point about performance being too much for a braid window of smiles. As an aside, I believe you may have meant extract rather than extrapolate. Keep them coming James, always a joy.

Another great video piece , great info ! 👍😁

What a video the sound of the GT2 is absolutely amazing and all the cars look amazing good work keep it up

It's for all those reasons that Hot-Hatches are some of the best fun you can have on the road... and not lose your license...

Nice video as always, enyoing it all the way, cheers from Croatia JWW

Great video James. Its been said many times: you have more fun driving a slow(er) car fast, than a fast car slow. And to enjoy the GT2 RS in public roads, you either go to an Autobahn or you loose your driving license and end up in jail. Thats why I love my Golf GTI so much.

Glad you mentioned the sound and to me it's part of what makes super cars special and therefore what to me will make electric cars so uninteresting

The sheer durability of these top spec Porsches put them in a class of their own. You can thrape them all day on a track and then drive it to work next day without so much as a hiccup. Try that in an Aston (and I have with mine) and something will break.

Very well said when you speak of the very few bursts of enjoyment when on public roads. This and your video around GT3 with stick or PDK resonate a lot with what I find in my driving experience. It’s about extending the enjoyable moments, and not permanently waiting for the next short moment to leverage the potential a car has. In that respect, GT4 and (the new) Spyder seem to adress this topic well...

How rude, you walked straight past the Ford Focus at 4:30 without a second glance!! ;-)

Great content as always

@Mr JWW honestly the shots of the cars in the rain are some of my favorite. Love seeing the water beading off the cars!

Brilliant analysis on the fun factor of the GT2 RS vs other GT models.

First view of this channel and a new subscription it is! You said exactly what I’ve been saying for some years now, but I’d paint it out with a broader brush: new sports cars are too good to be enjoyed properly on public roads. Not just the GT2RS. Let’s widen that to all post 996, maybe 997.1 are just so damned capable and packed with electronic trickery (read PDK) that they don’t give you the enjoyment you’re looking for without sending you behind bars, if enjoyed on public roads. Currently I’m on my 7th and 8th Porsche 911, and I must say no 1 (964C4) and 5 (964C2cab) were the best ones so far as to driver enjoyment comes, due to manual gears and no turbo engine. Of the newer stuff I think the manual Carrera T with it’s NA-like engine, stripped cabin, sort of little electronics and reduced sound deadening is more to the point of enjoyment rather than a GT3RS or GT2RS. AND you can seat the whole family on your fun drives. The best 911 so far is the manual, 4 seated, Carrera T.

Another grab for MR JWW says "smile gland bandwidth". Love it James

Tony's GT3 RS and the silver Aston Martin Vantage with silver wheels. Both absolutely stunning 🤤

Awesome Content as always James🙂👍🏻 The GT2RS is one you hear so often as a 'Holy Grail' car, But as you're Finding out/Proving, is it Really needed? Especially when you want to use it in a 'Real World' setting 😉👍🏻 It's perhaps just Too raw and powerful for it's own good, Undoubtedly Amazing on Track, But just doesn't give you the driveability you'd expect in everyday blasts, Anyway, looking forward to the rest of the videos (as always) And look forward to your Honest review of the car 🙂👍🏻 Stay safe, All the best, Mark 👍🏻

Great Review! 100% Agree on 2RS review!! Informative and Fun ;)

Recently I have become obsessed with the Lotus Evora. Small, light, stripped down little sports manual. Perfectly usable power, perfect packaging and great handling. Big cars with all the tech are great but do you absolutely need it for the focused drive.. 🤔 I have kinda become bored of numbers now. 300-500 is great. I am yet to sit in a 700hp supercar but it's a similar thing with bikes. The smaller bikes are just such great fun and you can really use them without worrying so much about killing yourself. There's plenty enough thrill and the occasional spook to keep you on your toes. I have really grown to love machines with more usable more focused and engaging characteristics. What's happening to me. 😂 Regardless. Loving the selection of cars here. I am sure they will be an absolute blast on the track.

Legitimately my dream day in my dream car 👊😎 Can't thank you enough for this video mate 🙏

I had the opportunity to see it in person in Guards Red for the first time two weeks ago in Chicago at a dealer and I loved it to pieces seeing it sit on those wheels with the centre locks... Took me by storm... Dream car land for me...

Great vid would love to see you expand your vids to include watches!!

James I said 100% the same thing for GT2RS, 99,9999% of people don’t have capability to take it to it’s full potential. Amazing review as always, thank you!

I like the GT2 RS, but I'd rather be in the V12 Vantage in front. ;)

I totally agree with you. I have a Skoda with 235 kw and a 1976 Galant with probably about 60kw. On the country roads near where I live, I have more fun in the Galant than I do in the Skoda due to the lightness, mechanical feed back and the sound of twin carbs.

Sounds like Jeff stelling is driving Haha. Brilliant video, keep up the good content!

Love the video's ceep it up. The hat whats the brand of that love the logo thanks

What a coincidence, drove these roads today! Lake Vyrnwy, Bala & over the Berwyn hills etc! My local driving roads I fact, so glad you think they’re as epic as I do!

My left ear thoroughly enjoyed this one :)

James, did you like Lake Vyrnwy? It's a much visited place by my wife and I, usually nice and quiet, aside from the odd low flyers from the RAF. You would like the hotel, good food and great views of the water. Never seen any cars like those on your stopover mind you. Must have been great (if a bit congested).

Agree on the Exige , had the S1 with performance pack, which if I remember correctly had 196 bhp, very light , great for the track, think it produced 8Okg of down force back then, did quite a few track days in this car, was quicker than most cars on track at that time , due to its power to weight ratio.

Awesome video... Okay, Mr. JWW, of all the G.T. cars you've driven. And you can only have one G.T. Car. Which one would be your pick? Thanks Bro!

Dear James, thanks a lot for the video!! Amazing!! What about 2 modern classic videos(old mazda MX5 miata and mazda RX8) for young guys that want to approach good rear wheel drive cars?? byyyyyye

The GT3 RS is the 991.2 that appeals to me the most.

The GT2RS is an amazing car but clearly not a sensible choice for public roads.

Love your contents

Thumbs up for the king of this RU-vid car game....Mr. JWW !!!!

a blessed greetings , will you be reviewing corvette c8 soon,,

Love it thank you!

I'd love to see you drive a Stage 3 tuned Golf Gti on those roads.

Great video as always tho😎

JWW is the most under rated youtube channel.

The window of joy is much larger in an aircooled 911... WITH great sound!!! It’s a pity that with all developments something else get lost. In the end there ain’t no perfect car existing. ENJOY 💙 !!!

This added a more of a fun factor to my Saturday!

Maybe too extreme for the road. Chap turned up to a 5 miler yesterday evening in a MK1 Lotus Elise. All you ever need, right there

Gorgeous Porsche GT2 RS!!!

Only deal is in the description says it’s the fastest production car around the Ring that title goes to the SVJ other than that great video all around

Cant wait to see your gt3 again.

good hear an honest opinion of a super fast road car that can't really be appreciated on the public road, but on track ............

It's a great car but it's not for everyone Great review

He missed such a good tunnel opportunity

interesting points made of the GT2RS, makes valid sense you can’t enjoy it as you might think you could.

Was the Guards Red GT2 RS not there that day? I see it regularly at meets near me.

Mr JWW basically explaining all the selling points of having a GT3 manual over a GT2 RS. Still a incredible car but in these days of overly engineered road cars the GT3 with its screaming NA 6 more engaging manual transmission and slightly less actual usable performance gets my vote all day. Plus the 100k savings and it’s a bargain! Can someone loan me $200k please?

Have you covered the Alpine a110 by any chance? It's plenty fast and you can still actually use it to it's fullest potential on the road

Would love to own any one of them. I said it a long time ago, the best car in the lineup is the GT3 manual. You have the analog feel with the sound. I have learned that I like high rpm cars. Anything below 8k is not my cup of tea.

Garage Midnight E92 M3 tho 👌🏼

That's why I drive a base 911 cab. It's as fast as you need for the street before you start to have too much power to enjoy.

Although it is difficult (if not almost impossible) to enjoy the monumental power that these cars possess, on tight and twisty welsh roads, it is the handling and chassis dynamics that can still be enjoyed at the national speed limit.

If I had purchased every GT2 RS that I have specd on the Porsche website I would have about 40 of them. I LOVE this car and the GT3 RS, and the 718 GT 4. and.....

So as an owner of a GT2RS and GT3RS I am not biased when it comes to my opinion on this. I think the GT2 RS sound is good, not great but it's not bad, you need to be driving in the 4k-7k RPM's for the good sound. It's a deep bass rumbling sound where as the GT3RS is a high pitch screaming sound. I still feel like the GT2RS is more fun because the torque and power is addicting and after driving it the GT3RS seems slow. Both great cars though!

So what you’re saying is the smile gland bandwidth ratio is too high in the GT2 RS? Sounds legit. 😂👊🏻👌🏻

Right now I can't imagine ever needing more than my stock 300hp EVO X on the road. Supercars on the road are like superbikes on the road. What are you going to do with a 200+ hp bike on the road that you can't do with a 100hp bike? I really think superbikes and supercars are all about showing off and if that floats your boat, go for it.

Oh shit saw all these cars on a Welsh mountain roads and almost screamed on my way back from mountain biking.

Though for a while gt3 is sweet spot for 911. Can go bright 'supercar' spec or more subtle 'gt' spec and it seems to excel at both.

Now that hss to be a joy in such a convoy 👍

Very good Mr.James^^

Jww is a genius!

Great. I wanna see that Porsche rolling.

I'm super curious how this would compare to the 997 GT2 RS with the manual. Still wont have the sound, but it's not quite as ape shit fast to be unusable it would seem.

Love your videos, but that AP looks weird.. Steel Daytona perhaps:)?

Finly some sun shine in one of your videos. But no tdf. But I think live with that gtRs

Isn’t the 2RS specc’ed with with Weissach Pack ... hence all the carbon?

That Pista spec is so sick

That 600 LT license plate is a winner

Can you do a video comparing the 3 with the 3RS ? @mrjww

100% agree, the GT2 RS is one of the best ever made but on public roads it’s got too much power and not enough noise and in order to grin from ear to ear you have to be absolutely flat chat which you just can’t do safely on public tarmac. Where as a 430 Scuderia is still a good handling car and an amazing sounding car you could drive that on the same public roads and flex your smile glands the entire time you may not be going that fast but you sound like you are and your Revving it out and changing gears and you’re more engaged and experiencing more of what the cars capable of doing.

Nice cup holder:)))))

TONY IS THE MAN! ALPHA MALE who's got SHIT GOIN ON. LOVE that dude. keep slaying it Tony Mr Gravelwood!

I have to agree with you and thought the same for some time. Super cars, or dream cars, are just getting faster and faster and their potential cannot be used on the public roads. Lots of you tuber channels have said this and also that in the wet they are potentially lethal. Once you reach the national speed limit in under 4 seconds, then what do you do. I know they are desirable to own and there will always be a market for them but they are almost becoming works of art. Pleasurable to own and wonderful to look at. The latest Lotus is boasting 2000 horse power. Track use only I think.

Fantastic Porsche, the best.

This GT2 RS + GT3 Touring= Perfect 2 car garage

I wonder what you consider to be the right balance of power vs usability? It can really only be around 300bhp maximum, depending on weight, gearing etc in my opinion

I agree, it’s a supercar that is just too raw for enjoyable driving! Yes overtaking/passing other vehicles in bursts can be quite fun w that power.....but that’s not why Porsche built it!