Difference between Real World FIA GT2 & GT3 Cars

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I understand the biggest difference between FIA Championship racing series cars GT2 & 3 is Turbo (2) & Aspirated (3). Horsepower is pretty much the same. Any other significant difference?
Thanks for the help.
 
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What has this got to do with GT5? I'm assuming you're talking about Porsche. My apologies if I'm incorrect.
 
jkt008
Ok, thanks for the correction.
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Anytime. Took me a while to figure out as well :boggled: First thought it was the GT games, then the Porsches then finally worked out it was the series :boggled:

Besides which if he's talking about Porsche he's wrong anyway because the GT2 RS has 620hp in its current guise, the GT3 RS has just 500. But he would be right about the engine type :lol:
 
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Stop talking about porshe !!! :) lol.

Hes talking about Racing Series that involve diffrent brands of cars wo are put in GT2 or GT3 racing series (no gt game ... no porshe. But still many porshe gt3 race cars are racing the series ). :indiff:


FIA GT2 SERIES
FIA GT3 SERIES
Look at Entery lists , many porshe gt3 rs (racers) are in the GT2 Class
While the stupidly Faster looking SLS AMG and audi R8 LMS ar in the slower GT3 class :) hehe

To answer op I dont know...
I found french written gt3 regulations ? Many many pages of blabla :)
gt3 rules
 
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In a nutshell, the higher the number, the more it resembles the performance of the production version.

For example, the GT3 class race cars have a simpler form of aerodynamics- ie. front splitters, rear wings, air-dams etc- then the GT2 class racecars. It also means that the car body/chassis cannot be (highly) modified from its original form. This result in lower downforce in the GT3 class although both classes have pretty much the same power output/weight.

And in the highest class, GT1, the bodywork retains very little of the original production model. What you end up with is a car with a very sophisticated aerodynamic and a lot of downforce.

There are also regulations regarding brakes (only GT1 class is allowed carbon brakes) and even drivers and teams- GT3 and GT4, for example, is more geared towards novice/gentlemen drivers and privateer teams while GT2 and GT1 are for seasoned professionals and works teams.

Of course, these barely touch the surface. The regulations are more complex and encompassing and for that you need to go FIA website.
 
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mykem
In a nutshell, the higher the number, the more it resembles the performance of the production version.

For example, the GT3 class race cars have a simpler form of aerodynamics- ie. front splitters, rear wings, air-dams etc- then the GT2 class racecars. It also means that the car body/chassis cannot be (highly) modified from its original form. This result in lower downforce in the GT3 class although both classes have pretty much the same power output/weight.

And in the highest class, GT1, the bodywork retains very little of the original production model. What you end up with is a car with a very sophisticated aerodynamic and a lot of downforce.

There are also regulations regarding brakes (only GT1 class is allowed carbon brakes) and even drivers and teams- GT3 and GT4, for example, is more geared towards novice/gentlemen drivers and privateer teams while GT2 and GT1 are for seasoned professionals and works teams.

Of course, these barely touch the surface. The regulations are more complex and encompassing and for that you need to go FIA website.
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Thank you Mykem! Now it ALL makes sense. Been reading about all this stuff on the FIA site. Then google other research. Homologations, specs, lists. Non-of which was making complete sense. Thanks for tying it all together.
 
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