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Originally Posted by takchi
The car certainly isn't super oversteer happy because the power can be put down. This is a little shocking especially since cars from factories always have a alignment set or suspension setup dialed in for understeer. I personally track a non-staggered tire setup S2000 and right now the car is right in between the BRZ and FRS in terms of how much steering input is required to complete a corner. I'm very curious as to how the suspension will take grippier tires though. How much more is it going to roll? Is that roll going to affect how much grip you can get from the tires? There is a S2000 owner who used OEM suspension and still lapped times faster than 99% of the track guys. Which goes to say, a balanced setup is better than adding parts to the car. I guess what I'm looking for is what is the car's potential direct from the factory without modifying TOO MUCH.  |
I'd say with grippier tires the FR-S will be significantly faster than the BRZ w/ similar tires around tsukuba, reason being that with grippier tires you can expect the FR-S to be much more stable, while the BRZ will start understeering even more than now. I actually believe the FR-S can take slicks w/ some sway bars, shocks/springs and really make good use of them.
TL: DR FR-S should be a much better track car than the BRZ after tire upgrades, (w/ stock suspension). Sway bars may be necessary to reign the body roll in though on both cars.