620hp sent through the rear wheels is just part of the proper send off for an absolute legend.
’s – and that’s a completely new model, remember, with active flappy bits. The R8 GT doesn’t have those. It goes about things the old-fashioned way, with a bigger, swan-neck fixed rear wing, plus a bigger rear diffuser, front splitter and side sills. Oh, and there are some strakes ahead of the front wheels and those air blades behind the rears.
That’s why it has something called a Torque Rear drive mode. Think of it being a bit like variable traction control, but unlike the similar systems you’ll find on Ferraris, it’s more about lengthening your drifts than lowering your lap times. You get seven settings to vary the amount of slip, which you adjust from the steering wheel.
I did the track stuff first, which, typically, was when it was wet and even foggy in places. Not perfect conditions for a 620hp rear-wheel-drive car, then, and not the ideal way to assess the differences between this and the regular versions. Nevertheless, I did my duty and gave it a go, but without a standard car on hand as a comparison, this was really an isolated test.
Especially because there’s so much else to enjoy. The track cars were running the full 20mm drop in ride height, which meant very little lean with seemingly no loss of compliance. That said, I wasn’t exactly straying far onto the slippery, painted kerbs and we never ventured out on the road, unfortunately, so I can’t be 100 per cent on the car’s ride characteristics just yet. That’s why I’ve asked Audi for another go in the UK when its demonstrator arrives, but I’d be surprised if it’s not good.
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