Mercedes-AMG GT3

GT3 · Front-engined · NA V8 · Downforce 3/5

Takes kerbs like nothing else in the class. Naturally aspirated V8, front-engined, and generally an easy car to lean on.

Where to start. The kerbs are free lap time in this car in a way they aren't in others — worth building the line around them.

Symptoms this car reads differently

These notes appear alongside the ranked answer whenever you pick that symptom.

Unsettled over kerbs

Kerb tolerance is this car's party trick. If it's being unsettled, you're too stiff or too low, not badly balanced.

Won't turn in / pushes on entry

Front-engine baseline push.

What this car's answers lean on

In order: what this car reaches for first when something is wrong. GT3 sets the baseline, and anything this car weighs differently says so.

1. Differential and engine braking more than the archetype
2. Braking system — bias, ABS, pressure
3. Anti-roll bars
4. Free changes — driving, not setup
5. Tyre pressures
6. In-car driver aids and gearing
7. Damper clicks

What you cannot change on this car

Still shown, struck through at the rank they earned — partly so the list is honest, partly because they open up as you move up a class.

Shorter gearing

Gearing is fixed on this car.

Stiffer heave / third spring

No third spring on this car.