Toyota GR86

A light front-engined, rear-drive sports car with more torque than the MX-5 Cup and a small rear wing rather than a GT aero package. It is honest about entry speed and exits: the rear will talk when you rush either end of the corner.

Get the nose in, wait for the car to take a set, then feed power as the wheel unwinds.

Symptoms this car reads differently

Pushes on entry

Usually too much speed rather than a car that will not turn. The front tyre is small; give it less to do on the way in.

Snaps on exit

The driven axle has more torque than a cup MX-5. Straighten before you ask for all of it — there is no adjustable diff to paper over spin.

Loose at the apex

A lift mid-corner unloads the rear quickly in a car this light. Hold a maintenance throttle instead of a second weight transfer.

Falls off over the stint

Rears go off first when you slide them. The first three clean laps decide the stint.

Nervous at high speed

The wing is a real lever, not GT3 levels of load. If it is nervous only at speed, try wing before inventing a platform problem.

What this car's answers lean on

Compared with other Production cars

1. Free changes — driving, not setup used more than on most cars like it
2. Tyre pressures used more than on most cars like it
3. Braking system — bias, ABS, pressure
4. In-car driver aids and gearing used more than on most cars like it
5. Anti-roll bars
6. Camber, toe, caster
7. Damper clicks
8. Differential and engine braking
9. Spring rates

What you cannot change on this car

• Brake bias is fixed on this car.
• The differential is fixed on this car.
• Engine braking is not adjustable on this car.
• This car has no adjustable aerodynamics.
• Total brake pressure is not adjustable on this car.
• Gearing is fixed on this car.
• No third spring on this car.
• This car has no dampers with that adjustment.