Porsche Cayman GT4 | evo Hot Lap

2019's eCoty winner, Porsche's Cayman GT4 is one of the best sports cars you can buy, and with the company's PDK transmission it should also be one of the quickest cars we have lapped at Bedford Autodrome's West circuit. Steve Sutcliffe discovers just how quick in our Bedford Hot Lap series.
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[@DWNFRC]

The hotlap camera angle was perfect! You could really sense the speed and the car's reactions to cornering.

[@Realpaul2k]

Definitely one of the best onboards I’ve seen.

[@JorgeCanovas]

Omg.. and the braking sensation… and I’m not even in the car!!!

[@redpriest26]

You can really tell he pushed that car 10/10ths, my god.

[@VolV8]

How's the fucking sound levels though? 🤪

[@taforth]

One of the most exciting in-car laps I’ve seen in quite some time! Steve was not leaving much on the table on that lap 😉👍!

[@jameshogg601]

Exciting yeah but there is definitely some time to gain on that lap

[@garethholden301]

A very different style to the Walter Rohrl video in the 718 at knockhill

[@bozukbeyin]

@@jameshogg601 Seems to me that he pushed it a bit too much to make it more entertaining to watch. Great lap nevertheless! :)

[@ultimatist]

@@bozukbeyin probably cause it was controllable at the limit. I assume he lapped a few times with adjustments, so this is the best of the test.

[@MrMattPrototype]

That in-car hot lap footage was the best I've seen in a review. Lovely format, glad more is coming.

[@mitsosliak]

Perfect camera position, superb driving!

[@WeJustDrive]

I can't give you enough praise for actually using the onboard footage throughout the lap, thank you

[@Chris-jt1vy]

That lap time is incredible. I've driven that track in an F3000 car and I can tell you that 1:18 is an unbelievable time. The average speed is over 135kph and the last 2 corners are taken at around 150kph.

[@Zygrene]

PLEASE include the same uncut onboard footage in future videos too! Really shows off the car's driving dynamics and (more importantly) how insanely talented Sutcliffe is.

[@johnv4866]

Great video. Seeing that they are committing to this new serious, and having seen some recent content with Jethro gives me hope that EVO might be making a comeback.

[@redchristy]

Loved the pov, shows how hard Steve was having to peddle!! Hell of a driver 👍

[@YachtReport]

More content from Evo please! I’m a 718 Spyder PDK owner and can confirm it’s fantastic with that gearbox.

[@kevin-l7r7p]

ya know a GT3 is better right?

[@ksp3324]

@@kevin-l7r7p Why compare a gt3 to a gt4?

[@arivette2010]

@@ksp3324 he's a troll

[@tamasszabo8824]

@@kevin-l7r7p How old are you?

[@lordmaster5522]

And a GT2 is better than a GT3 right? Likewise the old GT1 from the 90s is the best.

[@Fantic1980]

Steve, I've followed you for over 10 years mate and in 4 minutes, you summed up the GT4 perfectly! More of this please!!!

[@samuelsessions2817]

Look at hard as you want: there is no better auto journalist than Steve Sutcliffe. Just the best in every way,

[@David.W99]

Steve, more of this mate. You pushed that car hard and you can see it respond. What a video!

[@911aircooled5]

Great job. I like the idea of the 'Hot Lap'. Steve, thanks to you and your last GT4 test drive, I bit the bullet and bought a new one, normally a 911 man, but have no regrets so far. Still running it in, then to the track. Cheers

[@UTubeSL]

Wow, you legend! I drove one today at the Porsche Experience Centre and I can't believe how good it feels!

[@eric_peachey193]

So fun to watch someone who knows how to drive review a car vs most car reviewers

[@GeordieAmanda]

At first I thought "blimey, this is a bit brutal", then I saw Steve's eyes smiling in one of the shots and thought "yep, everything is fine" Thank you again Steve :)

[@isimon.]

I can‘t exactly tell what it is about this onboard, but wow that was a view!!! 💪🏻😳

[@ricepony33]

I work in racing and recently had a chance to sample one of these at Indianapolis Motor speedway. Extremely impressive package, super responsive and easy to control wayyy past the limit.

[@porkster5924]

In my opinion, this is the best Porsche for sale today. It’s quick, handles superbly, sounds right and doesn’t cost a ridiculous amount. It’s the car the best 911’s were. They’ve become big and heavy whereas the GT4 is smaller and nimble. God I wish I could afford one. Guess I’ll stick with my RS3 for a while 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@UTubeSL]

Agreed, and likewise wish I could afford one! RS3 is some car as well.

[@nishanthdela3227]

Steve really drives this on the raggedy edge. Superb!

[@nosferatu756v6]

That felt intense! Love it, it is interesting how many times you don’t really feel or get a good sense as to just how brutal it is to push a car to the limit, this vid was great!

[@glensubtorq]

Wow! That hot lap slammed me in the face hard! Great footage, really captured the rush of this lap so well!! Keep'em coming 👍😎

[@aspiratedaloha2946]

Steve pushed Hard on that hot lap! Impressive car And impressive driving skills!

[@ApothecaryTerry]

Steve has the best job in the world...and is the best at it.

[@poff9345]

Having driven that circuit, that man can seriously drive!!

[@iCGreen_]

Perfect camera angle but the sound design is blowing out my headphones. What a f’n lap though, you were on rails.

[@DrummingAli93]

EVO are just as good at videos, as they are their magazines!

[@steveberridge4648]

That’s a very fast time ! I know the circuit layout changed a couple of years ago so not directly comparable but I remember steve doing 1.19 around the west circuit in a 991 Turbo S and thinking that was ballistic !

[@jonclark25]

Would love to know how you got such a perfect angle and what you filmed in. Felt more like a passenger ride on track than watching a video!

[@fokjohnpainkiller]

Amazing lap, amazing footage. The camera moving around a bit during braking, cornering etc- *chef's kiss 10/10, awesome work

[@miljanivanko2312]

Steve the man! The best reviewer in the world..by far

[@ZeGermanHam]

I need a stiff drink after watching Steve's mega hot lap. That was properly savage! Looks like the GT4 has got pretty epic turn-in. Also, does it sound different? Seems less sonorous than before.

[@DanMattsson]

Considering the sounds distortion and clipping when driving over the curbs, I'd say that they messed up with the sound on this one. Too bad, since it's a sweet sounding engine despite the particle filter.

[@TML34]

A little too aggressive and def could be quicker, but I appreciate the effort! Also worth noting that those lap times are almost all older models, so not exactly the highest bar.

[@nitrorory]

I thought the same , there was definitely quite a bit of time lost in slides. Enjoyed watching though

[@silv3rArrow]

4:48 what an aggressive entry, nice!

[@ChrisMisMYhandle]

Flipping hell, nothing left on the table there!

[@tdolan500]

Second time watching for that sensational hot lap.

[@tdolan500]

10th time

[@MrDrivingFaster]

That’s Drive it like you stole it driving. I really enjoyed this and looking fwd to the next one!!!

[@BrycenKauai]

Great lap and great video Steve!

[@openwater4897]

I'v driven the cayman GT4 Cup Car around a race track and it is quick to snap oversteer and a bit of a handful as agreed by my instructor who drives GT3 Cup. But what a car!

[@jameshogg601]

What a POV! superb stuff

[@scottmuir2385]

You can drive Steve... Not much left on that lap...

[@yungnietzsche2302]

Mate shocking driving if you're going for laptimes, sliding all over the place and just throwing the car around but it was mighty enjoyable to watch. The other cars on that leaderboard were mostly outdated and not really in the same class either, but hopefully you lads can take a few more on the track and give the GT4 some competition!

[@jamieorton6809]

Fair play……hustling it. The pdk is the gearbox for the GT4. The long gearing not nearly as obvious with the pdk.

[@NoName-qp1op]

The gear ratios are the same on the pdk. Difference is nothing worth mentioning

[@Porsche1969]

Blah blah blah... This annoying "long gearing in the GT4 manual" discussion just sucks. What do you expect from a Porsche 718 GT4 with its naturally aspirated engine+manual transmission combination: driving it on "b-roads" at just 60 mph in fourth gear at 5000 rpm? The GT4 manual and PDK are just perfectly made for race tracks. Therefore the "gearing" is just perfect. All these clowns who are still complaining about the "too long gearing" are so fucking booooooooring.

[@NoName-qp1op]

@@Porsche1969 and most of them didnt even drive one. An on the other hand the gt3 has the same gearing doe

[@terrybilly9967]

@@Porsche1969 True Words. The GT4 is a Race car and on Track the car is Most the Time over 4000rpm…

[@HesteBremse]

Great! 👋🤩🏁seeing forward to the continuations - perfect non nonsense video concept 🍻👍

[@bullychris]

That’s a quick time!!! Similar to my F3000 hot lap with traffic (which is a single seater!).

[@cj41079]

cant wait for more.....lets go Evo!

[@markrs4110]

Fantastic lap very well driven, I wonder if it might have been quicker with traction control on ?

[@duncanbleak3819]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! That was refreshing on a dull workday...Thanks.

[@Driver_407]

2:49 reaaally goin for it here!

[@samuelsessions2817]

I am not terribly confident that Steve Sutcliffe looks at these comments, but if he does (you do), I am a tremendous fan but I recommend you take a look at your EVO colleague’s Carfection posting of 6/6/2018 about manuals and the then current GT3 (as well as some of your own videos in which you vacillate between the PDK and a manual for Porsches). For you, on a track, as someone who can handle oversteer and understeer so beautifully, the PDK makes a great deal of sense. For lesser mortals (not including Mr. Catchpole), who spend very little time on a track and try to find challenging roads on which to drive the 718 GT4, managing the manual - especially this manual - is a beautiful part of driving the car. It might seem that it would be nice for a far lesser driver to take shifting out of the picture but in fact trying to do a decent job of shifting with this lovely gearbox while also attempting to take a proper line on curves, hit the proper brake point, and steer with the GT4’s magnificent precision on that score as well, is a significantly better experience. I will admit to being a “purist,” but if you’re as far short of your level of driving ability as I am, paradoxically, for me at least, it’s more fun to handle more challenges and work on more driving skills than it is to have the undeniably superb PDK thwart my efforts to improve my driving across the board. I actually think you agree, but it didn’t come across that way in this otherwise astonishingly good video (see my comment immediately below). Sorry re the length, for you and anyone else who might read this comment.

[@ryankassel5691]

Excited for this series

[@stfez2007]

Would love to own that beautiful car.

[@dieschnellekatze]

That hotlap was something else 😍

[@kevin-l7r7p]

I'd say the difference in laptime compared to the others had just as much to Steve giving it some!

[@powersliding]

get other journos to do this and it wont be as exciting...sutcliffe the best there is atm..not even trying to sell himself and do stunts or burn outs but pure execution for a review..always loved his timed lap pieces

[@clkoontz3]

Great camera angle keep it up!!

[@MrJdp1968]

Imagine what the RS will be like 😳

[@timmietz]

I cannot wait!! I chose the GT4RS allocation over GT3 TOURING 6MT. I just made the right choice!

[@stefanroseEP3]

Now this is the kind of series i can get stuck into

[@stefanroseEP3]

If a 765lt doesnt feature though, i will be disappointed

[@jimmimacca3258]

Superb!

[@martincassels7995]

How?

[@jimmimacca3258]

Fast lap, great car....anything else?

[@mip83]

What a drive

[@stephenlongfield8492]

Love a GT4 and certainly a car I may buy in the future, as a current Giulia Quadrifoglio owner I would love to see you drive a remapped one on better tyres (cup etc)

[@gobinduppal4429]

Oh man. So much quicker. Still would get the manual

[@superchargedsteve3411]

I am shocked the gen 1 Giulia Quadrofoglio was #1 out of all those cars!! Wow what would the GTA M do on this track?!

[@danieladmon]

Awesome video and driving. When we'll see the lap on the GT4 RS ?

[@amineghostdog]

Please get the gt3 on that track now. after watching your lap with it at the other track, man, that could be something

[@marioskardambikis8480]

We need more!!thank you!

[@frasertones8519]

Great review Steve. Sorry about getting kicked out of the Beatles.

[@keithjackson4985]

Short, but sweet. If I'm ever a millionaire, this guy is going to be my driving instructor!

[@JBOsurf]

Impressive. Will stick with my 981 GT4 manual however...very happily!

[@donpayne1040]

BEAUTIFUL.

[@MrZattack101]

What a track beast

[@Jamaica121289]

My guy!!!! Love the video

[@cayman9873]

If you love the speed. PDK is great. Even more so is auto steer and brake where the computer does all the steering and braking for you. Thats way faster yet. Then of course to make the car even faster you send the car out without the driver so that weight is gone and with that mode you order the car without ac or a blower motor or heater or seats or mirrors. Then you have the best car you can enjoy

[@richardbrayshaw570]

Looking at that initial leader board I knew the GT4 would be above the Cayman S, so top 3, probably in the 1 second gap before the Guilia. Nah, got that wrong.

[@megathumper777]

Wow, mighty impressive driving there……

[@jalloor]

Gees, that’s what I call driving in anger!

[@andremeintjesart2723]

Great Channel just a pity we are blocked from watching it here in South Africa

[@scleeve5650]

I think it needs to be made clear and mentioned where track focused rubber is used (in this case pilot sport cup 2)... probably adds a good couple of seconds to lap times round there. Awesome time though.

[@apolloandratti7922]

Interesting to see The FK8 Type R Limited Edition in 3rd place in the leader board at Bedford. And it had 3 pedals vs. the GT4 PDK. Faster than the 718 Cayman S.

[@erijavec]

Coming in hot 🔥🔥 Sub’’d! More of that please 🤩

[@PatBirdUK]

Banging video

[@34hassler]

who dislikes this... go kick rocks

[@davegelink]

What camera did you use for the onboard? Great stuff.

[@RobbieR987]

Awesome series’s. Let’s get the G80/G82 M4 on the board already… will it take the GT4…

[@onlinesearch4134]

Wonderful lap. Can you test a 992 Carrera S now.

[@reynanjohnson]

Nice watch

[@jamie101010]

Can’t wait for the GT4RS! Apparently it will have double wishbones in the front, but keep struts at the rear 😂

[@crashmania4019]

What was the suspenion setup, ARB settings and rear wing settings please?

[@Driffttt]

The RS is on the way and it’s going to be epic!

[@Trackdaygenius]

Awesome video Sir. Using GoPro? For your next 'Hot lap' video, we'd love to add some Genius telemetry for it - would add another level of engagement for your fans. Or a Co-branded app, the EVO video & Performance app? Let's chat...

[@michaelcheung4016]

Would love to see how the new, similarly priced, Emira compares.

[@mmerritt143]

911 Turbo S and 911 GT3 hot laps please!!!!!!

[@amospizzey1]

Great car . May I ask are you letting the ECU shift itself during the lap ?

[@amospizzey1]

Meant car shift itself

[@erijavec]

I wanna see my 2022 Supra 3.0 in the mix 🏁

[@snygg999]

Do one with an Exige 410, please

[@robertocalvo934]

Bedford hotlsps with Sutcliffe? Say no more!

[@feathersandtarmac6456]

Nice video 👍

[@nateisright]

Driving so hard that he was using the edges of the parking lot!

[@Fzr005]

Hey guys could you also please include the tire that you're using on these cars? I imagine if you got one of these with the cup two tire they would be significantly faster than the normal pirelli p0 that they come with from the factory...

[@alcantara7054]

As always impressed with the driving skills, but could the lap have been a bit faster with less understeer correction, i have a 981 Gt4 and i know how they understeer, so corner entry is a lets say on going art form :)

[@Marcus-kw2ed]

Have you tried adjusting the anti-rollbars? Cause the standard set-up is on the edge of understeered, but if you make it softer on the front, and harder at the back together with more negative camber all around it eliminates all understeer!

[@alcantara7054]

@@Marcus-kw2ed yes i run full soft front and medium rear, i have camber plates for the front, its better then stock but still the car will always be a little pushy

[@Marcus-kw2ed]

@@alcantara7054 people have told me that the AM Cup2 Connect tires understeer less than the OEM Cup2 N1, could be worth experimenting with that as well