While others are making their cars aesthetically different and doing power mods, this dude is taking his new car to the track and will be making handling and braking improvements 👍👍👏🏼👏🏼. It's very refreshing.

It took 13 years, but finally somebody made a car to fill the void of the venerable S2000!!! Great video, Zygrene.

Just some constructive criticism here. The main reason your falling behind on your friend is your not getting your braking done before you start turning. You’re losing all your speed because you’re turning in early and braking too late, which will cause loss of speed through the corners. Don’t be afraid to hammer the brakes hard before approaching the turns while you’re still moving straight, but don’t dive down low and turn in too early. Stay well to the outside of the turn and resist early turn-in. Once your braking is complete, make your turn-in toward the apex. Then, get back on the throttle early as you approach the apex, smoothly increasing your speed as you exit the turn & let the car go all the way to the outside of the track after exiting a regular turn. Don’t be afraid to use the real estate that the track designer gave you. I hope this helps. I have several years of auto cross and track day experience & this tip from instructors and other more experienced drivers has dropped my time’s dramatically. Thanks for the great video!

"dyno proven to produce zero gains" LOL

Man this video was absolutely what I was waiting for. Great way to describe the car! Seeing all the people uploading brz content is making me want my GR86 even more! Sadly gotta wait but man this video makes the car look so fun and promising! Thank you for the great content always.

Congratulations on the new car - Thunderhill looks great for testing the limits with so much runoff. Happy motoring!

Wonderful vid, thanks for sharing. Great to see the car living up to the hype, the redesign is a home run.

Feeling that eurobeat hype man. Great video! It definitely got me excited to enjoy another track day.

I been watching your reviews for 6 years and glad you and Seigo are still great friends ripping the new 86 as god intended

Eurobeat on a track day ! That was amazing, i need to get one too, this thing just put a smile on your face. Great video, we could really feel the excitement.

Killing it out there looks like so much fun. Great driving can’t wait to see more from the BRZ.

Congrats on the BRZ. Glad to see you are enjoying it and having fun. These BRZs were setup from the beginning to happily slide around on their skinny tires and soft suspensions, which makes for a very fun experience. Also, the price point and having a warranty makes it easy to send it into any corner at the track with a smile on your face and no worries. I think that freedom and the way the car is setup to slide around excites you. To be fair, your 997 had a lot of issues from day one from the previous owner, which I think already set your mind up to worry about it. You probably never felt worry free driving it, especially at the track. Porsches are much more serious cars all around both in price and handling setup. This makes for a serious machine to handle versus a fun toy to drive. That mindset has a lot to do with how you attack a track and whether or not you have more fun. I have dozens of track days on my 997 C4S and love the way it handles. After driving my brothers 1st gen BRZ, it was fun, but the 997 is on a whole other level and I would never trade my 997 for a BRZ. That's just me though. Great content, keep up the good work!

22 Owner checking in 🤙. Sweet to see track day content coming out for these cars already. We must live in the same area because I frequent Thunderhill and Sonoma Raceway a lot. I've already thrown some RCE Tarmac II coils and an alignment/corner balance on my car, and my wheels and tires will be here today actually. I have a fully prepped racecar and usually don't track my dailies, but I'm sure I will take this thing out at least a handful of times.

The ending when you said that This car fulfills the empty spot that the s2000 left is spot on. I been watching videos and really considering picking one up since I feel that same way. Great video

Nice! That looked like a ton of fun, easy subscription. Just got mine a couple days ago, looking forward to the same mods. Let's gooooo

Nice video, straight to the point love it 🔥

so glad i found your channel. I don't know much about cars but goddamn it looks fun just watching you driving on the track lol.

Looks like good fun you guys had there! Progressive breakaway of traction too. Would be interesting if a generous owner could let you drive their GR86 so that you can compare it to your BRZ and see if the mechanical changes are noticeable in the real world :D

Well done, can’t wait for mine to get here!!!

I was there in the beginner group I was excited to see your car for the first time and on the track! Great driving!

That's so freaking awesome Fenton! I'm gonna go look at one right now, unfortunately it's an automatic, but it will give me a good feel of the car's exterior and interior design to see if I am visually attracted to car. So far from the pictures I am. I will looking at the Toyota version today, in blue and silver.

You got me hyped man. Mine gets here in March ! Gonna road trip to California this summer. Might have to meet up for a track day out there !

Great driving, nice review and comparisons. Thinking of replacing my BMW with one of these... I miss the old-school feel of driving.

nice driving !! wish u all the best with the car👍

Great meeting you yesterday! I'm amazed how much later you can brake compared to where I had to brake on stock pads and fluid. The pilot sport 4 look like you can carry about 8mph more through turn 2. I was doing close to 70 and had to keep correcting to keep the car on line.

Suweeet driving and vid! Loved the s2k commentary.

4:40 COOL VIBRATIONS

Nice slides! Those are some high speed slides boi!

Oh wow your buddy was really playing Initial D "Dancing" while he was driving. 😂👍 Dang I miss my AE86. 😫

5:08 love the 997 and S2000 Comparison comments. "excites me in a way my 997 Carrera never could" !!! This is a true testament to the smiles per dollar. When you have a tough day nothing better than going for a spin to get some milk. 😀

For msrp 30k, looks like a riot tbh. There is no better new car with that much value, where you can go have fun with it out of the box imo.

Finally a proper petrolhead who can see beyond the Porsche badge having scratched that itch! Used to own the previous GT86, seems the new one has improved in all the right places. Owning a GR Yaris now all I can say: too bad it's not coming to the US

As a previous AP2 owner (2004 in Race Red), I'm really interested in the new BRZ/GR86 twins. I'm either going to find a mint AP2 or buy one of these. Glad to see you love it so much. Will be very curious to hear your thoughts on it vs the S2K going forward 👍

That’s a day well spent right there

3:30 WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Wait but aren't you supposed to stance/lower/bag/camber it, install Meister s1's, Greddy exhaust, and UEL headers before learning about your car's characteristics on a track? Madness!

Check out RCE’s Tarmac 2’s. They’re custom valved/sprung KW’s with emphasis on street/track setup. Lots and lots of happy customers running these on track cars. I think they’re in stock for 22+ right now.

Seems like a fun double duty car!

nothing like eurobeat while tracking 😎

This car with better tires and suspension will be a track monster, the old car was already setting competitive times when given these mods+tune. I can't imagine what this will do.

Some SPC lower camber bolts up front will add -°1 camber and help with front grip. Additionally swaping the stock lower bolt up top(aka crash bolt) you get around -2°. Nice cheap mod to add camber.

Sure the pumped in BRZ noise avoids copyright issues......the yellow gloves though reduces lap times by a second.

good ole initial D soundtrack. glad you're living your best life. i'm thinking about selling my 05 gd sti for one of these things. thoughts?

Looked like fun.Have seen them out at the track and if I were to ever get a non muscle car would be this platform.The turboed ones have passed me before.You need tires and brakes bro.Enjoy the car.

I gotta take it to the track !

Thanks guys. Im also going to upgrade suspension (thinking Silvers Neomax ) and brakes (Alcon / AP Racing ) do you think it’s ok to just upgrade the front brakes and just do pads and break lines on the rear ? Controversial question 🤷‍♂️

lol...the initial D music... totally something i'd wanna do on the track too

brzboi content is the future

i'm amazed at how still the seat kept the driver in place. I think I'm gonna get myself a GR86 if my S2k ever poops out in an accident. Does the new engine have any high oil temperature issues the old 86/brz had?

dang need to bring my ‘22 to a speedsf event these days

Your buddy in the white BRZ looked very smooth out there (that's definitely meant as a compliment). By the way, you didn't exactly seem pleased with this blue color in your initial video of this car, but I think it looks really nice.

Hey bro, nice driving. I like the stock wheels but they are only 18x7.5 If I want to take my brz to the track on weekend do I really need to upgrade the wheels ?? Or will upgrading the tyres and brake pads be enough for me . Just casual track

Wow just noticed you said it excites you more than 997. I have a 997 c2s and find it maybe has too much power i am rarely out of second gear on the twists. However the brz / gr86 is not even available to order here in the uk yet. Would love some of your thoughts on this vs 997. Maybe a video? As both are same price! As i see this as a baby / modern 911 more like older 911s with less power but lighter but modern tech

Michelin PS4 are consistently bad haha, I finished that sentence before you said it. Looking forward to your future BRZ videos.

I tried to find the brake pads. Did you put on just the pads or rotors too? Any link to whatever you did would be helpful. The one thing I hate about my car is the brakes. Built a great car with crappy brakes.....

I'm not a fan of having/making payments. I've always bought cars all cash, never financed anything. This car is making me do so. Seeing just how comparable it is to the S2000 gets me soooo incredibly excited! Gonna save a few more months for a nice down payment but man I can't wait to get my hands on one! Hopefully April timeframe I'll be able to :p

Any concerns regarding oil temps? I remember the old BRZ's/GT86's having troubles with high oil temps if pushed to the limit.

Can you have the brake pads part# posted, looking to buy the same pads when my vehicle arrives

Is the seat belt thing true? I hate that chime on mine . .

Request- can you position your camera in the center so I see how you take the turns? Thunder hill west is my favorite course!

What happened to the S2000?

What's wrong with the PS4 tires? I have them on my first gen BRZ, they are great for daily and for the weekends trips (especially compared to the PRIMACY), obviously they are not a dedicated track tires if that's what you mean by bad but if you are only tracking the car occasionally (like once or twice per year) they are alright.

Trac partially off, "fully off", or full pedal dance off?

Hey which powerstop pads you using?

Are you able to monitor water and oil temp in track mode like the GR86 in the left screen? I noticed a potential difference there (I'd prefer the digital water/oil readings).

If cars are about having fun, I think you have made an excellent choice! Great driving as always - might wanna try a Goodyear asymmetric 5 as a street tyre (I have been faithful to them since their first version about 12 years ago or so), although I guess you are probably going semi-slick for track use.. In any case, hope you enjoy your new car, it's really the only real world option for the purists currently in the market..

How’s rear lift at high speeds vs s2000 ?

BRZ FTW

What brake pads are you using?

Is track mode on the whole time ?

great stuff, glad to see you are loving the BRZ! How the heck did Seigo get his hands on a TRD wing already??!

Stay tuned!

I'm a bit surprised that the PS4 tires didn't work for you. What tires are you going for next? And will you change to a different tire width as well? (I'm still keeping my fingers crossed on the Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS and Advan AD09 coming to the States...)

How is the rev hang?

Are you guys going to participate in the 86Drive Challenge?

Why is the brz more exciting than the 911? Running costs?

When you said that you're having a lot more fun in this than the 997, is that because you're able to push this car more to the limit? Or was a cost / maintenance thing where you couldn't track the Porsche as often (previous to it having issues).

any ideas for what to do about the wind buffeting?

In track mode, can you vary the amount of traction control assist (low medium high), or does it turn it off completely?

great! how bad is the understeer?

it's official. this car looks like so much fun. tempted to trade in my daily for this

i thought soombaroos can only crab walk on dirt paths how did he do that

Should have bought the GR-86 to keep up. The real Drift King says that it's 2 seconds faster in the corners, lol.

How were oil temps out on track? In the texas heat my temps were stuck in the 250-265 range so I usually did cool down laps out of fear for my motor haha.

Have you looked into any big brake kits or suspension options? You've experienced the joys of JRZs, but those are pricey! As for brakes I want to go with AP Racing, but their sprint kit has been out for over 10 years. It's tried and true, but they're due for an update imo.

Gotta say, you seem at home in a japanese front engine rwd manual.

I'm excited to see how the FA24 responds once tuning is available. A header/tune could add a nice 20-30whp which is a nice bump. E85 add a bit extra.

Hey man, I know you have owned S2K and Cayman among others. I have also owned both cars and now thinking about getting S2k again after I sold it about three years ago but looks like this is not a bad car either. My question is, is it as fun as S2K?

drifty drifty on the those stock tires. Press and hold Traction or single press?

He had eurobeat on, of course he's faster smh

How were the oil temperatures? Stock oil weight?

on the old car there were alot of nannies that stepped in if you were starting to lose it. Do you feel the same in this car?

What suspension you thinking of getting ?

Dude how did those mp4s tires look afterwards?

Tempted to trade in my first gen BRZ for this. 🤔

Thought everyone loved Michelin PS4s?

Watches video *Begins looking at local car market for a 86*

What TC mode were you in? Can you pedal dance it or is that unnecessary in the ‘22?

Anything is easier at the limit than a stock S2000 😂

Will the chime re-enables after engine restarts..