I used to be gifted a Triple Supercar Driving Expertise and Excessive Velocity Passenger Journey for my birthday and determined to money it in at summer time when the possibilities of the monitor being dry and good climate within the U.Okay. are at their highest.
I selected the Three Sisters Circuit in Wigan and was introduced with varied selections of automobile to drive prematurely, together with the Aston Martin DB9, the Audi R8 V8, BMW i8, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari F430, Porsche 911 Carrera and Nissan GTR.
I opted for the Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911 Carrera and Nissan GTR and was knowledgeable the excessive velocity passenger journey can be in a BMW M140i.
The climate was nice and I had the pleasure of a few of my household becoming a member of to observe and spectate on the embankment. In addition they very kindly captured the images of me and racetrack view content material beneath.

The supercars and pits
Lamborghini Gallardo
First drive was within the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. So low, vast and flat to the ground and actually sticks to the monitor with the 4WD, so good to drive.
Within the final picture is my first teacher. While driving I mentioned he had an fascinating job and he responded saying he stored getting requested to do these and has been doing them for 44 years now! He mentioned he had a profession as a Motorsport check driver and joked he was fortunate to nonetheless be right here at his age. Humorous man.
Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
Second drive was within the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. Actually clean and good to drive.
Semi-automatic gears are the little silver + and – buttons on the steering wheel quite than paddles, totally different, haven’t encountered that earlier than in a automobile.
The second driving teacher who guided me within the Porsche was very nice too, mentioned he was a McLaren GT3 driver, and bought to drive a McLaren 720S full carbon with carbon spoiler when racing. Fairly cool.
Nissan GTR
Third drive was within the Nissan GTR, with over 600bhp and an absolute monster. Sounded so good on the downshifts and upshifts, so highly effective. I requested the trainer if it was inventory, he mentioned it wasn’t, mentioning it had been de-catted and re-mapped. The Nissan GTR was my favorite automobile I drove on the day, although every automobile was distinctive, enjoyable and unbelievable to drive on the monitor.
The alcantara steering wheel with centre marker was nice for grip when reaching for the paddles behind the wheel and a extremely cool characteristic. Uniquely, the paddles didn’t transfer with the wheel and stayed on the steering column.
The video beneath is me within the blue Nissan GTR, overtaking the crimson Ferrari 458 after which accelerating into the straight. The GTR exhaust sounded so good, the brutal, speedy, instantaneous energy from the twin-turbocharged 3.8L V6. A lot enjoyable!
Excessive Velocity Passenger lap within the BMW 140i



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