The point of the RS isn’t the extra power (it only has 15bhp more than the GT3) but downforce. The new GT3 RS moves Porsche’s wing game on and then some, with an aerofoil that’s borderline obscene in its menacing height and span. It has a hydraulically actuated active drag-reduction vane to boot, as well as active downforce-generating flaps under the nose, to produce up to 860kg of downforce at 177mph. That’s more than double what the last 911 GT3 RS made; more than the McLaren Senna makes at a similar speed; and considerably more, even, than a 911 GT3 Cup competition car.

And if the aero isn’t overwhelming enough, the new GT3 RS also has the ultra-wide body from the Turbo, as well as multi-adjustable adaptive dampers, an active locking differential and traction and stability control systems.

We’ve yet to experience it on a dry track, but even in the wet, it felt like a more serious and much more purposeful track tool than any of its predecessors, but it’s cleverer and more adaptable, too.

The 600LT is based on the fantastic McLaren 570S and is the third Longtail model launched by McLaren. Power has been hiked by 30bhp to 592bhp courtesy of a freer-breathing exhaust, the springs are significantly stiffer, its dampers have been retuned and aggressive new bodywork has it generating even more downforce at speed. As with any track-honed special, it has been stripped out too. In its lightest spec (no air-con, no nose lift, no stereo etc), it weighs 1247kg dry (less than even the McLaren 620R).

The resulting package really is something special indeed: one that steers with the tactile sweetness and accuracy that McLaren has become renowned for while also being faster, grippier and more aurally rewarding than ever before.

In 2018, we crowned it Britain’s best driver’s car. Top work, McLaren. We can’t wait to see whatever track-day hero you’re going to spin off the new V6-hybrid Artura.

Here are the headline stats: 710bhp, 568 lb ft, 1359kg, 0-62mph in 2.85sec and a price tag of £252,765 – before options. In short, the Ferrari 488 Pista is a truly serious piece of kit. And an effective one to boot.