Interior is not very good. The seats SHOULD be better, but they're comfortable enough. If I were turning this in to a dual duty/track car, I would replace at least the driver's seat. Lack of armrest. I just know that Toyota will make an armrest standard in 2024 MYs.
I hate the stupid annoying pop ups on the infotainment and dash. On the dash, these stupid notifications wont go away on their own and you have to hit the back button to clear them. I also hate how unintuitive the dash information is to customize. You're stuck with 3 presets and have to hold the OK button and press arrows to change the the left of right info squares.
The infotainment doesn't display engine metrics like oil temp, pressure, coolant temps, etc. like other performance cars such as the EN, VN, CTR, etc. Wasted space and function for track or spirited driving.
I also dislike the auto high beam function as it is both too sensitive AND not sensitive enough depending on conditions. Yes, I've changed the sensitivity, but either direction makes it worse than the default. I dislike that it's a button further down on the left side of the dash and not on the light stalk.
Dampers could have better damping especially for high speed compression and high speed rebound. Maybe a slightly larger rear anti-sway bar for more rotation as well.
Steering could be a heavier. I was surprised when I drove it and felt how light the steering was.
Exhaust note could be louder past 5000 RPM. I thought that's what the exhaust valve was for. Aftermarket will take care of it, but I feel that there's little to no middle ground with aftermarket exhausts. Either you're stuck with the quiet stock exhaust or you get a much, much louder aftermarket one. No in-between.
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Other than these gripes(I'm sure I'll find more in the future), it has at least met my expectations for a fun, all season, mostly practical daily driver. I think that Toyota went a little too conservative(even with the Morizo Edition) with this car, but that's just Toyota being Toyota. There is no doubt in my mind that the aftermarket will be massive for the GRC and one can build it however they want. Which is what I think Toyota was going for anyway.
I hate the stupid annoying pop ups on the infotainment and dash. On the dash, these stupid notifications wont go away on their own and you have to hit the back button to clear them. I also hate how unintuitive the dash information is to customize. You're stuck with 3 presets and have to hold the OK button and press arrows to change the the left of right info squares.
The infotainment doesn't display engine metrics like oil temp, pressure, coolant temps, etc. like other performance cars such as the EN, VN, CTR, etc. Wasted space and function for track or spirited driving.
I also dislike the auto high beam function as it is both too sensitive AND not sensitive enough depending on conditions. Yes, I've changed the sensitivity, but either direction makes it worse than the default. I dislike that it's a button further down on the left side of the dash and not on the light stalk.
Dampers could have better damping especially for high speed compression and high speed rebound. Maybe a slightly larger rear anti-sway bar for more rotation as well.
Steering could be a heavier. I was surprised when I drove it and felt how light the steering was.
Exhaust note could be louder past 5000 RPM. I thought that's what the exhaust valve was for. Aftermarket will take care of it, but I feel that there's little to no middle ground with aftermarket exhausts. Either you're stuck with the quiet stock exhaust or you get a much, much louder aftermarket one. No in-between.
I don't think any reviews I've read or watched claimed that the engine was strong under 3500-4000 RPM. In fact, the vast majority of them mention said it takes a while for it to get in to boost. The larger turbo for the 1.6 small displacement of the engine takes a long time to spool. If it had a smaller, faster spooling turbo to better match its displacement, it would have torque in the low RPMs but power will fall off sharply after 5000 RPM. I prefer the larger turbo, because I like the high RPM powerband. In addition, a larger turbo being off boost at low RPMs means better MPGs. I've owned several small turbo cars in the past and you have to drive those like a near-blinding grandma to get any decent gas mileage. With the GRC, I can rev it to 3-4k RPM before shifting during normal driving and still get over 20 MPGs. If I did that with my Veloster N, I would get 17 MPGs.
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Other than these gripes(I'm sure I'll find more in the future), it has at least met my expectations for a fun, all season, mostly practical daily driver. I think that Toyota went a little too conservative(even with the Morizo Edition) with this car, but that's just Toyota being Toyota. There is no doubt in my mind that the aftermarket will be massive for the GRC and one can build it however they want. Which is what I think Toyota was going for anyway.
