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S550 Seat Comparison: Comfort v Recaro v Racing Bucket

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I'm finding less and less time to go to the track and now with a baby 4 months out, I'm not sure how often I'll get out there so I'm playing with ideas of making my car less track focused and more street friendly.

My car came with the base, comfort seats and they were really bad on track. Essentially zero lateral support in the turns. My current Sparco Circuit is self explanatory as for how well it holds you in place, but it's less than ideal on the street.
I'm curious how the factory Recaros place between the two. Does anyone have experience with all three seat types on track? (Any bucket seat for that matter, does not need to be a Sparco Circuit). Do the Recaros do a decent job holding you in place on track?

I suppose I could just swap back to the comfort seats and put the Sparco in storage for track days but I like a "one size fits all" approach.
 

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