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What's really hard for me to believe and to this day blows my mind, honestly, is that anyone with a minimum knowledge of sportcars and the Nurburgring could believe that the formula 480HP+1700Kg=7:29sec could be even remotely posible or remotely close to reality
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Lap times are a combination of speed which is largely deteremined by the power to weigh ratio and cornering speed which is not.
The GTR has a huge handicap with its high weight but if you check the test data you will see that in spite of this handicap its exit speeds are 3 mph higher than the Scud (for example in the VIR comparison). The Scud of course is faster on the straights. The end result is the heavy underpowered GTR is within 0.5% of the Scud (1 second on a 2.55 lap).
The ability of the GTR to corner faster than a Scud and match it on a track (despite its significant power to weight handicap) is a testament to its chassis, balance, AWD and suspension. How about some kudos for this outstanding achievement?
Imagine what a GTR with the same power to weight ratio as a Scud or GT2 would achieve.
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Nobody here is saying the GT-R is slow around the corners, we know its sophisticated AWD gives it impressive cornering speeds, but thats one thing and another completely different is exaggerating it to ridiculous and comical lengths.
On a side note, its AWD system may be impressive and I give Nissan credit for it, but such performance achieved through a big heavy AWD auto car does not appeal to me much, on a sedan maybe, but not on a sportcar. I'd trade it any day of the week a car with "similar" overall real-world performance through lighter weight, RWD, manual tranny, mechanical endourance, and disengageable ESP.
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