gman:
GT2 clearly not faster here in Australia...One of the GT2's .Had the most experienced Driver of the field and got done in all 3 Races/events.......... (Had won the event 8 times,before the R35 arrived)
It 's just not so.....I posted Different major race results before.......In every race it beat the GT2's....Three major Targa events and won all...
GT2 just can't get the power down as well as the GTR......even the AWD Lambos got done
in all 3 Events.
What you seem to overlook is that the person you speak off, Jim Richards, has won Targa Tassie on several occasions using a 911 Turbo. He has tried using GT2s and GT3s but has failed not because they are inferior.... because of traction issues. He chose to challenge himself because I'd be betting it was boring turning up each year and destroying the competition including highly tuned R34s with his bog standard 997TT.
Targa tasmania is in the far south of australia where the temperature when it is run is in the mid 10oC with rain/showers/dew and off camber country roads. Cars with semi slick track tyres aren't exactly in their ideal conditions in such an environment. When he was in the 4wd he was untouchable.... Hell, he has gone up against the R34 in the GT2 and lost by a few seconds over a 5 day event with complete disadvantage as far as traction is concerned....
You keep on carrying on about the GTR being so great and winning all the targas- So what! Mitsubishi Evo's have won these events and it aint because they are super great, its because they had the advantage of traction in wet conditions... The regular tyres and 4wd are why the R35 won, not speed, not supreme handling....just grip....
Try a new argument and state all the facts. Not just what YOU seem to think is of importance....
Furthermore, the only reason the GT2 wasn't there in the end was due to a crash, for the first time in 16 yrs of running the event, Richards punctured the radiator. He was one second off the pace at that point. Says even less for the R35 if a rear wheel drive track car on semi slicks can keep up with it... Does it not???