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Originally Posted by Synack
What horsepower and AWD?
Lighter is always better, so long as you have the suspension and tires to properly support it.
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im not speaking specifically about awd. additional diffs, dcts, aero parts, huge engines, huge tires, huge brakes and durable components all make the car faster and heavier.
replace lighter with anything in that last sentence and its going to make sense. that doesnt really refute anything.
that isnt even mentioning that the exige and all those other cars are designed to handle at different speeds. twitchy and responsive doesnt mean better handling.
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Originally Posted by switchlanez
Same principle applies to the GT-R. Adding power won't allow it to brake later nor raise its limits of grip in high speed corners. Subtracting weight will.
With a skilled driver, the added weight from AWD limits the GT-R from going faster. Formula 1 has seen some attempts at incorporating AWD but through all evolutions its cars currently remain MR (the lightest configuration possible). MR is the optimal weapon of choice in almost all forms of modern sports car racing. MR is trickier to handle but it's the driver (not AWD) who tries like hell to put the power down onto the asphalt and take maximum advantage of all possible weight savings.
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more brakes, more tire, and more power will do all that stuff. the cars mentioned will out handle (depending on your definition of grip) the exige simply because in the name of weight, the exige lacks size. you cant fit much rubber up front and that is why they barely go head to head with miatas in auto x courses.
you cant make claims like that because we have never seen that at all. relating f1 to real cars doesnt really make sense to me but if you want to play that game, an awd f1 car is probably going to be faster. they arent that way because of the rules. obviously, all else equal makes the lighter car the faster car. that simply isnt how cars work though. we have to look at them as a whole