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Originally Posted by SnapOv3st3r
That's why you don't look at it as car X is faster than car Y. Because it is not 100% that you will Always hands down beat the other car in EVERY situation. Example....throw a Lambo on a tight AutoX course against a Civic and watch the Civic post a faster time. Some of the laps are WET laps on top of that.
You don't claim that it's a faster car, just that it ran faster on THIS course with THIS driver and leave it at that.
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All I was doing was responding to someone who said "I'm a little surprised the gt86 is faster than the M3," by saying they had different drivers who put down vastly different times, therefore you cant make a 1 to 1 comparison of different cars tested over the years by the different stigs. If anything you are just elaborating on my own point.
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Originally Posted by SnapOv3st3r
Disagree that the Top Gear track favors power. It is not that long of a track and not even really a track to begin with.
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I guess its debatable, but its 1.75 miles long, which I wouldn't call short. It has two sections that slow cars way down and the rest is various straights and sweepers, with some tight sections. No it doesn't have a mile+ long straight but a well balanced car with power that can get through chicago and hammerhead at a decent clip and is stable in the highspeed corners is going pretty damn fast compared to a momentum car. IMO There just aren't long sections of continuous corners to equalize a car like the gt86 with an M3.
Also, not sure how its not a track. Yes its basically a converted airstrip, but tracks don't have to be purpose built.