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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Couldn't tell you what percentage, I don't have RPM logs. What does it matter though? There are situations where you may have to leave the car in a higher gear because you can not shift in the sector without loosing time, but a lower gear would put you into the limiter. Not that uncommon to drop down to about 4k rpm on any of the tracks I have been to.
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It matters because that is the entire point. To calculate and decide which option is better. You are probably at or above 5k rpm while WOT 95% of the time. Not sure what’s complicated about that. One option makes more power above 5500 rpm (where you spend the vast majority of your time while WOT) vs one option making more power below 5500rpm.
To overly simplify and dumb it down to the simplest example. If you are at or above 5500 rpm while WOT 51% or more of the time vs being below 5500rpm at WOT then the 2nd option is better. If you are WOT below 5500rpm 51% or more (which makes zero sense) then option 1 is better.