GT-R posts new time on The Ring

[OnURleft]

Street cars should NOT come with RACE R-compound tires... LOL if Nissan had n e balls they'd run on the same STREET tires as everyone else.

Haha well, it's getting to the point where they have to in order to put the power down.
I see the GT-R as a great car, but again put some Conti-sports on it or PS2's and you'll see a huge difference on paper. Not only is your car slower now that its on par with the compeition, but your stuck in a heavy, soeing machine sounding supercar that's twitchy and not all that fun at the limit.
Same thing goes for the Evo's.. People were blown away by what they could do on paper, but take away those factory Yoko R compound summer tires and throw on some regular Y or Z rated tires and suddenly the performance is not anything out of the ordinary at all

[JITB]

Haha well, it's getting to the point where they have to in order to put the power down.
I see the GT-R as a great car, but again put some Conti-sports on it or PS2's and you'll see a huge difference on paper. Not only is your car slower now that its on par with the compeition, but your stuck in a heavy, soeing machine sounding supercar that's twitchy and not all that fun at the limit.
Same thing goes for the Evo's.. People were blown away by what they could do on paper, but take away those factory Yoko R compound summer tires and throw on some regular Y or Z rated tires and suddenly the performance is not anything out of the ordinary at all

thats what the tires are made for high performance cars, take off the turbo, and awd.. and u got a lancer. y are we handicapping factory cars. This is how these cars are released.. thats how they are tested, there is no advantage, because one car has a better set of oem tires on it.

[_Christian_]

thats what the tires are made for high performance cars, take off the turbo, and awd.. and u got a lancer. y are we handicapping factory cars. This is how these cars are released.. thats how they are tested, there is no advantage, because one car has a better set of oem tires on it.

If you were Nissan and you wanted to close the performance gap between the GT-R and cars like the ACR, ZR-1, 911 gt2, etc, what would be the easiest way?? Not saying the times aren't legit, but the advantage on paper can be just as easily lost in the real world when its opponents have equal traction.