Equal track times 350Z & RX-8 true??
02-22-2005, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptainZoom
I agree on that one,but the top 20 in this test would have been pretty unchanged at fx Nürburgring-Nordschleife which is more than 20 km long.
BTW, if I could drive any of the cars in that list, it'd be the Ford RS2000. That's an insane vehicle.
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02-26-2005, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by kride
Has anyone else seen this video from top gear? I was unaware that our 8 had an equal track time as the Z. Maybe it is just the track or the driver. I know there have been comparisons posted already about these two vehicles on the club but I have not read them at all. I do like the video though. I started this here because of the video just in case anyone ask. I'll do a search on the comparions depending on the future post of this thread.
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96781308/K=rx.../download.html
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96781308/K=rx.../download.html
The path of the file is changed. So you have to register our web site (www.carargah.com) to download the file. After you register you can download it from the videolar section .
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03-01-2005, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by confusedone
anyone else noticed the bmw m3 had the same lap time... if an rx8 can compete with an m3 thats crazy...
The M3 would destroy (well, beat pretty handily) the RX8 in a lot of different tracks. The Z would probably win in a fair number of tracks too. The 8 handles very well though so the more twisties in the track the better it'll perform in relation. Heck the Neon SRT4 will beat the 8 in tracks with mostly straights. The track they use for TopGear just happens to be one the 8 is good at.
So yeah... take that result with a grain of salt.
03-01-2005, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by spork
You have to realize a lot of it depends on the track.
The M3 would destroy (well, beat pretty handily) the RX8 in a lot of different tracks. The Z would probably win in a fair number of tracks too. The 8 handles very well though so the more twisties in the track the better it'll perform in relation. Heck the Neon SRT4 will beat the 8 in tracks with mostly straights. The track they use for TopGear just happens to be one the 8 is good at.
So yeah... take that result with a grain of salt.
The M3 would destroy (well, beat pretty handily) the RX8 in a lot of different tracks. The Z would probably win in a fair number of tracks too. The 8 handles very well though so the more twisties in the track the better it'll perform in relation. Heck the Neon SRT4 will beat the 8 in tracks with mostly straights. The track they use for TopGear just happens to be one the 8 is good at.
So yeah... take that result with a grain of salt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/powerlaps/map.html
... you dont think there are any straight-aways?
03-01-2005, 08:46 PM
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And just happen that in real life, there are alot more turns and traffics than empty straightaways.
I thought the TopGear had 3 decent very sharp turns and a long straightaway which is pretty long (they managed to do 300kmh+ on a Zonda and Koenigsegg there.
That is a much better judge of a cars performance than say your Nascar or the Nardo track.
Extremely wide turns designed to bleed the least amount of speed...
Another track you should look at is the Nurburgring, that is a true judge of the cars potential as much as drivers skill, none of that stupid fast and furious red light straightline draggies...
I thought the TopGear had 3 decent very sharp turns and a long straightaway which is pretty long (they managed to do 300kmh+ on a Zonda and Koenigsegg there.
That is a much better judge of a cars performance than say your Nascar or the Nardo track.
Extremely wide turns designed to bleed the least amount of speed...
Another track you should look at is the Nurburgring, that is a true judge of the cars potential as much as drivers skill, none of that stupid fast and furious red light straightline draggies...
03-02-2005, 09:30 AM
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Thats cool, thats actually the first time I've seen the map of the Top Gear track. Why have people been bashing the 8 saying it has the same times only because of all the turns? Looks to me like there are two pretty good straights aways on there. Hopefully this will shut some of the people up!
03-02-2005, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by cas2themoe
Thats cool, thats actually the first time I've seen the map of the Top Gear track. Why have people been bashing the 8 saying it has the same times only because of all the turns? Looks to me like there are two pretty good straights aways on there. Hopefully this will shut some of the people up!
Its always easier to bash then to do research, thats why they do it.
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