I was looking through lap times of different production cars, and there are some wildly out of place cars doing ring laptimes, some cars are faster than they seem they should be, while others are slower than they should be. Which got me thinking how some cars truly get tested in showroom condition, and others get the “marketing” treatment to produce a laptime a showroom car would never touch, solely to sell more cars. Then I found this article that talks exactly about just that.
https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/11012/nurburgring-times-dont-matter
It’s a good stat for Porsche fanbois who can’t afford a GT3 but praises one like they own one to use. Only because Porsche specifically builds their cars for this very specific track so it’s extremely biased.
A C8 Z06 will beat a GT3 around 75% of global race tracks. Again, people who can’t afford the Corvette will shit on it as if they own one as well. It’s all badge/logo in the car community when it comes to cars that cost over $100,000.