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

  • boomerangchampion@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Theoretically maybe, but there are so few ‘normal’ roads where you can actually drive anywhere near as fast as the ring that it’s pointless.

    It’s like testing your car at 200mph on the Autobahn. Yes it will lead to a better experience for brave Germans in clear weather. But the compromises you made will make it a worse car for every other buyer round the planet.