Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20180709022634/@comment-33870577-20180710042430

2405:204:B209:B876:D016:6DF2:99F:87C2 wrote: The keywords mentioned by the poster were "handling", "great speeds", "corners" & "straights". Great speeds require braking to go around corners as fast as possible with "brakes". Not coasting.

Well yes and no. How do you keep your speed(s) great enough around corners if you brake and decelerate? You need huge amounts of downforce to go around corners as fast as possible.

2405:204:B209:B876:D016:6DF2:99F:87C2 wrote: Silvia R3 Spec will give you the "coasting" effect but not the "great speed". So its very good in one area. The FXX K is a far superior car in comparison. The FXX K is surely superior yes, but it's inferior in every aspect (except the top speed) to the 2018 911 RSR. At least in real life. My FXX K was FU for less than a day when I cloud-restored to get my back but I wasn't impressed by its grip. It's brutal and excellent car, I'm not bashing it, far from it, but it's skid-happy. Back to real life, even Chris Harris said how the grip is far from extraordinary due to its not-wide-enough tires. Ferrari couldn't fit them because of LaFerrari base. Going forward to see some actual track times.
 * Here is the FXX K doing 2:08 at Silverstone GP, driven by a race driver Alex West (1:52-4:00 in that video).
 * Fréd Makowiecki logged 1:57 to be 11 seconds faster at the same track in 2017 911 RSR. His maximum speed was only 247.7 kph, way lower than FXX K's.

I can't post 2018 911 RSR lap time because we're still waiting for 2018 6h of Silverstone, but 2018-spec of the 911 RSR is much quicker and faster than its 2017-spec predecessor. Solid six seconds faster in Le Mans, for example so that 1:57 is going under 1:55 for sure. 13 seconds less than Ferrari's time, eh. Oh yeah, McLaren P1 GTR has better grip than what the FXX K, and it's, naturally, faster around Silverstone GP with 2:06 (also driven by Alex West). While this is just '17 911 RSR testing footage you can still easily compare it to those two above (FXX K & P1 GTR); there's far less braking with Porsche and far more coasting. It's slower on straights but faster around corners. It's also very smooth and easy to drive. After all, its only purpose to win on track.

Heck, the 911 RSR (2018) has almost 3x less horsepower than the 'Egg One:1, it's capped at only 310 kph max speed, but it's still killing it around any track and day, like Spa for example:


 * 911 RSR: 2:13.004

19 seconds! Why? Downforce, downforce, downforce. Grip, grip, grip. Coasting, coasting, coasting. And because it sounds better 😏
 * One:1: 2:32.139

Yup, yup: