Talk:BMW DRIVING EXPERIENCE M4 RACING/@comment-36169842-20181011151503/@comment-159.205.253.197-20181016123903

Well, for one, there's only 1 (ONE) 24h race per year on the WEC schedule these days, so it's not like a total departure from simple GT racing. Most endurance races are set for 6h, which is roughly 3 times as long as a full GT race (give or take). DTM races last ~1h, but they go in pairs (2 per weekend).

There's certainly a difference of focus in both series, but that's at least partly due to REGULATIONS, not abstract notions of what matters or not in a series. The "mad aero" is due more to the way in which DTM perceives the balance between handling and speed than to a desire to have uneven cars. The cars in both series are actually very comparable in terms of performance. And that's because, contrary to what you say, DTM has fairly specific expectations concerning the technical side - e.g. only 4 litre V8 engines with air restrictors, 8 per season (= survival), pre-defined levels of downforce, pre-determined amount of fuel per car per race (no refueling). In other words, these *are* "Spuercars of Europe," and *that's* the main reason why they differ so markedly from GTE cars.