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Originally Posted by elistan
If Wikipedia is to be believed, keep in mind that the GTR was only 1.54 seconds behind (after 442 seconds - 0.3% difference) with the disadvantage of a "semi-wet" track. And despite more horsepower, the GTR is heavy enough to have a power-to-weight disadvantage compared to the Z06. (The lap time listed in Wikipedia was done with, it appears, the 523 hp version.) The fact that it was so close given those challenges is pretty remarkable. Strip the GTR down to Z06 weight (probably wouldn't be street legal then  ) and adjust the hp down to 505 hp like with the Z06, and I suspect the tables would be turned... |
So you are comparing all the aesthetics of each vehicle that gives it its own individuality from one another. It may have been close (although I think anything less than .75 is considered close in racing), but RWD will always prevail. You can start taking down weight, reducing power, yada yada yada, but then you are just making two equal cars go head to head, where's the realism behind that? The tables would be turned because its an unrealistic comparison. Nissan builds an AWD system through testing thinking it can compete with the Vetter or Viper, and it failed to deliver, plain and simple.