R&T Article on Getting Fast
02-24-2017, 03:56 PM
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I'm going to be a contrarian and call that article total BS!
It's not harder to drive a faster car. It's all relative. I think he is confusing the fact that faster cars are usually more stiff than a slower car, so require quicker adjustments at the limit. He's comparing apples to oranges. If anything, driving a slower car fast is more difficult. The brake zones are so much shorter, that you have to have less time to adjust than in a faster car. And if you get it wrong, you don't have monster power to pull you out of a jam.
The only difference I see is the consequences, like was mentioned. If you screw up in a faster car, you're more likely to find a wall.
Now somebody let me drive their GT3 and I'll show you it isn't any harder to drive fast.
It's not harder to drive a faster car. It's all relative. I think he is confusing the fact that faster cars are usually more stiff than a slower car, so require quicker adjustments at the limit. He's comparing apples to oranges. If anything, driving a slower car fast is more difficult. The brake zones are so much shorter, that you have to have less time to adjust than in a faster car. And if you get it wrong, you don't have monster power to pull you out of a jam.
The only difference I see is the consequences, like was mentioned. If you screw up in a faster car, you're more likely to find a wall.
Now somebody let me drive their GT3 and I'll show you it isn't any harder to drive fast.
