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Old 11-30-2013, 10:21 PM
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Default Chris Harris; Turbo S vs MP4-12C

Some interesting observations on the new platform.

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Chris Harris says: "Victory to the McLaren" He also says he drove with "All Systems switched off" Really Chris??? So you didn't bother with "Sport Plus" mode - but chose to test the Turbo in its Pussycat mode rather than in its Tiger Mode. You recorded 0-60 in 3.2 secs and 0-100 in 7.9 vs
the McLaren's 3.7 and 7.6 sec. and declared Victory to the McLaren, Had you used Sport Plus
you likely would have recorded 2.7 and 6.4 Seconds as Car and Driver recorded in their November 2013 Issue. Or, since you had already tested both cars on the track, you might have published the
Lap Times or would they have embarrassed McLaren who were kind enough to lend you their car.

Or had you already consulted www.fstestlaps.com and found that:

On Nurburgring the TTS @ 7:26 was faster than the MC12C4 @ 7:28 as was the GT3 @ 7:25.
And at Hockenheim, the TTS @ 1:08.7 was again faster than the 12C @ 1:09 as was the GT3 @ 1:08
And yet again at Sachsenring the TTS was faster @ 1:32.5 vs the 12C @ 1:33.6 seconds

So Mr. Harris, my question is, if you had configured the TTS correctly and measured actual
Launch Times and Laptimes, would you still have declared "Victory to the McLaren"?
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Originally Posted by FastLaneTurbo
Chris Harris says: "Victory to the McLaren" He also says he drove with "All Systems switched off" Really Chris??? So you didn't bother with "Sport Plus" mode - but chose to test the Turbo in its Pussycat mode rather than in its Tiger Mode. You recorded 0-60 in 3.2 secs and 0-100 in 7.9 vs
the McLaren's 3.7 and 7.6 sec. and declared Victory to the McLaren, Had you used Sport Plus
you likely would have recorded 2.7 and 6.4 Seconds as Car and Driver recorded in their November 2013 Issue. Or, since you had already tested both cars on the track, you might have published the
Lap Times or would they have embarrassed McLaren who were kind enough to lend you their car.

Or had you already consulted www.fstestlaps.com and found that:

On Nurburgring the TTS @ 7:26 was faster than the MC12C4 @ 7:28 as was the GT3 @ 7:25.
And at Hockenheim, the TTS @ 1:08.7 was again faster than the 12C @ 1:09 as was the GT3 @ 1:08
And yet again at Sachsenring the TTS was faster @ 1:32.5 vs the 12C @ 1:33.6 seconds

So Mr. Harris, my question is, if you had configured the TTS correctly and measured actual
Launch Times and Laptimes, would you still have declared "Victory to the McLaren"?

He was too busy drifting...
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Originally Posted by DrJay
He was too busy drifting...
in the end this is all number crunching. fact is that the turbo S is super fast, super ugly and not at all involving to drive.
just-another-boring-very-fast-car.
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Originally Posted by FastLaneTurbo
Chris Harris says: "Victory to the McLaren" He also says he drove with "All Systems switched off" Really Chris??? So you didn't bother with "Sport Plus" mode - but chose to test the Turbo in its Pussycat mode rather than in its Tiger Mode. You recorded 0-60 in 3.2 secs and 0-100 in 7.9 vs
the McLaren's 3.7 and 7.6 sec. and declared Victory to the McLaren, Had you used Sport Plus
you likely would have recorded 2.7 and 6.4 Seconds as Car and Driver recorded in their November 2013 Issue. Or, since you had already tested both cars on the track, you might have published the
Lap Times or would they have embarrassed McLaren who were kind enough to lend you their car.

Or had you already consulted www.fstestlaps.com and found that:

On Nurburgring the TTS @ 7:26 was faster than the MC12C4 @ 7:28 as was the GT3 @ 7:25.
And at Hockenheim, the TTS @ 1:08.7 was again faster than the 12C @ 1:09 as was the GT3 @ 1:08
And yet again at Sachsenring the TTS was faster @ 1:32.5 vs the 12C @ 1:33.6 seconds

So Mr. Harris, my question is, if you had configured the TTS correctly and measured actual
Launch Times and Laptimes, would you still have declared "Victory to the McLaren"?
McLaren was given victory for being the more exciting car - I don't think anyone can argue that point.
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Originally Posted by Serge944
McLaren was given victory for being the more exciting car - I don't think anyone can argue that point.
The most "exciting" cars I've driven have always been the least predictable and controllable. That is really not what I'm looking for trying to maintain triple digit speeds on race tracks.
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turbo cars can never be very exciting to me, and awd also is a disqualifier.

NA any day, less power is ok.



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