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Old May 27, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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GT-R shootout old VS new!

Another good video from Best Motoring.

Which one will win?

http://www.streetfire.net/video/mine...er_2016007.htm
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Old May 27, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Old May 29, 2010 | 12:02 AM
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That's a really impressive time. I was thinking, especially considering the heavy-tuning of the other cars, the R35 would fall back.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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if u consider that the R35 "shifts faster", and assuming its 480hp figure is way underrated, the results arent all that impressive
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Old May 30, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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if u consider that the R35 "shifts faster", and assuming its 480hp figure is way underrated, the results arent all that impressive
Well aren't all those features you just listed what make the new GTR IMPRESSIVE...

Super fast shifts oh they those aren't impressive...
Handles just as good as heavily modified cars, nah that's not impressive either.
Stock engine making more power than manufacturer advertised, nope that's lame.
Car sucks I can find much better performing cars for 70k...

Yeah dude whatever, this car is bad ***.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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subscribed to watch at home eventually...
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Old May 30, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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if u consider that the R35 "shifts faster", and assuming its 480hp figure is way underrated, the results arent all that impressive
Have to disagree here. Having faster shifting won't help as much when your going up against some VERY good drivers with a 120hp advantage and a few hundred pounds lighter. Even if the car is underrated I doubt it underrated by 120hp? I think it did pretty well considering the competition.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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Well aren't all those features you just listed what make the new GTR IMPRESSIVE...

Super fast shifts oh they those aren't impressive...
Handles just as good as heavily modified cars, nah that's not impressive either.
Stock engine making more power than manufacturer advertised, nope that's lame.
Car sucks I can find much better performing cars for 70k...

Yeah dude whatever, this car is bad ***.
settle down tiger. i never alluded to its price factor, or hinted in any way that its not an impressive automobile. im actually considering getting it soon... now, go read my post again
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Old May 30, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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Have to disagree here. Having faster shifting won't help as much when your going up against some VERY good drivers with a 120hp advantage and a few hundred pounds lighter. Even if the car is underrated I doubt it underrated by 120hp? I think it did pretty well considering the competition.
the F1 trans still helps a lot. no human can match 200ms. whats the human record, about 400ms??

how many times did these drivers shift over the 3 laps?? it adds up - do the math.

now, considering that the diff in the final result times were off by a mere 200ms between 1st and 3rd place, its not hard to see how the R35 overcame its weight and power disadvantage.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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the F1 trans still helps a lot. no human can match 200ms. whats the human record, about 400ms??

how many times did these drivers shift over the 3 laps?? it adds up - do the math.

now, considering that the diff in the final result times were off by a mere 200ms between 1st and 3rd place, its not hard to see how the R35 overcame its weight and power disadvantage.
Agree with this statement. Think about it, not having to shift lets you concentrate on other things.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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Man Best Motoring never lets me down. Love these vids...

Great find man!
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Old May 31, 2010 | 01:46 AM
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sweet video. out of those 4 gt-r's i'd still get the r34. lol
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Old May 31, 2010 | 02:13 AM
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Old May 31, 2010 | 09:06 AM
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The F1 trans still helps a lot. no human can match 200ms. whats the human record, about 400ms??

How many times did these drivers shift over the 3 laps?? it adds up - do the math.
I agree that the tranny helps. I'm just saying it didn't help AS MUCH considering the power and weight differences.

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Now, considering that the diff in the final result times were off by a mere 200ms between 1st and 3rd place, its not hard to see how the R35 overcame its weight and power disadvantage.
This is what I'm pretty much trying to say. That, despite the power a weight disadvantages, it was still able to run with heavily modified GT'Rs. You can see in the video that it had no problem keeping up when it came to braking or when in the corners, but as soon as they hit the straights it was game over. Faster shifting alone can't make up that power difference. Which is why I think it did a pretty good job holding its own out there.
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great video
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