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If I wanted a light, track-focused, purpose-built sports car for less than $100k, I'd buy that (and I'd be looking at C8s, loaded Supras, and the like). I wouldn't be cross-shopping it with a large motorsport-inspired vehicle with back seats for adults based on a common 4-series chassis.
If a track-focused, purpose-built premier sports car gets beat AT THE TRACK by an M car, or a C63 or a Audi RS5, then those sports car manufacturers should be ashamed. Like Peregrine said above, the GT4 beat the GT3 around this same track, wow! Now imagine if the new M3 would have beat the GT4, or even felt like a pure sports car??? That would be some utterly amazing engineering coming from a base 4-series chassis.
I think the BMW held its own given the different mission statements of each car. That's more than enough track car for me. And again, if I need more than this, then M4 is being dropped from consideration altogether, and I'm looking at purpose-built sports cars.
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