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Originally Posted by solstice
The new car is faster everywhere, the only place to hide for those who decided it was a failure before it could show what it can do is in technical numbers as weight and transmission delay. Real world performance shrugs off those details and continue to set new benchmarks. A stonking engine, great chassis, updated tech. and new tire sizing is doing its thing once again.
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For sure it is faster. That was never up for debate. How much faster is the point of contention for some of us. For example, sticking to the Autobild test in the OP (on street tires to keep things equal):
E9XC 1:41 --> F82C 1:36 = ~5 sec
F82C 1:36 --> G82C 1:34 = ~2 sec
With every generation changeover, tire tech (not only sizing) is an important contributor to the performance gains. Taking tires out of the equation, the gains of the G8X as demonstrated in the OP are not significant enough for me to keep me interested, especially coming out of a CS. Hence why I am moving on. For others, coming out of 2015, it can be a different story. And it is not only about lap times for me, you might dismiss some characteristics that not important to you, but these might be more important to others. In the end, I may very well come back to ///M if they make a compelling proposition with the CS or CSL
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