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Originally Posted by 3RDSECTOR
Why are M3/M4s so slow around the ring. With the engineering teams they have Munich they should constantly be getting trashed by the guys over at GM. The M4 has got to be able to keep pace with the Camaro.
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Honest question, why? Camaro is about inexpensive speed and is definitely top of the heap there. That platform has become the focus of GM's street/track development while the Corvette has become their GT platform. The ZL1 is an absolute monster and maybe the CSL should be able to top it on the ring, but for the SS 1LE platform, who cares? There is always something faster available, all you have to do is remove the things that make a car usable on a daily basis.
For the standard M3/4 Ring times are inconsequential. They are so fast now that most of the performance is unusable on the street 90% of the time. Turning a 7:30 Ring time is absolutely insane for a street car and I would argue that focusing on track times has actually taken away some of the things that make a car enjoyable to drive.
Then again, maybe I am just old.