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Originally Posted by NISFAN
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Originally Posted by VIERsr
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Interesting. Assuming lap times are under comparable conditions, it looks like Cup2's (mk2) are much less of an advantage on the G82 (vs MP4S). Only around 1 second per minute lap.
On F series platform Cup2's made a much bigger difference, and those are older Cup2's not the second generation style as now fitted to G8x (cup 2 connect version), which are faster still.
The stand out for me is how much the F82 benefitted using MP4S. That's a crazy decrease in lap time by just swapping MPSS with MP4S.
This says to me that tyre advancement is a significant factor in the G8x lap time improvement. Which makes total sense to me as the sum of the improvements were not adding up to a significantly faster platform. |
If you read their lap time analysis in the OP, you will see that the G82 gains most over the F82 in Sector 4, which is the fast sector on this track. In this sector alone it's 1 sec quicker!
They cite the more calm behaviour due to the longer wheelbase as a major contributor to the G82's advantage on this part of the track.
On the twistier parts of the track the difference in lap times between G82 and F82 is much smaller, in sector 3 the G82 on PS4S is avtually a tad slower than the F82...
Tire development should not be underestimated, but on this track the largest chunk of time is gained on a sector where that is of less importance.
Also compared to the 911 Carrera lap in the post below with only 0,02 sec difference points to a very capable car.