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      08-20-2019, 12:36 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by pbar View Post
Interesting ... I counted at least 5 shifts - amazed that you end up needing such high gears on a 'launch'?

Looks like the power band is really narrow at the top end and the ratios are really close? (The car is shifting much more frequently than I would have expected - something that makes sense in a full-auto 8spd but is not going to be great when driving in 'manual' mode) Maybe this is due to the tune?
That's preferential difference, revving out each gear with relatively longer gear ratio of 7-DCT or quick initial acceleration from shorter gears like the ZF8.

That being said, I'm confident that both being stock, F10 M5 comp will edge F90 out slightly on the top end in a rolling race due to a less drivetrain drag being purely RWD.
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