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Originally Posted by Bubbles
Speed trap figures and top speed won’t tell the full story here, it’s the midrange acceleration improvement which is generally not extrapolated from the speed traps that are located near braking zones. A high downforce package impacts top speed (terminal velocity) much more than acceleration.
I posted speed deltas from the gps data from fastest qualifying laps in this thread a few pages back.
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yes it is like that.. but that difference cant stop to hear such things like Mercs are 20km/h faster on the straights here..
engine performance, how car uses its rear tires, even throttle map effects the acceleration.. but we re far away from talking such things on this board unfortunately..