Icehawk
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Haven't read/watched yet - no matter the tire the Lucid is pretty impressive, of course at $250k and over 1k HP you would certainly hope so.
Wow, the Si is a dog (still).
Wow, the Si is a dog (still).
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Eh, not sure. Guess itās possible, but.Smart that they donāt offer the Type S with Cup 2s. Otherwise I think there would be a very real possibility of the Type S being faster than the Type R at this track.
Bother wonderful carsāso many on that list. Great for bench racing.Finally a fast EV on track.
That Subaru is nuts.
And there are a couple butthurt Type S owners in this thread. Lol. They said the CTR would only be a few tenths faster on the same tire. But the seats and lack of pedal dance requirement make that (few tenths) difference.
That time is exactly what it should be. Get some V730s, and these cars will fly.
Im mainly going off of the unofficial comparison @savagegeese did. The lap times were very close and the ITS makes noticeably more power. With its extra compliance it hops curbs better too. Hopefully someone does a head to head comparison on a road course soon. Same tires is a must.Eh, not sure. Guess itās possible, but.
To give Honda some credit though, they did work with Michelin to make a specific H0 version of the Cup 2 for the CTR. According to an interview with a Michelin engineer, this carcass is optimized for front wheel drive, which the regular Cup 2 is not. Perhaps they should have made it an official offering for the ITS, in which case C&D would have used it.Yeah it's a sort of strange position that C&D takes where they will only permit cars to use tires that are theoretically "available OEM"... and they end up shooting themselves in the foot sometimes like they did with the M3 CS where they couldn't even get the right tires in time for the event. The Type R is "available" with Cup2s... but what does that really mean??? I'm certain that I could ask my Acura dealer to slap Cup2s on my ITS. Please tell me how that's different from what I'd do had I bought a CTR... and while they clearly explain this in the article and video, they still lean in heavily with the inference that the ITS is a slower car than the CTR around that track. They basically conclude that tires are a part of the OEM package, and that's not necessarily a fair assessment IMO.