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They all start. GT-R pulls ahead, then the GT2 shoots forward, then the 599 and ZR1 blow past the Porsche and the Nissan to both take the lead. The 599 and ZR1 are neck and neck, but the ZR1 is inching ahead, and eventually wins by a full car-length, with the 599 in second, Porsche in 3rd, and then the GT-R lagging behind in last. What? Just tried to make it interesting.

Summary: Pretty Much.... Just awesomness.

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1st - ZR1
2nd - 599
3rd - GT2
4th - GT-R

GT-R started out in front with the best launch, but quickly was overtaken by the GT2, ZR1 and 599, the GT2 held the lead VERY quickly before the ZR1 got back in front never left the lead

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Hey Torrent....that was WAY more than a full car length!!!

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I'm surprised the grand-tourer Ferrari beats the ZR1 by 0.1 sec in 0-60 and is just 0.1 sec behind in the quarter mile in MT's comparo. The Ferrari is down 200 cc, 26 hp, 156 lb-ft (!), AND carries 611 lbs (!!!) more! Sure, the F1 gearbox probably helps a bit, but I don't think it can explain the discrepancy. Perhaps we can attribute the 0-60 time to traction, but the quarter mile? Can anyone explain?

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V Spec means Victory Specification

they have to win before they release it

;)

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@IK,

Sense. You can not make.

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if i were you i wouldn't talk up the GT_R its very fast but out of its league in this group.

and Nissan has already fudged the HP on all the cars that they sent out to magazines and testers. so i believe we have already got a damn good look at what the v-spec will be like.

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@ tristan,

If the Z06 lost to a group of 100K cars y'all would say "well yeah, but look how much you saved."

The C6 Z06 was never an Enzo-beater, but when it came out it was awesome performance/dollar.

Why does the Z06 keep selling? Its not junk. The GT-R beating it did not make it junk.

And the GT-R is not junk just because something slightly newer, more expensive and more powerful beat it. Same story, new chapter.

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Time to crank up the boost on the GT-R =P
But yeah this is basically an all out horsepower race once past the launch...if the GT-R straight up got more horsepower it'd be able to nail the launch and keep up.
Shouldn't be too hard to make a V-Spec that puts out significantly more HP.

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@Tekd,

Actually even if the GT-R had the same HP as the ZR-1 it wouldn't keep up. Its too heavy and the AWD system is very parasitic. Make no mistake about it GT-R is a track rat, not a drag queen.

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Lets just wait for V-spec and redo the test.
I'm not favoring GT-R, but it would be interesting how V-spec would keep up with those supercars.

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I'm surprised the Ferrari did that well. It's 612 hp, yes, but it's also somewhere around two tons.

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Are you surprised? It is way down on both HP and more importantly, torque to all 3 other cars. While the 599 doesn't have a ton of torque for the size of the engine, it spins fast enough to make up for it. The ZR-1 doesn't spin that fast, but it twists like a semi truck- and that's why it won. Torque is often ignored, with HP thrust to the fore, but I think that's just incorrect.

I love the s2000 as an example. Yeah, it's a fun car- my friend has one, it's a blast, but it's got less torque than my cordless drill. It's got 240 hp, sure, but you drive that thing below 6k, and it's like a civic.

Back to the GT-R. The AWD obviously helps it off the line, but the deficit in torque and power (and heavy weight) hold it back.

I'd take the 599 out of all of them, myself. I love the sound a V8 makes, but damn.... that Ferrari is gorgeous. Just make mine red, not white.

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Compared to the ZR1, the GT-R lacks more horsepower than my car has. If the Nissan won, then we'd know for sure that NISMO was lying through their teeth about the power figures, which they probably are anyway, but there could be no reconciling a 480HP AWD barge beating a 630+HP relative lightweight in a top-end run. "480!? Ohh, we meant to say 1480!"

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