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Originally Posted by Akira
I am sure the results are 100% correct. GTR was slower then 911TT and GT2 when driven by Porsche engineer. But I have to ask you, what incentive does Porsche engineer have to drive GTR at its limit, possibly beating his own creations?
Would you guys have believed the story if it was the other way around?
One positive note is that Porsche is taking on the competition seriously. This is good news for the next generation 911TT.
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As far as incentive, what incentive would Nissan test guys have to drive the TT at 10/10ths when they were testing?? Same difference. You want to know realistically which is better. It was pretty smart of Porsche to buy the US model too, the updated stuff, many of which are trapping 114, not 121 and nothing resembing a 124.
I think he has more at stake to put it out there, considering the media hype. If he had beat them both in the GT-R, he'd have kept his mouth shut. But it seems as though he wasnt the only guy there and several guys have this question. Incuding Horst.
It's out there now though, and he had to know it would get out. So we'll see how they repsond. I'm sure the press will be all over this one.
The story has been the other way around, Nissan tested the TT and GT-R at two tracks in the states, and the TT and GT-R were a dead heat, while the TT was on lesser PS2's. So put it on option Sport Cups, and the results make more sense.
I dont think the guy was tooling around in the GT-R, obviously not at 7:54, I'm sure it's faster than that (A STOCK ONE!!!!!!!!), in a test drivers hands, but obviously so is the TT.
I wonder if Porsche will release said time as official, or if Walter will return in all three with a rented track. I told you the traffic makes a difference. There is a lot to play out, but if Porsche stands behind this, I see a head to head in the near future.