370z Top Gear Power Lap

gamallama

Maybe not completely...

Shamu

While these laps make great TV they really don't tell us much. No indication of track conditions and worse yet no indication of tire used. That circuit is highly tire dependent. Run a crappy street tire and you'd be off pace a few seconds.

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Compdoc777

Tires are stock they note wet, moist or nothing for dry. I know the 370z could get around the track much faster with a set of racing tires or R spec compound like I have now, but they test stock if it is not stock it does not go on the board.

These are back to back laps tested by a professional race driver world champion the Stig!

They are spot on with testing the capabilities of the cars and not just straight line performance. With the exception of Chysler, Jeep or Dodge TopGear detests them!

If you have Xbox360 and Foza4 you can try the track out for yourself even the standing mile. Try to beat the stigs times stock for stock.

Cmike2780

Obviously it's not going to be the same exact conditions for every test. Every circuit is tire dependent. Its my understanding that they use whatever tire they come with from the factory and must be street legal, hence why cars like the FXX isn't on the board. I don't think anyone is taking these results too seriously since there are so many variables with track conditions. They do give you a general idea of how good a car is though and it's generally good enough to guage overall performance. You could make the same comment about the track times on the Nurburgring or any track for that matter.

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