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Originally Posted by jcamaro
I never really thought of it that way. I've also been having trouble with my ZR1 at max power. It washes out if I give it too much gas off a corner. I have to really throttle it back. All that excess power is just making the wheels spin more, and if the tires can't keep grip then theres not point in having it. I need to do the race modification next. I bought an ACR Viper but it handles like a brick and I wasted a lot of money on it. I should have enough to race modify my ZR1 after a another race or 2.
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Street cars just don't have the suspension to be able to put the power to the ground. Similar to real life, how many of these 1000 HP tuner Vipers and so on do you see setting lap records at race tracks? They don't because the factory chassis and suspension can't put the power down on a race track situation. Even upgrading the hell out of the suspension isn't the same as a true race car. This game takes into account that a race car has a much stiffer chassis, more aggressive suspension mountings and setup, and so on.
Could it be done IRL in a street car? Absolutely with a ton of money and time. I believe they wanted to keep the differentiation between street and race cars up though so you couldn't just spend a few hundred K hooking up your viper and then take down Group C race cars.
I bought a ZR1 and did nothing to it but race mod, its around 700 HP and is an absolute weapon on the racetrack with a good suspension setup similar to what I linked above. Don't need any extra HP at all.