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For those of you that have been following our exploits the feature story including corner-by-corner breakdown are now published.

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Also on DR TV are each car's individual lap and we'll be stringing this together into one of our video features together with the telemetry dashboard that we normally include.

We ran the test last week, the conditions were drying/damp and both cars were awesome but the GT2 was clearly the quicker car.

Finally a independent test and no factory drivers. Almost 7 seconds difference. And the track wasn't completly dry either.
Now we're just waiting for the next independent test: Sportauto.

Hehe! Thanks for making my day, Steve!

IMO that test is unfair,The GT-r was never meant to go against the GT2 but the turbo.It'd have beaten the turbo easily.

Bring on the V-spec against the GT2 please

If it was meant to go ahead with the Turbo then why (according to Nissan) is the GTR quicker than the GT2 around N-ring?

^Nissan didn't mention anything about the GT2,just announced a lap time of it's GT-R,it was the insecure Porsche who went nutts over it

The upcoming spec-V is just gonna be so brutal

Maybe they didnt mention it but the laptime they did is faster the GT2 and this magazine wanted to see if the GTR is indeed quicker than the GT2. Obviosly not, when its done by and independent test and same driver.
Personally , I have never believed in factory times. And if the V-Spec doenst do the laptime close to 7 minutes then its going to be harder for me to trust the 7.29 min with a standard production ready GTR.

and where is Luw???

Nissan was aiming for the production car lap record, which implies it was gunning for the GT2 as well. The GTR lost most of the time on the straights, but it was able to match the GT2 on most apex speed, and was faster than the GT2 on a few corners. The GT2 has more power, lighter weight, and with carbon ceramic brakes, and cut slicks, no doubt it will perform better on track.

I am a massive fan of the GTR, and despite this result, the GTR is one hell of a car. Now wait and see how Nissan will reply. And is it possible to have a video comparison between the run done by Nissan and the run done by DR ?

Very good read from DR!

They are also very honest which made the review better to read

Note, it was done on a damp road and only 7 degrees celsius. The tires arent helping the GT2. Instead the tires arent as grippy as they would be on a dry track. DR said they good probably cut another 5 second with the GT2.
The laptimes aside the GT2 was more of a drivers car than the GTR as well. The GTR is simply not a GT2 but of course the GTR is still one special car.