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There seems to be an opinion that some high powered N-cars in GTS have been fitted with dodgy brakes made out of cheese and McVities digestives, so I thought I'd do a "scientific" test to see if that was the case or if the cars were just arriving at the braking zone faster than was thought.
The test.
I took a series of cars to Fuji time trial (at 8am), accelerated up to the start line, and slammed on the brakes to see where they stopped. The grid hatchings were after this point and all cars stopped within reach of the 11th/12th placed markings. All very straight-forward.
The setup.
All cars were:-
All cars crossed the braking point, hitting the rev limiter (in 4th or 5th) at 153mph. The exception to this was the Viper whose transmission wouldn't play properly and so was doing 150mph when I braked. I did not change down to utilise engine braking with any of the cars. When I crossed the line, the only thing I was doing was braking.
I did 3 runs in each car in order to even out the exact point of braking.
The cars were:-
The results
As the pictures were taken from a moveable point, I always made sure that the 11th place grid markings are visible as the yardstick.
In no particular order...
650S
911 GT3
Enzo
GT
GTR
La Ferrari
One-77
Veneno
Veyron
Viper
Vulcan
Summary
As you can see, all cars stopped in roughly the same position. Unsurprisingly, the One-77 appears to have the worst brakes, and the single best stopping performance belonged to the Veneno which stopped on the 13-placed grid markings on one occasion.
I've seen posts here with people complaining abut the brakes on the Veneno, Vulcan and Enzo. The Enzo complaints seem to be warranted, but the other 2 definitely aren't.
The test.
I took a series of cars to Fuji time trial (at 8am), accelerated up to the start line, and slammed on the brakes to see where they stopped. The grid hatchings were after this point and all cars stopped within reach of the 11th/12th placed markings. All very straight-forward.
The setup.
All cars were:-
- on Sports Hard tyres
- at 100% weight (some had more power in order to reach the braking point at the required speed)
- set at 0 brake balance
- ABS default
All cars crossed the braking point, hitting the rev limiter (in 4th or 5th) at 153mph. The exception to this was the Viper whose transmission wouldn't play properly and so was doing 150mph when I braked. I did not change down to utilise engine braking with any of the cars. When I crossed the line, the only thing I was doing was braking.
I did 3 runs in each car in order to even out the exact point of braking.
The cars were:-
- Aston Martin One-77
- Aston Martin Vulcan
- Bugatti Veyron
- Dodge Viper
- Ferrari Enzo
- Ferrari La Ferrari
- Ford GT '06
- Lamborghini Veneno
- McLaren 650S
- Nissan GT-R
- Porsche 911 GT3
The results
As the pictures were taken from a moveable point, I always made sure that the 11th place grid markings are visible as the yardstick.
In no particular order...
650S
911 GT3
Enzo
GT
GTR
La Ferrari
One-77
Veneno
Veyron
Viper
Vulcan
Summary
As you can see, all cars stopped in roughly the same position. Unsurprisingly, the One-77 appears to have the worst brakes, and the single best stopping performance belonged to the Veneno which stopped on the 13-placed grid markings on one occasion.
I've seen posts here with people complaining abut the brakes on the Veneno, Vulcan and Enzo. The Enzo complaints seem to be warranted, but the other 2 definitely aren't.
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