Does the Nissan Leaf have an insanely high PP?

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This must have been mentioned somewhere on this forum before, but can't seem to find it.

The Nissan Leaf seems to have an insanely high PP number of 333.
If you check the cars with lower PP (http://www.mygranturismo.net/carlist.php?order=pp_ini&start=100&rev=y) you see that they have both higher power and lower weight.
I understand that more elements are taken into the equation, but I can't imagine the leaf having such low air resistance or whatever they take into account to give it a 333 PP.

Any thoughts?
 
I can only assume that this is where the electric motor enters the equation. Acceleration is different from petrol-powered engines.
 
We got to realize that "PP" means PERFORMANCE points, like cornering, acceleration, braking... etc.

PS. I like the Leaf.
 
Ben78
We got to realize that "PP" means PERFORMANCE points.
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I want to take that statement one step further and say that:
we need to realize that PP means nothing, and is a worthless metric.
 
TP1
I want to take that statement one step further and say that:
we need to realize that PP means nothing, and is a worthless metric.
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+1 It's just a generalisation metric that doesn't really work for most cars.

I'd just like to point out that because the Leaf is electric, it's torque will be almost instant - so it should have a quicker acceleration than the equivalent petrol/diesel car.
 
aadil717
+1 It's just a generalisation metric that doesn't really work for most cars.
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In fact it does. Only as far as bracketing, mind - it's not an absolute that a 420PP car is faster than a 419PP car on the same tyres (and it can be badly affected by tyre wear on longer races) - but given that you can guess where a car will be to within 20PP if you know its power (curve), weight, age, drivetrain, torque (curve) and downforce it suggests it's ballparkable even if it's not a performance guarantee.

Remember what the second "P" means too...
 
aadil717
+1 It's just a generalisation metric that doesn't really work for most cars.

I'd just like to point out that because the Leaf is electric, it's torque will be almost instant - so it should have a quicker acceleration than the equivalent petrol/diesel car.
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Yup. electric motor gives you 100% torque alllll the way through the powerband.
 

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