Originally posted by Sh*tBox
you might be a little confused. A turbo car can be very fast on an open road course, but they suck for autocross (a lot tighter than a road course). In an autocross you never really have an opportunity to lay on the gas for more than a second or two, so in a turbo car, lag is a killer.
That scenario, the N/A car would definitely whoop up.... On a more open course (like a road course with wider turns and bigger straights) it would be a totally different story.
I'm gonna delve a little deeper here.
An autocross course is a very tight course layed out in a big parkinglot where you drive on a course around a bunch of cones. Speeds on an autocross course rarely exceed 65mph. Its more a test of the drivers ability to execute a bunch of tight manouvers, one after another.
A road course is like a regular race track, with long straights, and turns and chicanes and whatnot. Top speeds for the kind of car youre describing would be more in the 100-125 range on a road course.
Turbo cars struggle in autocross because they lack the instantaneous power needed in a really tight course. Since you never reach full boost, but are often at full vacuum (lag) you really can't take advantage of the turbo's power.
On a road course, you can stomp the gas for up to ten secons, depending on the track. In this scenario, the turbo car could take advantage of its peak power, and would be faster than the N/A car.
Clear enough?
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