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      06-23-2014, 07:06 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast. View Post
While the E9X M3 is a tad quicker than the RS5 in a straight line (except right off the line), the Audi tends to be quicker than the E9X around a road course. Check out FastestLaps.com here (Audi quicker on 12 out of 16 tracks), or the follow-the-leader run here (sorry for the commercial up front in this video).

No doubt the M4 will beat up on the Audi. Then the new RS5 comes out...

Love the competition.
I am not saying that the M3 is faster than the RS5, but I found that this "follow the leader" video kinda stupid and meaningless to compare the two cars when it first came out.

The second car will always have a tougher time. Different cars are faster on different sections of a track/road. In the sections where the following car could be faster, it cannot leverage its advantage because it butts its nose against the car in front. I've lived this on more than one occasion playing with buddies at the track.

In the video the M3 is always behind the RS5. To have been fair, they should have traded spots.
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