AMS Germany: Lexus RCF Fast Lap (and drifts)
12-16-17, 08:03 PM
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AMS Germany: Lexus RCF Fast Lap (and drifts)
With few other lap times to see how it stacks up with same driver
Corvette Sting Ray - 1:52.93 VMAX: 239 km/h
BMW M4 - 1:52.7 VMAX: 244 km/h
Lexus RCF: 1:56.4 VMAX: 234 km/h
Lexus GSF - 1:59.5 VMAX: 232 km/h
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Corvette Sting Ray - 1:52.93 VMAX: 239 km/h
BMW M4 - 1:52.7 VMAX: 244 km/h
Lexus RCF: 1:56.4 VMAX: 234 km/h
Lexus GSF - 1:59.5 VMAX: 232 km/h
Other Videos:
Last edited by 05RollaXRS; 12-16-17 at 10:59 PM.
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konichiwa3 (12-17-17)
12-17-17, 04:32 AM
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Uggghhh....curse the M4 ;-) What a performer that thing is. There is no getting around the fact that in kills the RCF in speed testing, in every you tube video I have seen. No matter..
I buy my cars and the RCF is the one to keep long term.. Would love to understand what the driver thinks of it.
airlaird
I buy my cars and the RCF is the one to keep long term.. Would love to understand what the driver thinks of it.
airlaird
12-17-17, 12:46 PM
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Uggghhh....curse the M4 ;-) What a performer that thing is. There is no getting around the fact that in kills the RCF in speed testing, in every you tube video I have seen. No matter..
I buy my cars and the RCF is the one to keep long term.. Would love to understand what the driver thinks of it.
airlaird
I buy my cars and the RCF is the one to keep long term.. Would love to understand what the driver thinks of it.
airlaird
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finny76 (12-19-17)
12-17-17, 02:12 PM
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The last VMAX speed difference is actually due to the fact that he lost a lot of speed in the last corner with RCF. You can see, once he gets on the straight with the RCF, he is doing 118 km/h while in the M4 he is able to maintain the speed much better and comes out of the corner doing 130 km/h as he gets on the straight. So, there was already a difference of 12 km/h by the time the two cars got on the last straight. From there, RCF went to 234 km/h whole the M4 got to 244 km/h. In reality, the acceleration was dead even on the last straight.
Last edited by 05RollaXRS; 12-17-17 at 02:18 PM.
12-17-17, 02:35 PM
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It is there in the bottom right corner. The lap timer is on the left hand side.
The last VMAX speed difference is actually due to the fact that he lost a lot of speed in the last corner with RCF. You can see, once he gets on the straight with the RCF, he is doing 118 km/h while in the M4 he is able to maintain the speed much better and comes out of the corner doing 130 km/h as he gets on the straight. So, there was already a difference of 12 km/h by the time the two cars got on the last straight. From there, RCF went to 234 km/h whole the M4 got to 244 km/h. In reality, the acceleration was dead even on the last straight.
The last VMAX speed difference is actually due to the fact that he lost a lot of speed in the last corner with RCF. You can see, once he gets on the straight with the RCF, he is doing 118 km/h while in the M4 he is able to maintain the speed much better and comes out of the corner doing 130 km/h as he gets on the straight. So, there was already a difference of 12 km/h by the time the two cars got on the last straight. From there, RCF went to 234 km/h whole the M4 got to 244 km/h. In reality, the acceleration was dead even on the last straight.
12-19-17, 05:42 AM
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Lap times are primarily a factor of tires and suspension tuning. The M4 is simply factory tuned for the track, whereas the RCF is not. Clearly Lexus was aiming for a more GT experience, and ride comfort was more of a priority. If you are worried about lap times, then that probably means you take your car to the track... and if you take your car to the track, there is an easy way to transform the handling of your RCF... simply upgrade the suspension. Aside from using better shocks and converting the rear to true coilover design, we basically double the spring rate, which is critical to controlling weight transfer, and getting a relatively heavy car like the RCF to handle well.
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12-19-17, 07:29 AM
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Lap times are primarily a factor of tires and suspension tuning. The M4 is simply factory tuned for the track, whereas the RCF is not. Clearly Lexus was aiming for a more GT experience, and ride comfort was more of a priority. If you are worried about lap times, then that probably means you take your car to the track... and if you take your car to the track, there is an easy way to transform the handling of your RCF... simply upgrade the suspension. Aside from using better shocks and converting the rear to true coilover design, we basically double the spring rate, which is critical to controlling weight transfer, and getting a relatively heavy car like the RCF to handle well.
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12-19-17, 02:01 PM
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man that M4... right now I'm shopping between slightly used M4 or RC-F. If I'm buying M4, Imma sell it right after warranty expires but if I'm getting RC F, I'm keeping it for 7+ years. I like M4 but RC F has that unique look plus that v8 sound. Tested drove both and M4 can really takes some corners. I can tell M4 is lighter car so feels different in corners but I think I'm still going for RC F. it's gonna be my daily so I'm not gonna take sharp corners every day in so cal traffic~ currently have 13 GS 350 but every time I see RC 350 or RC F, I always turn my head and stares it foe while. been doing this foe 2 years and it's finally time to move on to RC F 
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