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Originally Posted by Candide13
Along these lines, today I joined the armchair pilots who drove the `old' and `new' M3/4 side by side in Gran Turismo 6. The new car is faster, of course, and having all the power available upwards of 5500 revs makes shifting harmless, which you do at around 7200 from 3rd to 4th and 4th to 5th. (The first two shifts are at redline.)
But one thing that struck me is that unless you are a very good driver, the new turbo M3/4 is going to be a handful when trying to get to the limit, and that is precisely because of the crazy amount of instant torque at all revs. Very easy to overdo it and lose traction.
By comparison, for an intermediate driver, the long squeeze on the throttle of the current M3 is a lot easier to modulate and to anticipate. So the hell-fire cat that is the current M3 might actually be the more suitable car for track beginners!
Walter Roehrl, of rally and Porsche fame, said something similar about the Porsche 911 turbo: great in a straight line, but racing other cars on a twisty track he said he preferred the non-turbo 911.
At any rate, it's gonna be great having five fantastic generations of the M3 on the road after all these years!!
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Well said. I've had both a N54 and N55 car and it dropped off pretty quickly up top. This is the reason I love the S65 so much. So much easier to predict the powerband and where to be. It's also the reason why if I ever buy a Porsche, it will be that sweet 3.8 NA motor and not a turbo one. I'd love to hear the sound at 9000 RPM's!