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Originally Posted by Driver72
yeah, I have had CarTest for years.
But unless you adjusted the shift speeds of the SMG, that will be off.
Also, I noticed, CarTest doesn't do well with Forced Induced engines ( I know that isn't relative with the M cars).
And lastly, many engines are underrated (like the 335i) so it's hard to use CarTest accurately in those cases.
But granted it is pretty accurate a lot of the time, at least the ET's in the 1/4 but for some reason the 1/4 mile traps (and speeds into the triple digits) are often listed on CarTest as being a decent amount slower than what the car's really do.
Sill, I don't see the e92 doing 0-60 times better than 4.4 seconds (like the M5)
The M5's are also doing the 1/4 in the low 12's @ 115+ mph
I think with the E92 M3 you'll see the following best times:
12.6-12.7 @ 111-112ish for the manual
12.5-12.6 @ 112-113ish for the DSG version
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CarTest FTW! You not only have to adjust the shift times manually to match SMG or DCT but you also have to change the integration time step too a much smaller value. See my post on M3 vs R8 via CarTest
here then look at my post #40 where I followed up with the dialed in DCT simulations.
I also noticed the same problems with FI engines. The 335i is particularly difficult to get right as it is not only FI but under-rated as well.
AFA besting the 4.4 0-60 time I suspect we will see it. It won't be the average time reported by mags but C&D already got 4.4 and they claimed the road surfaced sucked and was quite slick. With M-DCT we will definitely see that number as you'll save about .25 seconds on the 1-2 shift before 50 mph.
I think your predictions of the 1/4 mi times are pretty close although the best yet for the MT seems to be only 12.9 thus far (but again same slick surface here from C&D).