I’ve always loved driving fast cars (perhaps it has something to do with the time I spent in Michigan). I recently got the opportunity to drive the Nissan GT-R. It’s a very fast car: 0-60 in around 3.4 seconds powered by a twin turbo V6. I was half expecting (and hoping) that Nissan had done something magical and gotten rid of the usual turbo lag, but alas, that was not the case. Still something to be said for that big engine kick, supercharged or not.
Of course, once you got going, you got going! Rolling launches were also much more responsive.
A very nice touch: the center panel gives you detailed metrics from any of the car’s many sensors. You can have it display g-forces, clutch positions, temperatures, etc. Of course, while you’re busy accelerating to very high speeds on non-track surfaces, you have little mental bandwidth left to look anywhere but at the road.
After my drive, another friend told me that Nissan got the Grand Theft Auto designers to design the panel – I have not verified if that was actually the case.
All in all, neat car – would love to play with that paddle shifter next time around.
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