I haven't had a chance to beat this drum in a while (although i still know how, I think) but laptime comparisons are meaningless unless you know that all of the cars involved are legal, they are all fully prepared, and they are being driven to their actual limits.

The ITAC's current stance is that some mathematical prediction - even if it isn't completely scientific - is a more valid starting point of how competitive any given make/model should be.

How fast any given example actually IS, is a function of a bunch of variables that the ITCS doesn't specify.

K

[This message has been edited by Knestis (edited June 20, 2005).]