Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
It seems illogical esppecially when looking at cars.
I see where you're going with this.
If we were accelerating as rapidly as car engines then it would make that big of a difference. We're talking about going from 447 rpm to 549 rpm over 7 seconds, and that might be faster than in the real world. A souped up sports car engine, in 1st gear, will be going from 3000rpm to 9000rpm in about 2 seconds.
That's 20% change in 7s vs 300% change in 2s. Can't hardly compare it.
Then, if you look a the sports car's top gear performance, the lighter flywheel makes almost no difference... because the rev acceleration is so small (just like ours).