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Old 06-17-13 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by pallen
The other amazing thing was the downforce. I would take the corners at speeds that would send the sportiest street cars spinning and those tires stuck like glue.
FTFY.

Race slicks are obviously a lot more sticky than even high performance street tires. But the big thing that makes a race car able to pull several times the g's in a corner that a sports car can, is the downforce being applied.
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