Ferrari SF90 versus the Porsche 992 Turbo S

SF90 has so much pace. Interesting the braking is better than the 911 which has superb braking with the rear engine (weight moves forward under braking and rear-engined 911 therefore balances stopping pressure more equally over all four wheels).

 

The SF90 also loads the rear axle with its battery pack

 

... and, what's next ? Bugatti Chiron against Honda Civic Type-R, to be impressed by the Bugatti winning ?

 

Ahhh, not so much! Battery pack is in the middle

 

It’s the manner of how easily it beat the Turbo S, usually a giant killer. Let’s get real though, drag race is just fun and is a poor barometer for what makes a good car. Just shows comparative traction and pace is all.

The other point is all the controversy about what the SF90 weighs. This is a non-AF pack car and stops quicker than the super-braking 911. A car with 1,000 hp and hybrid stops shorter than a turbo S. Pretty good result. I thought the Turbo would be better. They did Turbo S against 765LT and the result was similar, meaning that the SF90 stops similarly to the 765 despite extra weight.

For comparison:

 

Here’s another one for interest. The 2RS is significantly better than 765 and therefore SF90 too

 

I wouldn't pay much attention to such unscientific tests. Different drivers, braking at different points (you cannot synchronise the cars and the braking reactions perfectly). Also braking performance depends a lot on tyres. The semi-slich shod GT2 has a considerable advantage there.

 

Of course they are flawed. In order to gauge competing cars, you need the same driver, being measured by instruments. These youtube videos are good fun, but just that. The SF90 brakes much better than the 992 Turbo S (https://zeperfs.com/en/duel7937-8614.htm), but the videos are still not scientific.

 

They are replicating to the best of their abilities what happens in the real world, different cars, different drivers, similar conditions, that's as close to real life as you will ever get, if you go to an event and run against a SF90 in a 992 Turbo S this will be the most likely outcome. Moral of the story, SF90 is much faster than a 992 Turbo S and the Turbo S is a VERY fast car so that puts things into perspective.

 

they should put the SF90 against similar HP car in the 1000 range to make a race out of it. it seems silly to put it against a car with a 33% power deficit.

 

this, nothing impressive about a 1000hp car being faster than a 640hp car

 

Very true!

For further entertainment, here is a video of the Rimac Nevera doing to the SF90, what the SF90 does to the 992 Turbo S ...

 

The Rimac is an amazing car but I think it looks a bit too normal for its power/price. Very fast though! The point of comparing cars with different power and layout is not to see which is faster but more to see how much/little faster one is over the other and what are the differences in the way they go. The Rimac has 900 bhp/tonne - what a figure that is! I think an electric hypercar is probably not my thing but you can’t argue with that figure, it has to be pretty exciting, at least for a while.

 

Emotional damage! LOL