Gran Turismo 5 vs Forza 3

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@Taz

Actually, the Group C Race Cars in the old Le Mans series, the Nissan 92RC, Nissan 89C, Peaugeot 905, Mazda 787-B, Toyota Minolta 88 V14 C, Mercedes Sauber C and Jaguar XJR-9, which was the class before the introduction of the new Prototype series, could handle and accelerate just as well as an actual F1.
Those cars had more than 900 BHP and weighed about 650-750 Kg, which is just over 100 Kg of a F1 car, plus they had lateral turning boost (those small bursts of flame you would see in the sides of the car when they were turning), a huge turbobooster that had 3X more binary power over a V8 engine of a F1 car, and had massive aerodynamical suport on the rear wings, which made them handle just like a F1 had, and if you would have pitted them in Le mans, the top speed of a group C race car, which was around 250 mph (that's over 400 kmh) would give it the final edge over an F1 race car.

Actually, FIA had to gimp the entire Group C race car because it's popularity was beginning to compete with the F1 popularity, so they reduced their power which in turn lead to poorer Endurance perfomances. That made the major groups behind the Group C, like Mercedes and Peaugeot to concentrate on other racing endeavours. The Group C fell quickly out of popularity, and the last Group C race was the 1994 24H le mans, giving rise to a new C group, the open top prototype C2 group, which is the class used today.

I hope this history lesson in Le Mans and Group C entertains you racing fans xD