I need a fast bike.
Is it just me or does anyone else not understand the attraction of this sort of rolling start drag race - it's an HP battle, nothing more. Needs no skill and means nothing for how the car performs on track or road.
That's not the point. It gives you a reference for just how well it accelerates compared to other cars. GTO had 45hp and 20tq more than the 12c, but the 12C still pulls away. A GTR seems insanely quick based on lap times, but is a dog when you smash the gas on the highway. Cars have different gearing, different weights, different engine characteristics, drivetrains, aerodynamics, etc. You can't just look at the numbers on paper and figure out exactly what will happen.
I'd say these videos are actually of more use to people than track videos in some sense. I'd put money on the idea that most owners are more often driving in straight lines, not launching, and smashing their foot on the gas than they are in windy roads that even remotely tax the cars other capabilities.
Track videos are even more useless because you have no idea what the person inside is doing or what the car feels like. You're just watching edited videos that look good and give you very little information about what you're seeing. I remember someone posting a video of the F12 on a test drive and the guy was saying how exciting and amazing it was, but it just looked like he was on a road of non-stop hairpins and it was painfully boring to watch. You couldn't tell a single thing about the car because all the other characteristics of a car can only be understood by driving and feeling them.
At least something like provides you with information you can make some sense of. If you have one of the cars or have driven in one of them, you have a frame of reference which you can easily compare to and actually take away some knowledge from what you say.
