Its the torque that is the difference. As much as we want to, most of us cannot afford to have 2 performance cars in the same garage. To me the Type R...when fully modded as mine is, is too focused in its use and therefore useless to me due to the fact that i cannot drive at the track every weekend and 2..you cant drive like your on the track on the street .

I could change a few things on the type R and make it "softer" but then thats a band aid solution. No i think i will go back to turbos when i have the chance...turbo 6 that is

Also..i drive on the highway allot...so thats what makes it more worse owning a type R....didnt use to but new gf lives an hour away and so ....

Also with regards to the performance...yes it is reasonably close to the other cars but it does so by working harder (reving higher).