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Originally Posted by transient
I'd say it has to do with the perception that one who has more HP will be accelerating more quickly and drive at higher speeds, thus they will need to stop more quickly.
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This makes sense. The premise for this argument would be that you have a limited amount of space to accelerate before you have to brake, like roadracing.
Because if you have enough room to accelerate, two cars with similar gearing will hit similar top speeds.
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Originally Posted by alkemyst
also has to do with when you are using your brakes they engine power doesn't suddenly turn off.
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This doesn't make any sense. Are you braking and gassing at the same time? Engine power should not be applied to the wheels when braking, unless you want to trailbrake on purpose.
Do you want to speed up or slow down? Seems like it's better to do nothing if you're trying to do both at the same time.
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Originally Posted by alkemyst
Amount of power though wouldn't be at the top of a 'why do I need big brakes?' list.
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I agree with this more. You can have no power at all but nice brakes will always be nice.