Talk:Buick Riviera/@comment-34752879-20180406180538/@comment-31458611-20180406191026

No, it won't necessarily "beat a low ranked M2 SE", simple because there exists no rank at which a Riviera can be faster than a properly tuned M2 SE of the same rank. Case in point, a Riviera can only reach its maximum speed, 417.2 km/h, at rank 1380 or above, whereas an M2 SE can go 434.5 at 1242. This leaves 3 possible explanations:

• A severe rank mismatch (100+) in that race; • The M2 had a inefficient tuning for the rank (like a bumped-up nitro); and/or • The Rivera driver drove better than the M2 SE driver. (Not to worry, this is the kind of thing that happens to me all the time.)