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If I had more tire grip and had higher speeds I would likely need a brake upgrade to handle the punishment. It is simply a matter of physics and while the Beasts brakes seem good I doubt they are up to the task of heavy track use.
Good feedback!

I don't think any stock car or truck couldn't benefit from a brake upgrade for a road race course!
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As someone who's autocrossed a 3200 lb vehicle in NASA, Lol. However, 4 wheel steering and the low center of gravity, I can see marginal appeal here. Good to you. As an instructor how would a novice driver do in the same vehicle?
The Cybertruck is pretty easy to drive hard due to its nicely balanced weight distribution and the steer by wire, but of course a novice is no match for an experienced driver.

I would like to see the Cybertruck do the same course with some sticky rubber! The all-terrain tires have a nice blend of qualities and a good feel, but they don't have that much ultimate traction compared to tires focused on ultimate grip on pavement.
 
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As someone who's autocrossed a 3200 lb vehicle in NASA, Lol. However, 4 wheel steering and the low center of gravity, I can see marginal appeal here. Good to you. As an instructor how would a novice driver do in the same vehicle?
I would expect a novice driver to go slow and be uncomfortable in the Cybertruck initially, but like any vehicle with enough seat time they should get better. I've had some novice students that pick up track skills quickly and some that really struggle to do so.
 
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If you could hit 112 mph on an autocross course, you should drive for F1....
While I concur that this is true most of the time, there were some spots on yesterday's course where I could certainly come close to hitting those speeds in the Cyberbeast but I wasn't going to try to do that because of the mass and momentum created by doing so and knowing that the brakes would need a lot of distance to haul down from that speed, so no, hitting 112 yesterday and staying on course was not feasible, but I think I could have hit that speed. :) It's a shame that the dash cam doesn't also record speed and g's etc like some of the aftermarket systems do.
 
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Good feedback!

I don't think any stock car or truck couldn't benefit from a brake upgrade for a road race course!
Yeah that is true, I probably should have said my normal track car is a GT4 as delivered from the factory and its brakes can take a pounding all day long and be just fine. But yeah that's certainly the exception for a "passenger car" :)
 


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Wow, your jet stream is so strong it knocked down all the cones! ?
 

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This makes me really wish the electronic brakes were ready for the CT launch! Hopefully they won't be crazy expensive to retrofit later on when they do come out.

More of these videos, please! This is very impressive.
 
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Ok as requested I have compiled the videos from the Cyberbeast cameras into a single video as best I could and added in the spectator video as well at the end. Here is what I churned out (I'm not a professional video editor) :)



Let me know what you think. I was tempted to add artificial engine noises and shifting gear sounds for fun...
 
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You are aware that Tesla has still not lifted the speed limiter from the CyberBeast, correct? It’s supposed to top out at 130mph but instead it’s nerfed to ~112mph…I bet you would have placed even higher without that artificial limit….
I don't think you know what autocross is. It's pretty unusual to lay out a course where any car can go over 70-80 mph.

If the driver here is experienced (obviously the case), that's way more important than the vehicle. I'd be interested to know if the OP drove this course in another vehicle and what the time was for that.
 

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Let me know what you think. I was tempted to add artificial engine noises and shifting gear sounds for fun...
Nice! I'm glad you didn't add engine noises and gear shifting sounds!

I would be interested to know the make and model of the 4 vehicles with lower times and the ones that should have been able to beat you, but failed.
 

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I think he said it was all Porsches...

Funny that I just went to a Porsche dealer yesterday after admiring the AWD CyberTrucks at the Mesa Tesla shop...

They had a Taycan Turbo S for 245k....
 
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I don't think you know what autocross is. It's pretty unusual to lay out a course where any car can go over 70-80 mph.

If the driver here is experienced (obviously the case), that's way more important than the vehicle. I'd be interested to know if the OP drove this course in another vehicle and what the time was for that.
I agree that most autocross courses are "tighter" or don't provide any long enough straight to get up to those kinds of speeds, but keep in mind the CT does run 0-60 in 2.5 seconds in beast mode so it doesn't take a lot of time to get up to speed. I did not drive any other cars on Saturday on the course but I did instruct in several and I can tell you I helped a new C4S owner chop 2 seconds off his time with me as a passenger vs. just him alone and he ran a 1:29.something after my instructing so would hazard to guess I could run the same in his car. I don't know what my GT4 would run in this configuration, past configurations have had more corners but some courses longer some shorter so even though it is the same facility, the configuration changes every time so I cannot compare event to event. I had a dinner party to host that evening so I could not stay for the entire event, apologies for not having more comparisons for you.

Cyberbeast greatly benefits from instant torque and rear wheel steering, no other pickup truck would be able to touch these kind of times, even a Raptor or TREX.
 
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Nice! I'm glad you didn't add engine noises and gear shifting sounds!

I would be interested to know the make and model of the 4 vehicles with lower times and the ones that should have been able to beat you, but failed.
There were a slew of Porsches from 911 to Boxster to Cayman to Taycan to one Cayenne. There were 2 other non-Porsches, a Mini Cooper and some other dedicated tube frame custom built job. There were both turbo and non-turbo 911's, there were a couple of GT cars, it was a real mix. I could ask the autocross steward for a listing I suppose if you want that level of detail but I don't know if they will provide or not.
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