The cars in the following video mean business. Both able to make some pretty serious performance claims right out of the box. Which is why they're able to illustrate so well how important it is to get a good launch while drag racing. It might seem obvious, but it's good to see it illustrated from time to time. The Viper is pretty consistent in its runs here, but the driver of the GT-R struggles to time his launch just right.

But what you'll see is that, when he nails it, the GT-R fully lives up to its giant slayer reputation.