There's a difference between tracking a car for driver enjoyment and tracking for top performance. You can go out on the track in a Z, standard or Nismo, and drive it in a way you wish you could on the road. In this situation, I believe both models would survive just fine, and better than the average car. Hence, these 'track ready' marketing ads.
Then you have the guys who want to track their road cars like race cars, pushing hard and looking for every tenth, lap after lap. Road cars are not setup for this. Yeah, a GT3 or Scuderia is better suited for track use, but even they are compromise cars, not full fledged track cars.
That said, the Nismo Z probably should come standard with the (now optional) higher performance brake pads. The standard Z is fine with low dust/noise pads, IMO, and stops plenty well for normal/sporty road use.
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