We want the engine to be spinning fast and the final drive to be spinning slow if we're going to have huge force amounts available.

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But doesnt this makes a car like this tiresome to drive eg the Honda S2000.

It would seem to me that you want your power(torque/hp) down low so you dont have to rev the engine to get going or keep going. I guess this is the difference between Big V8 and smaller engines.