i personally believe in paper figures, however, most important is actually dps

if your car has high hp but low dps, you will still die to high dps cars

for example, if i have 25 dps and you have 10 dps, my car can smoke your car even if you have twice the hp.

this is especially true if you got high dps high alpha.

high alpha means the first strike = large hp lost, which determines who loses hp faster.