I can't understand how we can say that the ecoboost is too slow, also, in mode sport, the power come instantly, there is no lag...For a daily it's much more than necessary. Ok , if you want to race to Le mans, it could be just ^^
Boils down to perspective prior to driving the raptor.
A former “35’s and a lift kit” person who is used to a reduction in effective heating by going to the bigger tires should be blown away at how fast the raptor is on “35’s”. A person coming from a “sports car” back ground, who bought the raptor because it is a performance truck might be disappointed, because in their mind it seems slow.
Personal opinion here, but similar to a vehicle alignment where it is harder to notice the truck is out of alignment but where a car, closer to the ground, you would be more likely to notice. Speed would be the same.
Second personal opinion, passengers never seemed to think my previous truck (gen 1 ecoboost FX4) was fast. I chalked it up to flat torque curve and them not being able to see the speedometer. I would pull a grade to get on the interstate from basically 10mph to 70mph and it was fairly steep, so most vehicles struggle to get going there, my truck did not even when loaded down with passengers.
People do not feel speed, they feel acceleration, and a flat torque curve probably results in a more linear acceleration. So they get used to how it feels, as far as how hard they are pushed into the seat, and then they can compensate. This gives them a false sense of speed.
Couple the above with no visual reference at how quick we got from speed 1 to speed 2 and the ride just seems normal. Note that I didn’t do a boosted launch or anything, just rolled into it 10ish and let off when we got to interstate speed, but that is pretty significant given how long/steep the grade is and a slower vehicle would really struggle.