You are looking at the S2000 from an american point of view
You will never appriciate it doing that.
The car was made to be light, quick, zippy, rip around corners, and brake. It was not meant to peel out of intersections.
How about we do a skid pad/slalom test, and then when the camaro gets its ass kicked, we say "I just don't see the camaro's point!"
Sure the camaro has a point, its just completely different from the S2000, and vice versa.
I find it funny how people keep complaining about the S's torque and saying its garbage, and too expensive. It will beat a boxter in a straight line, on the track, at the gas station, and in the wallet, yet nobody complains about boxters. I bet if the S2000 was a VW or a Toyota, this complaining wouldn't even exist.
If the camaro is such a great car then why did chevy can it?
You are obviously the type of person that only cares about straight line performance, and theres nothing wrong with that (each to his own), But there are other people who look further into a car than that.