I've had a fair few dices with type-R's and have never been that impressed in a straight line.
A work collegue had one and we use to have a little race on regular occasions and i could stay with him no problems in quite a low spec rs turbo- he wasn't impressed when i said it was hardly tuned at all so yes he was racing (efi ofab running approx 10psi).
could almost stay with him on corners but i admit i am a bit more 'daring' shall we say than him lol
on the other hand another person in work has a 260bhp dc5 fully stripped out with serious money spent on the suspension and brakes and that is a weapon! i wouldn't get close in my rs-turbo specially not in the corners!, has a hondata remap so v-tec comes in nice and early aswell.