The problem is Racial baselines, Caldari have always had the slowest stuff in Eve (With Amarr competing in some places for that award), and CCP implemented this into the tanks.

Wait. Heavy armor has always been faster than weightless sheilds? I thought this was a mistake
Soo what this means is, gallente heavy will be the fastest heavy and caldari heavy will be the slowist.
Why isent the gallente assult the fastist assult?
I am deeply confused

Actually Minnies should have the fastest anything (Most of them anyways) if Racial archtypes are further followed, but hey *shrugs*

Don't you get my tank speed nerf hammered maple! BAD!

But besides that you have to remember this game is based off of ccp logic... so basically there is none.

For anyone curious on the odd racial modifiers that seem, more or less, to be carrying over from Eve to Dust (Like why Caldari HAVs have a missile fetish):

Caldari
Caldari ships typically rely on shields for protection. They lean heavily towards missiles and railguns for weapons. While missiles have the advantage of being able to deal all damage types, Caldari ships tend to receive bonuses to kinetic damage, and thus favor that damage type for both of their main weapon systems. The Caldari are also noted for fielding powerful Electronic Warfare vessels and generally their ships are the slowest of all 4 playable races.

Gallente
Gallente ships prefer to "armor tank" when on the defensive, although some of their ships are passable shield tankers. They favor hybrid turrets, typically attacking from a distance with railguns or close-up with blasters, and use combat drones extensively. In fact, many Gallente ships are specifically designed to use drones as their main offensive capability, with bonuses to drone damage, range, and/or carrying capacity.

Amarr
Amarr ships have a straightforward design ethic that they rarely stray far from: ships with thick, durable armor that employ laser turrets that deal a combination of EM and Thermal damage. While this inflexibility can make Amarrian ship tactics predictable and easily countered, the approach remains popular as it is relatively uncomplicated GÇô and can still produce solid results. Their fleet tends to be divided into either hard-hitting ships or hard-shelled ships.

Minmatar
Minmatar ships are geared towards hit-and-run combat and are typically the fastest ships in the game. Minmatar ships are known for being very flexible, although viewed from a different angle they are unusually skill-intensive in order to fly well. They tend to use projectile turrets and as such have a fair amount of flexibility in the types of damage dealt, although most of their ships are fitted for missile use as well. Minmatar ships can be geared towards either shield or armor tanking, depending on attributes of the individual ship, although they have a mild tendency to favor shield tanking; many ships are suited for either type of tanking. Their Tech II ships have EM shield resistance, a unique feature in EVE space. space.

Armor tanks are faster than sheild tanks because armor plates reduce your speed. Seems ligit

This makes no sence.... stacking armor plates makes you faster. Even in eve

This makes no sence.... stacking armor plates makes you faster. Even in eve