The assistance is there, but it doesn't enable you to truck up huge hills super fast -- it'll give you enough of a boost so that you're not completely annihilated, but doesn't do all the work by a longshot.
And once we compare the countless iconic events staged in the Rose Bowl against the truck pulls, underachieving Cowboy games and a flubbed Super Bowl of recent vintage that took place at Cowboys Stadium, a clear advantage for California turns into a rout.