Thanks for your comments Geoff.
I confess that I was often dropping a gear too far, but it was the only way I could force the rear tyres to break away and get the car turned in
Agreed, not the quickest way through a corner, but preferable to running wide?
I felt that I wanted to be in 3rd for most corners, but just could not get the ruddy thing to point in the right direction so that I could carry sufficient speed that would allow me to hold 3rd and get on the gas.
I have had the same argument about drivers/setups many times in GPL, when someone has tried to teach a noobie how to set their car up. Often they are well intentioned, but I have tried to point out that they are trying to teach someone to drive exactly like they do..........and in simracing that rarely happens. However, I do find it worthwhile experiencing setups created by others just to see how those parameters affect the handling and how they work.
I have had the pleasure (?) of being beaten by JohnW and Daz more than once, so I know what I lack in GTL.......quite a lot it seems lol!