Fun races, like the others I also enjoy the "man vs. machine vs. track vs. the world" aspect of these classic beasts. I would not be upset if GT3's were upgraded by removing gears, adding bias-ply tires (or at least a radial with something resembling a sidewall), and eliminating all the downforce.
Managed to qualify well for race 1, and knew I had to get in front of
@ko41 to have any chance, but couldn't manage it by T4. Held on reasonably well, but had a small mistake in T1, and then towards the end of the race completely looped it in T8. Lost a few places and managed to catch back up to
@Jan Larsen who was keeping the beast of the corvette neat and tidy, esp. in T7 which I found to be the most difficult traction area (changing camber uphill) and ran out of laps to think of making a clean attempt. I think the last two corners I was hitting the walls so if the race hadn't ended I might have spun again!!!
Race 2 I had a good first few corners, finding a gap in T2 and using the BMW Power!!!!! to make the most of the back straight to move towards the front. Later on the chasing pack of
@Goffik and
@ko41 in the Capri's was too much to bear and once they caught up all it took was one slip up in T7 for them to pass.
With the BMW I found it really had to be chucked into the corners, knowing you'd have some understeer on entry and initial power, and then rely on wheelspin (just a little, not too much) to rotate the car and eventually propel it forwards. In slower corners I went for the stop-turn-go approach rather than sweeping lines. Aggressive downshifts also helped to unsettle the rear to get it to turn but it seems really balancing it on the power that was key to the 2nd half of every corner. That required 'odd' throttle inputs as you'd have to go full throttle to load up and spool the turbo (and expecting more initial understeer), and then back off to the 'new normal' once you transitioned to the turbo's output. Very little steering inputs at that point, just fine tuning, but the car is steered mostly by the rear wheels. The turbo spooling and rev's building with constant 60-70% throttle was almost the same as giving a slowly increasing input on an NA engine, so it was a matter of letting the ramping-up power do its thing without overdoing it. I'd say that is required in general for all of these Group 5's, it's just that right of the box, the default setup on the Capri has by far the best turn-in and composure on braking/downshifts so it feels less deadly than the others. Getting the most out of the Capri still needs the commitment to almost fly off the track at every corner, so well earned victories for
@ko41 and
@Goffik 
Going back to sample some modern cars after this week, I was crashing all over the place when using the same dramatic inputs the Group 5's could handle. Definitely different.
@Jopamir - My setup for the BMW is attached...I am not sure whether the changes helped or hindered, as I adapted to the quirks over the course of many laps.
