Today is a Pace Setter at Laguna Seca in the Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo. I have a personal love for this car, because when I was a kid, my dad's coworker hooked him up with some Nissan VIP passes for the
1990 Nissan World Challenge of Tampa. We got to sit in
the VIP section above Nissan's pit box and
wander freely through the whole garage area, which for ten year old me was the most awesome thing ever, especially since Nissan was my favourite team. I still have my pass from the event, even after all these years. And of course Nissan had this very car, their 1989 championship-winning GTP ZX-Turbo,
on display at their tent.
But anyway, as for the Pace Setter event...this car is an underweight overpowered beast, for sure. Gotta be really careful on the throttle exiting the slower corners, as it has way too much power for its own good. Early braking is best, even before the marked braking points sometimes; it has a tendency to understeer a bit and it can be hard to get it to rotate through the centre of the corner, so if you miss that apex even just a little bit, you'll end up in no man's land for sure. As for the corkscrew...yikes! Best to just take it really,
really easy through there and make up your time elsewhere on the track. If it was a Hot Lap, sure, you could try to send it and hope to get lucky and maybe shave off a couple tenths, but that is
not going to happen three times in a row; you will end up in the dirt, in the wall, or facing backwards at least once, guaranteed, and that will completely ruin your run.