Hi Keith, the 'OFF' position is applying no artificial damping, so it shouldn't be difficult to turn the wheel at corner entry. Using positive DRI numbers will feel easier on turn-in because this is adding an artificial acceleration on the wheel (generally not realistic). Using high positive numbers of the DRI setting (particularly +5!) is a pretty unconventional choice for anything but drifting (and even then, it's not necessarily a good idea), or if it is used in combination with very high damper values. Having an artificially fast rotation during oversteer can be useful (in terms of catching a slide), but it is counter-intuitive to use it to reduce the wheel weight on turn-in, unless the force feedback of the game you're using has a severe 'overdamped' feeling. If you find there is too much resistance on turn-in when the DRI setting is 'OFF' or in the negative, then I recommend that you try turning down the overall force feedback strength in the game, rather than artificially removing it with the DRI setting.
When you say you're "not getting enough rotation" and the car wants to "swing out wide in the corners", that sounds like you're generating some understeer, which will be exacerbated by an unnecessarily fast steering input on turn-in. Generally speaking, you want to apply as little steering input as possible on corner entry, to avoid understeer. Instead, you want to aim to rotate the car on the pedals using small steering inputs and taking advantage of weight transfer. A fast steering input might feel like it helps initially, but it might be making matters worse.
It's hard to tell without seeing your pedal inputs at the same time, but based on the short amount of cockpit footage from 10:25 in the video posted above, it does appear that you are generating a considerable amount of understeer. You shouldn't need so much lock through those corners. It is probably a combination of several factors (could be physics related, some of those corners at Fuji are off camber and decreasing radius and will naturally induce understeer, your driving style appears to have an overall understeer bias, which could lead to increased front tyre wear/surface heat, which compounds the issue over the course of a race), but the use of an acclerated steering rotation with a high positive DRI setting is almost certainly making things worse.
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