The Mclaren test comes with ease if you have played the game as i Have.
I have not progressed to the next lesson until gold time is achieved, it helps you to learn the intricacies of the handling, and lets you find where the speed comes from, if you just progress after passing bronze, you havent really learned anything from most of the lessons, as you never have to be anywhere near the limits to achieve bronze.
The MR Evo test Didnt pose any problems either golded on second drive, you just have to remeber its Mid Rear weight bias, so you have to modify your approach, and braking style, to get the back moving round as you turn in, otherwise youll understeer, a little feint-motion will help.
However Is it just me, I Had real problems getting gold with the XANAVI Skyline test.
Frustration for me was the coffee breaks, just medalled those couldnt be arsed to gold them.
Anyway all golded lessons now, time to start over And see just how much I can beat the gold times and compare with the GT.de (mostly around the late 30s already on most tests).
PS do you have to Upload replay saves to post times there, as i dont have an Xport or similar.