Alright, this message goes out to Carnby specifically, but this can also apply to fresh, CJ, or whomever else this message could apply to.
I'm going to say this right now, I am a very crazy person. I typically never practice, never tune, never do anything, and I almost always guess how the car will handle on a certain track. When I lose, I have a very hard time accepting that I lost a race without going completely overboard with it, and let's just say, I don't like losing races... especially ones that I know I could win. Due to my background of driving in videogames with strictly stock tunes, including GT2-GT4, mainly GT3, the stock setup on cars is what I'm most comfortable with. Whether if the car is loose or tight, push or pull, horrible on tires or not, I'm usually able to handle it. Note the keyword... USUALLY. When I get emotional during a race, I will making a lot of mistakes, and it's easy for that to happen. Hence my nickname, "The Choke Artist." Under normal conditions, as you two have seen in countless shuffle rooms and other sources, I can pretty much drive any car to its full potential with the stock tune on the car. Is it the fastest tune? HELL NO! ANYONE on GT5 can outtune me. Hell, Carnby has me outtuned with every single car I've got. Only issue with that I that I'm one hell of a driver. Also Carnby has FINALLY came out of his turtle shell after 18 months, so now, he will always have a good shot at beating me. CJ. You are one of the few that can both outtune and outdrive me. However, usually, you can outdrive me because you outtune me so well, it's hard for me to figure out what to do. In three years of playing this game... I STILL haven't tuned a car to suit my driving style perfectly. So, you could pretty much say that I've been the one holding back the whole time... but then again... one could argue that I did spend a lot of time tuning for my WEC. Yes, but my cars were F A R from perfect. At Daytona, my Bentley was extremely sluggish on acceleration, and if I pushed it, I would've lit up the rear tires beyond belief. It sometimes bottomed out on the full throttle sections, and can I say how MASSIVE my understeer was through the bus stop? Also, I had the worst brakes by far. At Spa, my car was EVERYWHERE. Way too loose through any low-speed section, and it never turned in any high-speed section. It had no giddyup on the straightaway, but the acceleration was better. The tires were just getting blown through and there was just no way I could keep the car straight. Now, every car I drive is just pure understeer. So, I'm going to resort to things I've never resorted to before to get the turn-in and turn-out I want. If I can't get that to work, I just don't see the point in racing. I struggle week-in and week-out and yet still put up results like I have, and I'm done with it.