I forgot to mention ride height but I did actually fix that too which did help. The VRC min height of 55mm is wrong to the regs anyway. That, the Michelin Pilot tyres, a slight increase in power up to PM3DM levels and I'm only half a second or so away, just can't find that last little bit.It's ride height and tyre behaviour. I had the exact same issue and I think it's mid corner speed brought on by the variance in tyre parametres and ride height. Not to mention the braking efficiency brought on by grippier tyres that heat up significantly quicker.
With all the work that'll need doing to bring the VRC ones closer to the PM3DM, you're better off going the other way due to the sheer number of LUT files included with the VRC ones.
Wondering if it's the inertia values or something. I remember I had to fudge them a bit on the Shaun Clarke cavalier because I was having the same problem