I'll just end after this post. The point of my rant/frustration is that you take the stock car and its impossible, you throw new ties on it and crush the field by 45 seconds.
I am not here for the typical "L2P" speech and I really think people aren't understanding me. I am by no means great at this game, but I am halfway decent. I encourage you guys to go try it, stock car, no mods, no assists, abs1, (I used a controller) and report back to me how you did. I believe you will change your tune.
If you still feel I am wrong and that the car doesn't suck in context of the challenge, the price, the lack of "fun'ness", etc. then we can just agree to disagree.
I already did.
Won with nothing but sport mediums. No other mods, assists, or adjustments, and with the DS3.
I thought it was the most fun race of the Seasonal 3 races.
However I did not win it in 2 or 3 tries.
I ran the the race all the way through several times learning the tendencies of the car and practicing the line, braking, speed to run and the throttle control necessary.
Kept running it and improving. After about a dozen or so runs I won it.
This is how to improve your driving skills.
Your own first statement should tell you something.
The gap between the tires is not where the problem is.
Its somewhere else.
Possibly you are new to the GT games or you never attempted the 200 A-spec races in GT4. Those races challenge you to drive, at times a severly handicapped car and yet find a way to win.
This race is child's play compared to many of those.
I understand your comments. They remind me of the old saying:
"If it was easy, anybody could do it"
Challenge yourself, and you will become a better driver, and the game won't become boring so quick.