GG! yeah without the NSX it's possible to win with the Aston, just pretty hard still because of the TRD x)
Don't worry about age, you could be "old" ad still play well as long as you put the time into it (and obviously any adult will know that they do't have as much time as pre adults anyways ^^
As for the times, that's a good idea, but i'll have to time the car in a race to make sure. The quali times are inaccurate to actual performance. Thankfully, with video recording, I can do just that!
So i did: Took a viper in both games and followed the NSX for the whole ARmini race (didn't do the others, too long for how much time i really want to spend on it x)
Recorded the replays and went into my video editor in order to get relatively accurate lap times for it. The result were close, but the JP SX was slightly slower. However, the rest of the pack was further behind on JP compared to PAL. By about 3-4 seconds i would say, which is a lot on a track this short.
Times in second starting from lap2 (because lap 1 is a dead start)
049.11 PAL start 1
088.07 PAL end 1 start 2
127.07 PAL 2 end start 3
165.50 PAL 3 end start 4
204.45 PAL 4 end
051.16 JP start 1
092.09 JP end 1 start 2
131.00 JP 2 end start 3
170.37 JP 3 end start 4
209.29 JP 4 end
PAL:
1. 38.96
2. 39
3. 38.43
4. 38.95
Average: 38.835s
JP:
1. 40.93
2. 38.91
3. 39.37
4. 38.92
Average: 39.5325s
PAL
JP
In conclusion, the NSX is roughly the same in speed, but the rest of the pack is much easier and slower on JP.