[Paulo Alex]

Guys, am I the only one having problems with this car? I am trying 50% off the brake and the car just doesn't hand well enough, always spinning and losing the rear in the process

[Matt Malicki]

Guys, am I the only one having problems with this car? I am trying 50% off the brake and the car just doesn't hand well enough, always spinning and losing the rear in the process

This car has been a challenge to get dialed in. The rear is very loose, especially under acceleration.

[Owen Pyrah]

I haven't done any sim racing in probably over 18 months. I've got a new baby who takes a lot of my time and 10pm GMT seems to work best for me. I look at SRS and see that the Ginetta series is the only one running at that time and have a look on the forum for info about the series.

From the comments here about the car I was really thinking sod this, I'll just wait a week and see what's on next season. The car sounds like a pig to drive and really wasn't what I wanted for my first race back. Concerned about wrecking the field enough as it is without uncontrollable cars.

Glad I gave it a go though, the car is beautiful! Easily one of my favourites in AC. I don't know what the fuss is about. I only got 11th in the race. I also spun out from 7th after a few great first laps, leaving me facing the wrong way and with no camera look left/right mapped had to just wait for the whole field to go by before turning round. But I think that's more to do with me being out of practice and uncompetitive.

Here's what I liked about the car:

• It's really eager to turn in, only needing a slight scrub of trail braking to get it pointed at the apex.
  
• It's really satisfying balancing the car on the brakes and throttle. It really rewards smooth use of the pedals.
  
• Once off the brakes and turning off throttle at the apex (like the long downhill right hander of Bruxelles) it really rails round. Too many cars in AC just plough forward with understeer as if the front tyres are skateboard wheels. The Ginetta G40 feels like it's actually got sticky slicks at the front (made of rubber, not urethane).
  
• Once pointed at the exit and feeding the power back on you can feel the balance shift and the rears digging in. It's really satisfying and predictable, I don't think I had any fear of losing the rear at any point.
  
• The car feels like it wants to be driven in a very smooth and flowy way. Which I quite like and probably prefer to more aggressive point and squirt driving.
  

The only real downside in the handling were more characteristics than flaws I think. Like they were the cost of the benefits:

• I had to be really careful trail braking too hard and too deep, otherwise that lovely precise turn in would turn into oversteer and spin.
  
• Likewise, downshifting too late can also lead to spins due to the engine braking. I mean my bike is worse, this was just something to be careful with. Downshift in a straight line.
  
• Touching an inside kerb also led to spins. The flat ones at exit were no problem but the raised ones on the inside at Spa caused a couple spins for me in practice. The spins weren't the worst for saving but were often unexpected (to me at least).
  

So, thanks Shaun! I think you did a great job of the car

[Michael Martin]

It's an amazing car for sure. You just need to learn how to drive it.

Welcome back by the way. Thought I hadn't seen you around.

[Owen Pyrah]

Thanks Michael, hope to get back in almost as much as I was before. I moved into a house I completely gutted and rebuilt (floors, walls, ceilings, heating system, electrics, kitchen, bathroom etc.), then had a baby who's now 11 months old. Just starting to carve some time out for racing again now. Luckily my wheel and pedals and computer survived living in a shed for 18 months. Good to see you're still about.

[Tolo Ribas]

Hello Guys
At the beginning of the series it also cost me a bit to get hold of this car ... too understeer at the beginning ... have you tried to correct the convergences? .... In my case, it is enough to move from a positive convergence in front of as it comes by default to a negative and backwards ..... from negative to positive ...... the change was that it was no longer so understeer and much more docile and stable at the curve entrance ....
I love car behavior .... Good job Shaun