i do a bit of both.. 2nd playthrough i'm gunna go for a more steathly approach, tho not fully stealthy, i like a bit of shooting lol

lol thats good to hear. I run it at 50% track distance, which is why I take so long to refine my setup. I dont wanna slip up on my last stint just because I had too much negative camber which made me spin on a turn. Its all about consistency.

Im no expert at the car setup, only thing i fiddle around with is the wing adjustment, camber, toe-in and the gears. I've never touched tyre pressure and I always use soft tyres, never had any major tyre wear on the end of my stint, at worst the back tyre will start to go yellow on the last lap before pits.

I have yet to complete sydney, as I just cant find the right setting for the car, might just wing it and hope for the best, my low wing setting + slip streaming allows me to litterally rocket through many places in the beginning and then just defend till the end. One major thing I've learnt is to never rush to overtake, since running at 50% race distance, mistakes cost dearly, id rather finish a decent place then run into the back of someone while overtaking.

I seriously doubt that Auto-gear is holding you back on hard. There are many people who can get pole position and win the race in Torro Rosso, dunno about super aguri though.

Im currently the first driver with super-aguri on hard in the 3rd round. Im more then capable of quafiliying around 13th, atleast getting into Q2. On hard, the car setup must be perfect. I practically run more then 80 laps in the practise section to tune my setup.

I found medium far too easy, after finishing the first season with torro rosso and getting a first seat with BMW, I was putting in more then 2-3 seconds ahead of the fastest car. I find it almost impossible to get a driving seat with torro rosso or midland in hard, so by no means am I expert. Even currently, Im struggling to find pace at sydney. But it happens, some course suits your style while others dont. I was surprised when I was able to poke my way into 10th for Bahrain and then 8th for sepang, running at 50%.

When it comes down to it, its all about practise.

Automatic or manual shouldnt really hold you back, Im on a career mode with automatic, you'll actually end up losing time if your not used to manual.

I dont do parade laps, but a good way to heat your tires is to slow down then accelerate quickly while doin those quick turns.

The transition from medium to hard is quite steep in my opinion, the fastest times set by the AI in medium are the slowest time set by the slowest cars on hard.

Just make sure you've got braking/steering assist off tho.