Perhaps starting off with a WR setup would not have been a good idea. you should start off with your own setup and get the feel of the car because a lot of the fastest setups are also some of the hardest ones to handle or take a bit to get used to when it comes to clocking fast lap times .
I went in a "V8 supercar simulator" the other day, its basically a car facing a giant projector screen in a sort of tent thing. everything moved, like the whole car and even the seat. But to be honest, I didn't feel that it was very realistic
I was once sitting in a bung old car and my brother came and tipped it over with a forklift with me inside. He thought it was the funniest thing he's ever seen illepall