My thoughts exactly, I am having trouble with tyres after a few laps. I was wondering if it was because I am a mouse driver and was having too much force being applied to the brakes, so I set the force lower somewhat. Although that did help me a little, I ended up with worse lap times because I had to brake earlier
Even with Ant's setup i have trouble controlling the car.
It is so nervous in the corners i can't do more than 2-3 laps without putting it in the grass, sand or wall.
I also had a problem with tires locking up every now and then which usually ended with the car going sideways or off road.
I ended up changing the setup i downloaded (which had a LOCKED DIFF!) with Ant's clutch / gear settings.
The result is a car that's not nervous in the corners and fairly easy to control.
The only issue i have at the moment are the tires. If i go flat out, aggressively driving to get good lap times like during QUALY i go thru a set of tires in about 4-5 laps max.
The only thing that stops me from killing the tires is drive a little slower and stop the car from sliding in the corners.
There's a thin line between going fast and killing the tires in a few laps and driving just a little slower to keep the tires good for a long time.
During my Qualy time of 2:02:00 the tires went from 51-68 degrees in 1 lap ... the next lap or so and i would have started sliding everywhere.
During my offline racing i lap around 2:04-xx and 2:06-xx and it keeps the tires at 60-62 max for 10+ laps.
It's gonna be an long race ... looks like i might have to take it easy to get to the finish line in 1 piece and 1 pitstop.
Edit: i use a Logitech MoMo racing wheel ... and let the PC do my shifting (yup i'm lazy)
I added my setup , feel free to improve or comment on it