Main difference is the cars feel better to drive. It's also alot harder.

I've gone in at the deep end. Legend with no assists.

After quali in australier i was 24th, 1** off 23rd.
The race had everything. First corner i got up to 18th. Ai still breaks very early for the first few laps.

Stayed there loosing about 1 second a lap to 17th and keeping a 2 second gap to 19th.

Few cars pitted and i stayed out then the saftey car came out. Ai crash. Dived into the pits for another set of primes and come out 19th.

Then it all went pear shaped. I started getting lapped with blue flags. The Ai didn't overtake until i drove on the grass. Got a drive through penalty and dropped to 22nd.

About 5 laps from the end of the race it rained and made the switch to inters early. (primes were shot)

Made up a few places and ended to the race in 20th and 2 laps down on the leader.

Driving without assists keep my times slow but very realistic for my first race in a lotus. In the rain with no assists is very difficult. The car squirms all over the plcae and locks the brakes but it is possible to keep the car on the track.

This is they type of challenege i was after as 2010 was way to easy.

Next race and i've got 3 days of heavy rain. Should be interesting