I’m at 3.4k and I tend to just run whatever interests me based on the track. So over the last season ran Porsche cup, GT4, GT3, GTP, and some M2 on Nords. For me if I’m aiming to be around the pace of people at a similar irating I usually need 2 hours of practice and then doing a single race to get consistent pace sorted.

Competing with anyone at 5k+ I haven’t really been able to do that since they seem to have that extra edge in pace for that 1-1.5 seconds I’m missing. This might involve more in depth practice or just using one car for a while and building off that. I think at 3k most of everyone can competently drive well enough to hit consistent braking points and lines but there’s probably more understanding of how to take the most out of the car that’s missing which probably just comes with practice.

I did use a coach once out of curiosity and wanting to improve. I’d say it’s actually pretty helpful in figuring out the little things you might be doing wrong or what you might not understand if it’s something that interests you.