Pete, nicely done.
Mugello is one of my favorite tracks in the game. It has a long straight, but all the sweepers on the hill tend to negate a typical missile build's top end advantage. There are also challenging elevation and camber changes throughout the track's turns, demanding a smooth driving style to produce fast lap times and allowing for some hair-raising mid corner passing maneuvers. In these respects, it's very similar to Maple Valley, and a car tuned here will often perform just as well there.
The reason that it's especially useful for STRATOS tuning is that the Lancia is, by default, more of a 'point and shoot' car that can easily lose too much speed in longer, sweeping corners as the tail comes around. If this behavior is improved upon with adjustments of the settings and/or the driver, this little rally car can become a much more complete racing instrument.
For comparison, I ran a 911 for the first time since the hiatus on Mugello Long in a 3 lapper Sunday night. My B-Class 73 RS ran a 1:58.1xx on the second lap with 0.1xx second penalty time and time left in at least two corners. The third lap was a bust and then it was quittin time. My current PB is an old time in the bazdc2 version FCT Dino, a 1:57.xxx, but it has more time left in it as well.
EDIT: I ran my STRATOS for 3 laps Monday night, no changes, no adjustments, and turned a 1:59.016 on lap 3, no penalty time. However, I blew it at least two or three times. There's a bump in the road going uphill towards Turn 9(?) that's throwing my rear end out as I go over the top of the rise and killing my exit speed. I'm also losing time in the left handed sweeper two turns before by coming down off the hill towards it from a bad angle. I'm also pretty sure that I'm not getting on it early enough in the last sweeper before the straight. I'd say it was a messy run, but it broke two minutes, so you just might need some more sauce on that BBQ, Pete!
