I see, frankly speaking I was in such a situation. Happo is a
course I have yet to run on often with my FC3S. I'm quite a newbie
though my car is near FT with 900k points (I am not fast, just
average), mainly earned from running the story mode.
Yesterday I was playing the ID Ver 2 when a guy came along to
challenge me on Happo with a new DC2. We ran boost on, he allowed
me to take the lead around 30m+ metres before he kicked off,
halfway round the track, he overtook me on the long straights and
lead all the way. At the finishing point we were 80m+ apart. So I
was wondering do I really suck that much (The fact that I was using
a near FT car against an untuned DC2). 
lolx 
Maybe I should start practicing course Happo
soon.
