The first laps after a break can feel strange for reasons that have little to do with your driving. The seat may have moved, your brake input might feel different, or you may have forgotten where you used to look on corner entry. Give yourself a session to sort out which part feels unfamiliar.
Get your bearings in the cockpit
Choose a car and track you know well. Before driving, pull up the input display and watch what the pedals do from rest through their normal range. Turn the wheel each way and check that the steering responds as expected. Load your previous settings if you saved them. If something needs changing, make the change now and write it down before you compare laps.
Build a run you can repeat
Use your usual car setup and pick a braking reference at two corners. Warm up for a few laps, then drive a short run at a pace you can hold without making repeated corrections. Write down the middle lap time from the clean laps, how many attempts you needed, and which corner gave you the most trouble. Save the settings and note the session conditions so you can set up the same run next time.
On the second day, repeat the test before trying a change. If you're still arriving too fast at one corner, build the rest of the session around that approach. Once you can get through it reliably, add a second corner.