True story about the Connelly GT feeling more glued to the water. It is not quite as critical as far as being balanced fore and aft on the ski, but obviously, like all skis, the more evenly distributed your weight is the Beyer the ski will carry energy into and out of the turn. Despite trying lots of different settingns on the GT, I always seem to come back to some settings that Fred Halt gave me when I switched over to Connelly from D3. I love 6.825, 2.525, and 0.725.
Also, understand if you can transition properly and insure that you have cast the ski out to maximum width at the apex of the turn, balance from tip to tail is mildly less critical on all skis. When the ski is trapped underneath you, generally speaking tail pressure doesn’t work well on most skis. The GT moves out from under you and out onto the carving edge very well which allows it to feel connected to the water all the way through the turn.
Good luck!