Thanks for the comments and summary.
It is a tough thing to navigate and there is no "right" answer. The more info people have to draw from the better.
Also, just to clarify... appropriate starting and hot tire pressures will be somewhat based on the tire. That is, a PSS and a AD-08R may each work better at different hot pressures. You can only really tell at the track based on feel and how much contact patch you are using (you can also get into measuring temp across the tread, etc but that's a bit hardcore for most). It is almost as much art as science