I've not had problems in the last half dozen or so V1 cuts I've performed. The advice on this thread has been very helpful. I think I was fixating too much on the sky pointer due to it being heavily emphasized on my previous briefings (don't strike a pod!). If you fly the crosswind corrections like they should be flown, the pod strike and tail strike shouldn't be a problem.
When I returned to the scan I had used in my previous aircraft, things started going very well.
My previous aircraft was the Embraer 145.
Now if I can just get my other procedural issues ironed out, perhaps I will earn my type-rating on Sunday!