In beam method the solver assumes beam simplification in your model so it would

not take into account any local stress in the cross-section however it would give you
quick overview of the stresses that your chassis may experience.
The shell method will give you highly accurate analysis results. If you have a
monocoque chassis then it would be best to use shell method and if it is spaceframe
or ladder type then use beam method, it'll give you fairly accurate results.

When you are using the Direct Sparse solver, it calculates the solution using a direct
method, creating and inverting matricies to obtain values. However, when you are using
the FFEPlus solver you are obtaining the solution through iteration. This means that any
slight numerical instability in your model will cause the Direct Sparse solver to fail while
an FFEPlus solver may be able to iterate past the point of instability to obtain results.
You should double check the accuracy of the results obtained by the FFEPlus solver if
you see you have numerical instabilities in when you use the Direct Sparse solver.
You should also check the boundary conditions in your model.
Min factor of safety 1,18