Cheating and rubber-banding AI takes out all the fun from this game
I tried, and tried really hard, but I gave up. I don’t think that using a racing wheel can make a difference, since the problem is that the AI punishes you with no mercy.
I know it's a sim, but as you advance thru the game the AI gets increasingly hard, to the point that is almost impossible to race, let alone win. Gameplay becomes a frustrating experience, racing against cars that handle better than yours, and against vicious opponents that try every trick on the book to bump you off the track.
Games are supposedly made to have fun, but when you start getting mad about a game, being forced to abandon it in disappointment (or rage), then the whole concept about gaming is dismissed.