Yes, as the above posters "posted", go on-line, definitely...
For long I played GTR2 vs. the AI, did many SPA 24h events and full championships with 100% race length...
Being an adrenaline addicted from shooters, when GTREvo came along I decided to give it a go online with racing sims, ... never went back
Just as an example, for those who don't go on-line for whatever reason, yesterday I joined on WTCC PAU server (20 laps pro).
I had never raced on that track, or for all that matter, neither had I driven the WTCC SEAT...
Entered the race on the practice section, kept my eyes front & on the mirrors, tried to leave the trajectory for those who knew and give it a go on following them. After 3 laps and a few encounters with the walls I could drive without being a liability to the server. Comes the end of practice and qualifying (about 14 laps) I clocked the 13th time (there were 8 behind me).
On the race itself, basically there were 3 groups...
Those of the front who I could never keep the pace (taking into account my experience on that track and my default setup with a few modifications), the mid group where I fought to hang on to it and had lots of fun during the long race and a back group of guys that most likely weren't used to PRO lvl or had to do an extra pit-stop but I'm sure they too were having a good fight for those last places.
Coming the end, 20 laps after the start, and now knowing PAU’s each corner well, even ended on the pts without making a complete f$#& ?! and not being a liability to no one.
The bottom line is that if you follow the gentlemen’s driving rules you will be more then welcome and I'm sure you will have fun, even when you are in front, lapping slower racers is part of the race and many times it will just “spice up” the event... when the things for whatever reason end in misery, just use the magic word *sorry* and gain experience from it
This post has become too long, I’m sorry, but before I finish (or it would be to ideal), I must say that most likely anyone will also have “bad” moments … you will find people that just join to ruin the others day (as you find anywhere), total losers… they cheat, they do “do or die” on fist corner on a 20 laps race, they try to knock you out, “a mirror” or a “blue flag” are total unknown concepts to them and so on… with luck you will be driving on a PUBLIC server with a good ADMIN who can BAN anyone ruining the other’s online racing experience like I’m starting to commonly experience on a few known good PUBLIC dedicated servers.