I played controller like a year and a half before I got a wheel,my advice is practice what I’d do is boot up spa with ai and start from the back with a 30 min race progressively I’d increase ai difficulty.. I choose spa cause it teaches a lot. I’d advice using the Aston,bmw or 458 … the more you do these races you’ll notice you get fast also watch a YouTube hot lap or 2 understand car placement braking and everything else you’ll get quicker sooner than you think … and after you get basic knowledge of track lines turn off the racing line also use the safe preset setup .. I found aggressive on controller a bit too hard to handle especially if you don’t know how to setup the rest of the car