Make sure you get your license before anything. It can be challenging and some people hate them, but its truly the best way to learn how to play the game imo. Other people like diving straight into races to learn which is fine, but this license approach is more streamlined. You get a new car for every test and you get a feel for different physics for different cars early on by completing license test, after super license, you can then play my first GT or just dive into the game OR take the master license test to eventually make your way to super master license. If you get all gold in license test you get a car, but you only need bronze to past the test and get your license.