Well most of the racing games i play on my pc i play with my xbox game pad i live being able to control my gear changing at my leisure
I remembered on top gear jeremy clarkson drove a car on the ps2 around the track, then he got exactly the same car on the real life track and he could not get the same time, after a few laps he said you can smell the rubber and the brakes burning but that what games lack, the sense of what is going on around you. Is the front tires a bit flat, is there too much petrol in the car ext