Does anyone know of any tutorials for getting better at this thing? I've got a couple of open wheel mods installed but I can't drive any of them. Either I have traction issues and spin coming out of slow corners, brake too hard and lock up or brake too early and come in to the corner way too slow. On the rare occasions that I put a lap together, I'm usually five seconds off the pace of other people and at my best, still two seconds out. Am I missing a trick here? Obviously they're not sims, but I've never been this bad at other racing games like the F1 series, Dirt, Forza etc. 
If anyone can give me some tips on how to start getting better I'd appreciate it.

If anyone can give me some tips on how to start getting better I'd appreciate it.