Most difficult game I ever played. I just got it, an hour ago.
I play this with a wheel, and It's soooo hard.
You have to keep pushing the brake in, and throttle to accelerate, if you want to break, you must leave the pedals off.. if you wanna leave the throttle and the car rolling, you have to keep the brake pedal in... so in overall, to brake you need to leave the pedals out... what the hell.
It's hard as hell...
Done the first map, got exactly 57 seconds, missed the pro by 1 sec :P but oh well, it was very good for 2nd race and actual first real race! (1st race I was trying pedals and car.)
Later, bought a SEAT Leon, and I love it.