Never got into driving games + I don't have a license so a lot of the driving stuff flew over my head.
I think it's probably fine since most of the audience for this would know enough about driving, but it is also a really technical game so some things like downshifting might need better explanations of what it does and why to do it. Minimally, showing the key combination for doing it in the tutorial would help a lot, since I only found the gas and brake keys by trial and error during the tutorial. I still don't know how to properly start the car, either.
(It's probably my fault for not picking the easier control modes, though.)
Ended up off course quite a lot, and the engine needing to be started again was unexpected. Some kind of reposition or quick restart might be handy for those cases.
I would probably enjoy this a lot more if I could actually drive.