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Driving style-wise, I highly suggest trying to use smooth inputs.
Smooth on throttle out of corners, can use full throttle once in third gear usually.
Hard on brakes for corners, gently releasing as you slow down to avoid locking your tyres.. Don't brake as you turn or you'll lock up.
Gently straighten up the car as you exit corners at about the same rate as you increase throttle to avoid spinning out and to get the best exit possible.
Brake as late as possible for corners, if you're coasting before you're turning then you braked too early and losing time. Don't use the throttle before you know you won't have to take it off, this will help you get a better exit from corners and a better run onto the following straight/corner.
Use KERS in lower gears, at the exit of corners onto long straights to get the most out of it. Never first gear, second only if you dare risk it and third gear is usually safe.
NEVER brake when following the same line as the AI and hoping to overtake them, especially in lower difficulties. On Amateur and Intermediate the AI will brake far too early and often take your wing off as well as give you a penalty. Move to the centre of the track and brake a little earlier than you would otherwise need to, you should be able to overtake them safely this way.
Assists are helpful while you're learning but they mostly just slow you down. I highly suggest turning them off as you get more confident with the game. You should NEVER use the brake assist. It just slows you down far too much and far too early. Pit assist can be annoying, this one is more personal preference than anything since some people love it however it often gives you control of the car at the worst possible time. Pit assist makes no difference to when you drive through the pits, the game will always control this. Using ABS results in slower braking however it is an Anti-lock Braking System so the brakes will rarely lock up and never for very long....you'll go faster without ABS though one you get used to it. Traction Control can be helpful to avoid spinning out but it severely limits your power in the lower gears to prevent wheelspin which will result in getting onto and accellerating along straight slower, I advise turning this one off first and learning to control the car better to avoid spins and wheelspin.
Penalties....basically just assume that if you touch anyone you will get a penalty, regardless of whose fault the incident was. In F1 2012 it was easy to know who would get the penalty (it would never be the leading car in the incident) however in F1 2013 the penalty system has no clear logic to it. I have seen people receive penalties when there wasn't even anyone in the same sector as them. Just try not to hit anyone at any time and you should be ok.
Practise is the best thing you can do. Practise, practise, practise! There's no magic trick to driving faster, just little tricks that can save a few tenths here and there. Hope I've helped you here, this is honestly just the way I drive and I can get decent times.
(don't forget that when you look slow you can actually be going faster, being over-aggressive isn't always better!)
However, this is the internet so somebody will probably be along soon to tell you that I'm completely wrong :)
I think when you go from playing games like Need For Speed to this then it's quite a shock to the system how unforgving it is. As for penalties, because I generally start at the back of the grid in the main race, then when I catch up to the rest of the pack in the first few corners, it's almost impossible not to hit anyone unless I just brake and let everyone get in front of me and settle with being last but at least not in any danger.
I haven't been using KERS much at all as I never knew when to use it and seeing as I'm always last and not near anyone, I didn't think it was worth using it. I use DRS all the time in qualifying as that's easy to know when to use it due to signposted areas. Oh and I wish the pit lane was more clearly marked out/indicated, when I'm qualifying and want to go in (usually for running out of fuel), I often find it very hard knowing where the hell it is. I get caught out by the many run-off areas which at first you think is the pit lane entrance only to find it isn't at all!!
Biggest tip I can give is just to drive gently, by that I mean release brakes gently as you slow down, use the throttle gently on the exit of corners, straighten up your steering gently as you exit corners.
The penalty system has been broken for a long while and Codemasters have only been making it worse, I understand that it's hard to tell a script whose fault the incident was but the F1 2013 penalty system is just appalling. And race starts are one of the most difficult parts of the race really, they're an excellent oppurtunity to pass several people in a short span of time but you have to be careful not to bump too many people/bump anyone too hard, I suggest braking early and being conservative until you know the game better and trust yourself to not kill everyone.
The pit lane should be marked during races with light-blue arrows from the racing line assist, you'll really just have to learn where the pits are :(
It's cool, guy, if a lot of the faster drivers were willing to help newcomers then maybe there'd be more people playing multiplayer ;)
You should practice on empty tracks(i.e. time trials,young driver tests,etc...).Less cars to care/worry about,then move onto races.
Disable assists gradually,as you feel more confident,one by one,and then increase ai levels..etc.
I try to follow the racing line as best as I can but often find I'm braking too early and then turning into the corner (if I try to brake when the racing line suggests then a lot of the time on tight and hairpin corners, it's too late). When I do turn the corner I'm either going very wide and often go off track or I turn in too early and cut the corner.
The throttle still seems very aggressive and it's difficult to even hold it halfway down with it being almost fully on in terms of power. This causes the wheels to spin and me to lose grip and often ends up in me coming out of a corner too fast and squirrel-ing all over the track.
I just find this game really, really difficult and infuriating to play. I don't understand why using all the assists would make the game worse for you, surely this should make it if anything, overly-easy for you to get good lap times and finish top 3 in races, thus helping you get used to the tracks and encourage you to turn some of them off to make it more of a challenge.
I wish there was a mod for this game to make it easier or something, as it is I'm having no fun playing it and unlikely to want to keep practicing tracks to get better as it just seems torturous doing so.
Perhaps it's my 360 controller, although it seems fine playing every other game on Steam and Need For Speed type of games.
I dunno, I give up.
I know F1 isn't like NFS games as it's nor an arcade game. But even playing something like Grid 2 which is a bit more sim-like, I find that much easier than F1.