After the first race, you will be introduced to Patrick Callaghan. He will invite you to a test day around indianapolis Speedway. This is designed for new players to get a handle of the Physics of the game, and actaully has no bearing to the speedrun of this game, so it can be skipped instantly. Afterwards, you will be asked for a few details, no of which have any real relevance to the run, so you can just skip this part, as well as just selecting a name or nickmane that you will be refered to throughout the game. Unless you are called pat or want to be, quickly select nicknames and go with Phantom. After this, you will be sent to the difficulty select. Medium and full damage are the default. Select which one based upon the run that you want to do. After this you will be able to do the first race, California Race with New Union. After completing this race, you will be able to select your first car, as well as be able to select your first sponsors. In Season 1, there are 3 to choose from, and as you progress you will be able to choose upto 5. Each sponsor gives you an objective that when completed, will grant you a small boost in fans. These objectives change as you progress from Club Events to WSR in the Season, as well as Season to Season. There are a few different Catagories that the sponsors are split into; Lifestyle; Racing Parts; Corporate; Wheels & Tyres; Racing Apparel; Technology; Aftermarket; Racing Tech. The main "currency" is Fans, each race will grant you fans, each completed sposnor objective will grant you fans, and upon unlocking the WSR and unlocking the Next Season, you will be boosted to a Set fan number.