Hi Pal!
Welcome to iRacings incredible racing-environment... I'm sure you wont be dissapointed if online-racing and deeper meaning of it is what youre lookin for.
I'm 100% online-racer... nothing else in the end dont interest me. That's why I know I will be there till end or when something even better comes out. Dont afraid to ask what ever iRacing related... it can be littlebit complicated structure at first, stats,series,licenses,iRating,Safety-Rating, etc etc but I swear everything will turn out to be spot on after some time.
Take a look at Spec Racer Ford at some point. It's very great car when you catch it's nature! My favorite car for 'fun-factor'-races... also when you learn to use trail-braking with it, you can easily move to higher series.
Good timing to jump in. After few weeks there will be huge update coming, and iRacing again is littlebit closer it's goal. I really like they idea to keep developing always going on, not like all companies before did their titles and only few bug-fixes, and then run away with moneys.
That 3-month cycle to launch new builds sometimes can feel long time, but in the end it's only way to do it cause you cant fuss physics between seasons.
Hope to see you on track!!!
( This is me, just send mail if anything comes to your mind. I can also give some training tips if you want. All other GTP's in the iRacing are free to contact too ofcourse! We could set up some own races someday.
http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do )