Which game to play and advice for getting good

I am quite late to the party here. I want some advice for learning to get good. My last sim experiance was way too long ago to be considered, so count me as a noob. My goal is to be good in Competizone. I want to know which game I should practice in first, Competizone straight, or Start with slower cars in AC and work my way up.

I am tempted by working my way up from slower cars in AC, but have heard that AC has more forgiving physics and I am worried that I might develop bad habits or something.

No clue here, looking for general advice on how to approach this, especially with which game to start with.

P.S. I do have a wheel and pedals

 

If you're mainly interested in ACC, drive ACC, I'd say.

Actually ACC's physics are more forgiving due to the fact that the tire model is more forgiving when driving over curbs or similar structures.
So … for the same car, ACC should be easier. But AC is so much more fun.*

Of course, you can choose a different car in AC, there is a huge variation available. Some are much easier to drive than GT3s, but there are also some that are much harder to drive.
Really depends on what you select as your ride for the day. Note though, that just because a car may be easy to drive this does not mean that it's also easy to get fast in that car.
The learning curve will still be there no matter what.
But it can be a lot of fun. Years ago we did a lot of racing in street cars. That was some of the best and most fun racing I had, like … ever.


* yes, highly subjective …

 

If you want to get a "slow" start, you can always use the GT4 class in ACC. You still get the better graphics, interface, physics and I don't believe there are many "simpler" cars in AC.