Well I just did my first Solstice race in the 1-month trail. I started 5th out of 7 I believe and I ended up 3rd after Andretti at Laguna. I moved up to 2nd after a couple laps but then I spun, then I spun again, then I spun and I crashed into the wall and just pulled into the pits. :/ I presume my safety rating took a big hit...
Game is really good though. I can't judge it completely yet because my Porsche wheel isn't here yet, but it seems to shame pretty much everything else I've played. The SRF is utterly impossible to drive... maybe with FFB it'll be better.