Thanks for all your kind offers guys, but everything is in hand, There are about eight games that the Dead Men Walking community supports from Wow,Battlefield 4, COD etc so its not a quick fix as dMr is only a small part of that community. A new server is being sought, as the last one was running 24/7 for the past 5 years.
As some of the more discerning racers may have noticed, the dMr Server is missing in action. Fear not, for we have had a catastrophic hardware failure. A new server will be on-line as soon as possible
When you open Single Player, top left is 'Skill Level' which you can vary from 'Newbie' to 'Pro'.
If you cant keep up @ 'newbie' level, then you have a problem, as I don't know any other method
I've cleaned the pots on my G27 over the past 6 months, using Halford's Electrical Contact Cleaner and there's an excellent guide repairing the pedals here, although there's no need to disconnect the wiring to the pedals as they suggest. Just take care not to pull on the cables when refitting.
TheSimShop also sell replacement pots for the G27 but I've not needed them so far as a good clean lasts for several weeks.
All that's needed is a 2.5mm Allen key and a Phillips screwdriver. Took me an hour the first time I did it and 10 minutes last week.
If you get stuck xtraction, pm me as I'm only over the water.