I'd imagine he was playing with the restoration patch. And I'll never forgive LucasArts for making them ship early.
Give it some time. Also go into gameplay settings and turn offload frequency down. Assuming you have the latest patch.
Really? Played a game with it on below half way, wasnt that bad, was definitely more realistic And I also got all the correct team names and layers
If you really want a realistic feel turn the camera on to close behind and turn the tilt (can't remember what it is) off. Will take a while to get use to but feels so much more realistic. Just depends how you want to play the game.
Yes and no. Yes in that you'll get the KERS and DRS system which is pretty cool and no in that other from those new additions, there's not much else that's different to F1 2010. Really up to you.