Just a thought but why see the steering wheel in the monitors when you have one in front of you. picky i know and the buttons are different for each car etc but did you notice the imbalance between real wheel and sim wheel movement, again picky but i doubt the setup is cheap.
Maybe you can change the view, who knows.
And did the driver remind you of anyone????? even had a German engineer voice.....
I can heartily recommend the new F1 2010 game. I have been a die hard F1 sim racer for years, from Geoff Crammond's Formula One to present day, and I have to say that Codemasters have got this one right in terms of feel and Simulation/playability.