The game's ambition as a serious racer, and it's desire for you to meet that challenge, nevertheless come across stronger than its acceptance of low level players. (metacritic.com)
There's a covenant dedicated to protecting lower level players from invasion by unfairly high level players. (bitcultures.com)
The game seems to have a loose matchmaking system (or possibly not even one at all) that has lower level players facing level 20 and above opponents. (o.canada.com)