Grip and career mode

Is it just me or is the grip level on F1 22 really bad? I play with medium traction control with custom setups and it feels like I'm playing with traction control off.  I feel that I can't get the power I should be getting on exit of corners because my car is likely to spin out no matter how I set it up.  I feel like I have absolutely no control of the car whatsoever which prevents me from getting competitive times because I'm being too prudent when entering and exiting corners.  The cars are far too twitchy and if I set traction control to full then I'll be less competitive, it just doesn't seem like there's a happy medium here.

As far as career is concerned, the practice targets seem impossible to achieve.  I try driving as hard as I can but can't seem to hit the target times.

I'm addressing these concerns because right now I feel the game doesn't have the fun factor F1 2021 had.  It's impossible to enjoy racing in F1 22 when it's difficult to keep the car on the track.  Hopefully Codemasters will do something to fix this.