first mission is broken because your computer is too slow or something like that. also every cutscene that i've ran into is skippable.
I stated in my post there is a speed limiter that is enabled by default that makes the first mission impossible to beat. If the game is that laggy, though, it's obvious you can't run it.
I can run the game perfectly (High all around) and yet the game is still stuff with the first mission, I bet it with like 30 seconds to spare but I had to try 5 times. And the skip scenes are not skippable, the ones when they are introducing you to the races, not the main campaign ones. The ones before the races last like 30 seconds. I bet 3 main campaign missions and decided, it's stuff and not worth it, anyone who preordered this garbage should get a refund.
Also I stand by my opinion, $75 NZD is definitely not worth it to buy this game, I would pay like $30 maximum.