Thanks for the warm welcome and all the advice guys

I'll be sure to check all of that out!
Coronas, whilst I'm born and bred in England, my mother's side of the family come from Asturias! My grandparents live in Mieres although my spanish is far from fluent at the moment
I'll go off and download the patch as per Dietrich's instructions

Once I've completed my first career (or get blown out of the water), I'll have a look at installing some Mods...
Cheers,
El
EDIT:All of the mirrors I've tried from that link claim to upgrade my game to 1.3 instead of 1.4? Is this just a typo with the installer?