Hidden mechanics

As a casual player who’s trying to immerse themselves into this game, it seems to do a terrible job of teaching. The online academy has some great articles, but the game seems to downplay a lot of its own mechanics by not mentioning them.

An example is narrow tyres prevent crop destruction, but reduce traction.

Or

Repainting will increase resale value.

These all seem so obvious in hindsight, but again, it’s often difficult to identify what part of FS is gamified and what part is sim. Is there a definitive post or source I could refer to that will flesh out my knowledge?