APB does not have a large enough playerbase anymore to segregate everyone and every attempt to it in the past was met with either a lot of abuse by dethreating to a lower rank and a massive inactivity spike by the mediocre golds.
Basically you get spanked a lot and adept to it to become better in this game.
Maybe you could ask if 2 people can join you two and have them explain you the ropes as you go on this spanking to ease it up.