This game is pretty hard to get into as a new player

I started playing cs2 this week because I wanted to join some friends that have been playing for awhile and it seems impossible to get into as a new player. The skill floor is so high even in my silver games that it's pretty rare to get a game with players who are legitimately as bad/new as I am which. Most lobbies have multiple smurfs or players who don't normally play comp so they're in silver despite being very skilled at the game which is pretty discouraging as I don't even have a chance to play the game. But if that was the worst of it I wouldn't mind too much. I don't understand how such a popular game can have so many blatant cheaters and racist players. Roughly 1 out of every 3 or 4 games has wall hackers/aim botters and almost 100% of games has someone blurting out the hard R like its nothing. I've never seen anything like it before. It's really a shame because the base game is really fun but its near impossible to get a fair competitive game. I heard premier or faceit could be better but I feel like I'm not good enough to play on those yet, and casual mode is a complete joke. What should I do as a new player to learn the game and get in lobbies without cheaters?