If I leave the track and go back to the pits and skip to the end of the race the AI are 6 seconds a lap faster than if I stay in the race. No biggie, but strange behavior.
I saw the exact behavior, but only the in new build from yesterday version 1.1. I have done "skip to end" multiple times before that without problems.
I started the f3 championship, in 2nd place qualification (1_13_48) in clear weather(100% AI and 70% aggression), the race is in the rain, the AI was 3 seconds slower than my qualifying while I couldn't stay on the road, they overtook me both inside and outside and also on the straight, it seemed to go dry. No problem, the next race will block the weather on clear.