AI Difficulty Qualifying vs. Race

[Snow]

How you guys manage the AI Setting? Because i set my Difficulty using a Controller to like 68. In Qualifying i end up down Midfield and i win the Race with Lando Norris afterwards. Dont make any sense to me.

[triFFniX]

its nothing new, in quali the AI is strong but not comparable to the race pace

[gamerPig164]

The ai are kinda insane at qualifiing to be able to get a pole start I had to keep using the rewind thing to get it perfect. Im at 80 and im on controller and the races were really easy, in one race I skipped qualifing and started at the back and I managed to get P3

[Ngoc]

I saw someone saying there is the bug that doesn't allow AI to make mistake maybe make them do perfect lap in qualy as well. I feel your problem i play at 72 difficult and qualification with my team new car (worst car as I refuse 3 over 4 chat that give you free piece) I always am between 14-16 and i end up race (fast-racing, 5 laps) between 12-8. I feel my position should be between 13-16 (the car after 16 are very similar to mine and I should be able to go slightly faster the first 6 teams has car definitely better and the 7th team is my goal.

I have to say I drive much more aggressive than them in race so I can see gaining more than expected. I would wait a couple of patch and maybe write in the official site as well (i will do). My personal opinion is that AI drive qualification too perfectly. (one-shoot) But I suspect it could be to counterbalance the fact that we can flashback. All in all F1 driver drive kind of perfectly and consistently more than us normal people can do so I can see it reflecting in qualification with almost perfect laps most of the time.

All in all it could change when i will do a FULL race (because i will make more mistake for sure that will probably re-balance my advantage and aggressive driving in short-race)