I've made several tests with the same settings in AIW, New AI behavior deactivated and 19 ferrari opponents.I use the dedicated log to see the tyres type, which also shows their optimal temps. It might not be accurate nor representative, so i'm out of the loop on the matter. Have a look at your tyres and let me know when it feels perfect, i could adjust the tyrehint for the AI to reach those temps.
As a player, do you notice the same diff in pace when playing on different road temps? Cause if the AI is faster eirher way, i guess we can go with that. I have no idea, as a player, how to go lower than 1.14.5 with the ferrari, and that's in optimal conditions, so i'm getting left for dead anyway with them going 1.12.5.
I have absolutly no exp with those cars, so maybe i'm going overkill, but since we reached 1.11.5 maybe it would be an interresting challenge for a trained driver
I thought the car assits settings would change laptimes so I tried with traction control and ABS set to "no" and then to "factory", but it changed nothing at all regarding the best times, either for me or the AI opponents, even if the modifications are noticeable when driving the car.
So I've got a laptime difference around 1s-1.2s for AI opponents and myself between a road at 14°C and a road at 42°C, during qualifications. It looks like the gap is consistent for the AI and the player. I hope it is not just by chance...
Note that to get these laptimes, I had to adjust tyre pressure to get them in the optimal temperature window (100-120°C for the qualifying tyres).
With a road at 14°C :
and with a road at 42°C: