Algarde

Because we are fukin stupid and buy everything, simple.

Nope, this is not a simulator and this is why the pad is so strong. Simple. Even with the best wheel and no assists, this is not a simulator at all. They can't make artificially the pads slower because you want, they must totally redesign the physic engine. Or at least permit to join online sessions with only wheel players.

mmm Makes sense to start a new career if i'm, in my current one, at the second GP in season 2?

In dry conditions normally I play at 92 (with pad). In wet, to have a similar pace, i need to play around 80, depends on the circuits.

IA in wet have an incredible traction boost in 2/3 and 4th gear. It's a fact and the player can't do nothing about this "issue". Custom setup are perfectly useless to match the pace of the IA in wet, unless you drop the difficulty. And this occur in almost every circuit.

F1 2019 is basically an arcade, with some little hints of simulation. Having complete control of the setup and telemetry is perfectly useless for the purposes of performance, just because the engine is not realized to give us a real simulation of an F1 car.