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AI laptimes speeds up with Fast Forward?

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Hello.
This problem was in 2013, and I don't know if it was in 2014 because i didn't play that shit that much (duh, trainwreck).
Now that 2016 is here, i believe it's truly a great game, but it seems to me that bugs like those in the past have tendencies to get back into the game whenever they release (like 2015), and then they update it via patches.
Why aren't those bugfixes not in the new "code" of the new release? I'm a software engineer myself, so this question baffles me.

Well, the problem is, yesterday I noticed the AI times were pretty quick compared to normal.
I play legend due to have played the game for only 1-2 days, and i play as Renault on legend (soon to be ultimate, legend is too easy).
Normally i qualify Q3 in my current career as Renault, and always ahead of my team mate. I even friggin won in China from 22nd in the Renault.

Yesterday I qualified in Spain. I started with fast forwarding to 3 minutes was left, and then did my lap. I have never done this in 2016 before, so this "problem" only occured in this Spain weekend.
It was a pretty good lap (can't remember the laptime), and i love Spain, and I'm not bad at this circuit.
Guess what? I ended in 22nd position. I didn't think about taking screenshots of laptimes until i had pressed "X" on my DFGT.

Before everyone starts to go all fucking berserk and saying that i suck at driving, you need to reconsider and actually believe me until i get visual evidence:
I'm a quick driver, and there is no way in hell that lap could only give me a place in 22nd... I can buttfuck AI in Ultimate difficulty, but in a Renault on Spain on Legend i end up 22nd in my qualifying?

I'm very doubtful here if this bug is back or not, and i'm gonna use a lot of time tonight testing this. I am also sorry that i lack evidence in my sayings, but they'll come tonigt or tomorrow.
Before i post my findings, i want to hear if anyone else has experienced weird laptimes in qualifying/practice AND/OR using Fast Forward? Because this bug annoyed the fuck out of me in 2013, and I hate that we can never trust the AI with balancing issues.

AI problems in previous releases:
Faster lap times when out of sight on track
Faster lap times when fast forwarding
Mid save game made the AI tyre-wear reset
AI pitting +5 times in races
AI consistently putting fast laptimes in practice/qualifying compared to race

Please report back!
We need to help Codies find the issues, the community can be a lot of help.

UPDATE:
Question to whomever may know:
Do the AI drive with full upgrades in practice+qualifying? Maybe the upgrades, which are supposed to be missing in career until upgraded, are in use on the AI in some sessions?

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