I dunno if this is an issue or not but compare to F1 25 AI that are slightly better, the F1 26 AI feels way too OP. On the straights, they somehow pulled away and sometimes hard to pull a gap from them despite managing the battery mode. Is it an AI bug or something else?
I haven't tried Madrid myself outside of time trial, but yes, I've heard a couple of people say the AI are fast there so it might need a balance pass.
Other than that I would just say make sure your lifting and coasting often to keep the battery up because the way the power mapping is set up it will deploy different energy levels in different parts of the circuit. So even if you think you've got some left it might be about to eat all of that.
I was running a custom setup on Madrid Street Circuit and was running on 80 (mostly I play against AI between high 60 to around 80 to 81). For the battery I usually use normal battery deployment then at the Detection Point, I used the boost deployment. Probably it's only that circuit that they are overpowered? Sorry for the confusion
Are you using custom car setups? Can you describe in more detail how you are managing the battery? I play on 95 and haven't noticed an issue with the AI.
