Curious to see how this looks in the new game. From the sounds of it it appears it’s aimed mostly at newcomers to try and get them set at a more suited difficulty out the box, guess we’ll see.
A few years ago I suggested that they should incorporate Pre Season Testing into the game and during it have the player perform a series of hot laps where the game automatically detects the quickest lap time or average and then automatically sets a base AI difficulty level before the player starts the main season. Not too sure if that’s the direction they’re going in with this or how advanced it could be, but i can definitely imagine it being a huge help to new players that wouldn’t know where to start when adjusting the difficulty level.