I completely agree. I was really happy to see the AI be more aggressive with this iteration (i.e. not always going single file into the first corner of every race; not letting the player sneak past on the inside then immediately giving up the defence; backing out of any attack if you even think about defending from them). But the more I play this game, the more ridiculous it's becoming.
When I see one of these AI coming now, it gives me anxiety. Sometimes I just let them past, because I don't want to risk them doing something stupid/unfair. But when I do choose to fight them, I'm just waiting for them to take it too far, and they usually do. Most of the time I get spun around/dragged through a corner: At Monaco, I've had Lewis's AI divebomb me into turn #10 after the tunnel, get caught up on the side of my car, and push me across the entire corner, giving me a five-second penalty. It reminds me of playing online with people that don't respect the rules, where you're just trying to have a battle and they have no respect for you at all.
Last night, during a 50% race at Austria, I had Leclerc close up to me as I came out of turn #4. As we came up to the sweeping left at turn #6, I was still several car lengths ahead, but I didn't want them to do anything stupid, so I did something I feel like I would never normally do, and moved over to the left of the track, putting my car alongside the white line that marks track limits and started to follow the inside line of the track. Now there's literally zero space on the left now and anyone attacking HAS to go around on the outside on the right. But, no: Leclerc --from multiple cars back-- takes his normal racing line, carries a lot more speed into the corner than me and ploughs straight into the back of me, pushing me to the outside of the track. I have no words.
