Yeah, the AI times are all over the place.I can get podium at Japan, Croatia, Chile or Estonia if I drive at my best. In Mexico, Kenya and Scandia (and some others) I'm always in the last 5-10 no matter how well I drive. (Quick Play Solo Championships, 32 cars). It seems that sometimes it's for one stage's unrealistical pace. (Losing 35 seconds per section fe. Kenya has that kind of stage, in Croatia you can win 15 seconds for the same reason.)
Loving the game otherwise, but if something could be done to this, it would make the strughgle worthwhile.