Save/reload bug causing slow AI?

Hi guys. I saw this theory on Reddit and decided to test it.

I created a simple custom event in Estonia, with AI level 70. I did the first stage and won it by about 3 seconds. After that I saved and quit, did something else for a while, and did another stage after coming back. I was 12 seconds ahead after just the first sector, and nearly a minute at the end of the stage (it was one of the four sector stages).

Hope this is fixed soon, this is one of the downsides of an otherwise very fun game.