Got something for you pit stop testers to test. Last night before TuTu, I hopped in an online room to see/feel the bug myself (never done a pit stop before in 6). The car I was using, elise race car, might not have been the best tester, nor were the 7 laps @ HSR per race. Didn't compare times or wear, I was more interested in the feel.
Something is going on, but who the hell knows. After my stop, the car was WAY more controllable. No more lift off oversteer. So I thought of Ex saying it puts you on a lesser tire. Tried both sports soft front and sport soft front/racing hard rear. None of it felt like after a pit.
Here's the interesting part... Set the room to use a minimum number of stops and the feel after a pit is different from a room with no pit minimum. It is still not the same to me, but it does feel much closer to the original set of tires. Maybe you guys might test that at longer distances to compare times/wear. Might be the answer...