they do that everywhere... funny how every country has another country to blame and say where its done when infact chances are its your neighbour doing it...
indeed cause hard tyres are aimed at learners, and its the right way to go.
seriously... every lobby i play they all use soft/medium in all types of races ( bar off road obviously ) where as i normally go for hard as thats what im used to, im slow in the first lap and a half maybe 2 but then i can push harder then them for the next few and more then catch up any lost time.
when i host my lobbys i force off all assists and only hard tyres and people Freak ! imho: how the f*** can you race 15-20 laps of a given track on softs and expect to last ?? mediums i guess it would be possible yet unlikely but thats just me.