Save your setup and copy them into the specific gamedata/vehicle/vln/xxx folder. Rename it to the Trackname, the AI would use this setup then and their speed improves alot. It's recommended to do this to a lot of Mods, especially CTDP. If you give a Minardi a good trackspecific setup, it propably beats the Ferrari with the standard-setup.
Btw. my settings
Btw. my settings