In my case (satelitte connection,500 kbps but 900 ms ping...),no online racing.Too much lag.So,long life to the AI.
My "to beat" are the times found in the LFS stats pages,via hotlap.
Probably there are few more guys,for many reasons,that do the same.
In the S1 tracks the AI add some fun,but the S2 ones looks as a unfinished job yet , under some aleatory situations all the AI cars even stop (?) in the middle of the road.
Otherwise,it is an alpha.Lets cry in the Scawen ears rsrsrs