I felt there was some discussion justified for this since at least I did not know this. I was just doing a race in heavy rain on Greendale Club Circuit, 50.8 seconds per lap. Decided to check out how much faster I am in the dry. 50.6 seconds. Decided to check out winter and did a race in a blizzard. 50.4 seconds. Same cars, vastly different conditions, same lap times. Is this a glitch or is it really nothing but a visual effect? I thought for sure I was sliding around more in the wet, but it may have all been in my mind. It’s so weird that there is zero impact (well it makes sense for leaderboard times I guess) because there are obvious grip changes when going offroad.
Some courses may, in fact, be faster in winter if certain watery portions are frozen over.
How about more data points before drawing a conclusion?
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Maybe that’s why I said “Is this a glitch or is it really nothing but a visual effect?”. To get more data. Everybody can test my blueprints for Greendale Club themselves. Called “Dark Knights”, “Blitzard” and “Wet Classics”.
trust me, weather does have an effect. my time on the gauntlet was severely increased in the winter as apposed to the summer. Especially if you are using the lower class cars that cant just power through everything like some s2 cars.
Judging by your 50s lap times on Greendale I assume you were driving in S1. Did you run AWD?
Because I can say for sure that seasons make a difference for high powered RWD cars. My times on Goliath in a RWD 998 Zonda R vastly differ depending on the season and weather.
All done in a Honda NSX-R S1 900 AWD, yes.
Then thats probably why. I keep the original drivetrains as they are and you definitely notice a difference on different terrains. AWD on the other hand seems to plow through anything. It absolutely dominates. Try RWD and report back.
I see a big difference in grip between seasons, especially in RWD cars. Just like in real life, AWD has a huge advantage in power handling in low traction situations which is what you’re tests have demonstrated more than anything else.
Try repeating the same experiments with a high-power RWD car and see what the lap times are.
In case you’re experiencing this with assists turned off, the cause is you being an excellent driver. If so, I salute you. 
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That was my thoughts as well, Four Wheel Drive and all Assists on.
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Weather effects races and driving a lot, ive done races where cars have terrible traction in dirt during rain.
Try to drive on the grass to do a danger jump when its raining is royal pain, you slide all over place worse than drifting car lol