Ok I dont know if this is normal and its just a very lucky game for an AI or if there is something odd going on:
Huge "play the world extended" map, marathon speed, 20 civs and 40 CS. By turn ~180, we are all around classical era, maybe a couple just hit middle age...or so i thought, as a notification comes up saying Brazil just hit renaissance. I check on them, they only got 2 cities relatively close to each other. Both of them already at max border expansion, and while we are all dealing in spearmen and archers, Pedro is boasting an army of tercios and knights, the latters in small numbers only cuz he hadnt many horses available.
When its time to choose a trade route, It tells me brazil has discovered 29 more techs than me...!
In the meanwhile he's already dominant on all cultures, has all the monopolies on all the resources in his territory, and its the uncontested ally of 80% of the known CS, World congress leader, and best buddy of all civs, expecially those with whom he shares border, or is a neighboor anyway.
Its the first time ever I see a civ so ahead, Pedro litteraly lives in the future.
Sorry if this doesnt look very quick, Im not sure if its working as intended or nay, but im confused
N.B: with IGE i checked from their persective, and they got 2 science on all the many jungle tiles around both cities...but still, is this enough to put a civ 2 ages ahead of the entire world? Should I dump this game, as it seems pretty much doomed, as no one can compete towards any type of victory?