It a relative thing. The tyres taken to a certain track might be super-softs and mediums. However in the game they will still be described as soft and hard.
You have to know the colour code to understand what tyre you are actually getting.
Wet - Orange
Intermediate - Light Blue
Super Soft - Red
Soft - Yellow
Medium - White
Hard - Silver
Just say you are at Spa and the 2 dry tyres used there will be Medium and Soft. In the game they will be called Hard and Soft, the better description would be Primes (the harder tyre) and Options (the softer tyre).
So even thought the game may say soft/hard, look at your tyre colours they will be White and Yellow