Difference between Soft and Hard Racing Tires....

[ZZ-II]

The Title already says it...where's the Difference between Hard and Soft tires when you look at the number of laps you can drive with them?

Sure, i'am faster with soft tires...but i just can drive 1-2 laps more with hard tires. Should that be realistic??


In GT4 it was much better, please Polyphone fix this!

 

[mattythedog]

Yeah PD messed up on the time the tires last. RS tires last the same time as RH, but they're much quicker.

 

[ZZ-II]

Just made the test on 1000km Suzuka...exactly the same number of laps with Hard or Soft Tires.
IMO this is a big mistake in a "Real Driving Simulator".

 

[TeamOrecaViper]

Yeah! On the Hard tyres you skid so much more. So they last only a fraction longer than RaceSofts.

Or u slow down to save tyres ... but then if u do the same with racing softs (same tyre saving speed as with the hard tyres) then u do equal laps ...)

Racing hards = pointless .
That cant be real :/

why dont F1 cars race on qualifing tyres

Racing softs should be Qualifing tyres good for only a few laps ...
Racing hard should last More than double as long if u ask me.

 

[ENTERSANDMAN13]

Yeah! On the Hard tyres you skid so much more. So they last only a fraction longer than RaceSofts.

Or u slow down to save tyres ... but then if u do the same with racing softs (same tyre saving speed as with the hard tyres) then u do equal laps ...)

Racing hards = pointless .
That cant be real :/

why dont F1 cars race on qualifing tyres

Racing softs should be Qualifing tyres good for only a few laps ...
Racing hard should last More than double as long if u ask me.

in f1 the top 10 qualifiers start on the tyres they used to set their fastest qualifying lap.. and on a dry race the prime (harder compound) and the option (softer compound) tyres are requred to be used by the end of the race..

 

[Ellis]

In my opinion the mediums do last longer than the softs hards are useless though

 

[TeamOrecaViper]

in f1 the top 10 qualifiers start on the tyres they used to set their fastest qualifying lap.. and on a dry race the prime (harder compound) and the option (softer compound) tyres are requred to be used by the end of the race..

Ah the new (Stupid) regulations to make things more "competetive" ...
Yeah F1 In M.Hakinen and M.Schumacher's glory days then . I stopt following F1 afterwards. Sorry.

Whatever Most racing series that have Qualifing hotlaps Including qualifying tyres i menth then.
(Im not shure but i think in de discription at the race soft tyres it says it are qualifing tyres)

 

[ENTERSANDMAN13]

Ah the new (Stupid) regulations to make things more "competetive" ...
Yeah F1 In M.Hakinen and M.Schumacher's glory days then . I stopt following F1 afterwards. Sorry.

Whatever Most racing series that have Qualifing hotlaps Including qualifying tyres i menth then.
(Im not shure but i think in de discription at the race soft tyres it says it are qualifing tyres)

haha i agree...

 

[Exorcet]

Yeah PD messed up on the time the tires last. RS tires last the same time as RH, but they're much quicker.

It's not a mistake, you can't properly simulate tire wear/strategy without track surface temp and other things.

What we have now is better than what was available in GT 1-4.

 

[Tower Turn 13]

Seems their only purpose really is simulation in restricted races.

 

[avens]

Ah the new (Stupid) regulations to make things more "competetive" ...
Yeah F1 In M.Hakinen and M.Schumacher's glory days then . I stopt following F1 afterwards. Sorry.

Whatever Most racing series that have Qualifing hotlaps Including qualifying tyres i menth then.
(Im not shure but i think in de discription at the race soft tyres it says it are qualifing tyres)

f1 has easily the most entertaining qualifying rounds in all motorsports, and now everyone is trying to copy it.
Also schumacher's days are remembered as the boring years of f1 actually.


and people tend to think this is truly a driving simulator. It's just a console game, but if you want to see PD's attempt to have a decent tire model then try comfort:mediums.
Finally, Racing tires in GT5 have a very unrealistic amount of grip. RS are even better than RL's supersoft tires.

 

[Morgoth_666]

It's not a mistake, you can't properly simulate tire wear/strategy without track surface temp and other things.

What we have now is better than what was available in GT 1-4.

Do you actually MEAN any of that nonsense???

 

[Exorcet]

Do you actually MEAN any of that nonsense???

The only nonsense I see is your post.

Tires in GT1-4 were horribly unrealistic. The only factor for choosing tires was race length. Basically every tire was useless except Medium. It's much more complex in reality.

 

[BradKinder]

Racing hard tires are real life tires.

Racing mediums and racing softs are GranTurismoLand imaginary upgrades.