So, you ask a question and get all upset when people provide an answer that you disagree with or hope does not turn out true. In fact, you seem so confident that there will be a difference between manufacturers that I have to question why you made this thread in the first place. You must have discussed this with Kaz, no?
But how were you driving with the tires? Were you always on firm grip or having constant wheelspin and drifting left and right? I'm sure that affects the durability quite a lot.Yeah, super hard tires should last at minimum 120 kilometers, but in GT4 they wear out in a matter of 15 laps at fuji, ridiculous.
The super soft kits used to last 3 to 4 laps, c'mon, such sensible and soft tire doesn't really exist, the super soft tires should last 15 laps, not the super hard ones.
Tire brands would be cool, like equipping cars with Pirelli PZero, or Bridgestone Potenza tires, would undoubtly make the car performance stats closer to the real models. I can't see a "Tire war" happening, simply because the tire performance varies from many conditions, and the game won't be able to simulate that properly, like the old Michelin F1 tires, which are less grippy than the Bridgestone tires for the first 5 or 6 laps, after that the tires are warm and the Michelins start to outperform the Bridgestones, things like this won't happen, not in GT5.
A more well-made tire simulation is what we will have, and that's enough for that, tire brands will be only a cosmetic detail IMO.
Yeah, super hard tires should last at minimum 120 kilometers, but in GT4 they wear out in a matter of 15 laps at fuji, ridiculous.
The super soft kits used to last 3 to 4 laps, c'mon, such sensible and soft tire doesn't really exist, the super soft tires should last 15 laps, not the super hard ones.
Tire brands would be cool, like equipping cars with Pirelli PZero, or Bridgestone Potenza tires, would undoubtly make the car performance stats closer to the real models. I can't see a "Tire war" happening, simply because the tire performance varies from many conditions, and the game won't be able to simulate that properly, like the old Michelin F1 tires, which are less grippy than the Bridgestone tires for the first 5 or 6 laps, after that the tires are warm and the Michelins start to outperform the Bridgestones, things like this won't happen, not in GT5.
A more well-made tire simulation is what we will have, and that's enough for that, tire brands will be only a cosmetic detail IMO.
They made the tyres wear out over short distances because they know that the vast majority of people only ever race a handful of laps at a time. Longer races should have seen the MTBF increase proportionally, up to a point.Yeah, super hard tires should last at minimum 120 kilometers, but in GT4 they wear out in a matter of 15 laps at fuji, ridiculous.
The super soft kits used to last 3 to 4 laps, c'mon, such sensible and soft tire doesn't really exist, the super soft tires should last 15 laps, not the super hard ones.
The problem is Zuel, that most gamers are only skilled enough to be able to tell the difference between the different tyre compounds that we have already in the game. Splitting that further into different compounds and tyre construction by different manufacturers, and you introduce yet more detail that is wasted on people. Sure, some people will tweak it and know what they are doing, but an even smaller proportion of those will be able to turn that knowledge into consistently reduced track times.
Forza 2 actually has slightly different parameters for handling and endurance for all the tire makes, and it has most of the high performance companies by name. So never say never.
Yeah, you're quite right, but even if I drove in a careful pace, the tires wouldn't last more than two more laps. 
