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Message: [QUOTE="Bowtie-muscle, post: 11973650, member: 172987"] Shalom! You being up an interesting and complicated question, in my opinion anyway. I somewhat disagree with that chart of tire compounds. I do agree that RS tires are fantasy, as were the old Super Softs, but I believe that RM tires are soft qualifying tire, and RH are likely meant to be long lasting racing tire. But after that, it is unclear and very foggy. Being in the business, I install tires, so know something about it. I have had to opportunity to install Soft Street tires on a ZR1, these were basically track tires that you could use for road use. But you would not want to get caught in any rain with them on. These would be, in my opinion either SS, or better yet, Sport Super Soft. If you were to but a 2017 Grand Sport or Z06, they come with Michelin "Summer only" tires. These would be somewhere between SM and SS tires. They average high priced sports car would come from the factory with, according to traction rating on the sidewalk of any tire, SM tires. Your average sports tire would then be SH. I myself prefer Goodyear tires, and remember the old GT+4 Eagles that came factory on my old Beretta. They did not have long life for most people due to driving habits, but I got really good life out of them. They were what would be In game SH I guess. BUT, your average street car tire is meant to last longer and give better fuel mileage. These are your CS tires. All weather tires, giving just enough grip to keep you out of trouble unless you drive reckless. Really cheap tires, will come with a lower traction rating and would be CM tires. YOU REALLY WOULD NOT want to go to a track day with these. In my opinion, CH tires are also completely fantasy, as they would not be safe for anything other than city driving. In my opinion, adding extra power is great, but if you can not transfer it to the asphalt, what good is it. Tires make a huge difference, and are also part of suspension tuning as they themselves have a spring rate. Lower profile tires have less give and flex and therefore give better handling. Why would Ferrari put CS or SH tires on a car? They would not make the car handle any better and you would be better off buying something cheaper that you could ACTUALLY drive and keep on the road. So, that was long winded and I'm sure some will completely disagree, that's ok. It's my opinion. As for tuning in game, I am all about grip. So I prefer SS tires on everything, but 500pp and less I will use SH as they are good enough for the power the cars will typically have. 400pp I will use CS tires, and never anything under unless for drifting which I am terrible at. I tend to leave racing tires for race cars or for high powered cards 600pp and over. Again, these are just my thoughts and my opinion. But in the end, this is a game and "I" approach it as such. More grip, meaning Sports Soft tires, is how "I" enjoy the game. [/QUOTE]

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