whats worse front tire wear or back?

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worse tire wear

  • front tire wear

    Votes: 37 84.1%

  • rear tire wear

    Votes: 7 15.9%
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    44
I chose front tire wear is the worst because that's where you need the traction the most.
If you lose rear traction, you can compensate for it were if you lose front traction there isn't really anything you can do about it.
 
also with front u cant turn worth a damn, unlike my elise which gets Very loose even when the tires r green
 
ah, but on road drifting like that is not good for lap times.

I find rear wheel wear to be worse, because when you do start drifting, you have to compensate not only with opposite lock but with less throttle, plus you either scrub off speed or your car progresses into a 4-wheel drift, which sends you straight into the wall or off-road.

I won the Professional British GT Car Cup with the Falcon XR8, without pitting once, and the front tires were cooked but I was able to stay ahead of the Lotus Motorsport Elise 'cause the Elise had worn rears and was drifting all over the place for the last 3 laps. Now I ain't seen an AI drift with opposite lock like that before...

...so traction means nothing if the car is not very controllable. With front tire wear, you understeer more. Slower, yes, but more stable, so you don't have a back side going about face on turns.
 
Originally posted by Impreza STi
ah, but on road drifting like that is not good for lap times.

I find rear wheel wear to be worse, because when you do start drifting, you have to compensate not only with opposite lock but with less throttle, plus you either scrub off speed or your car progresses into a 4-wheel drift, which sends you straight into the wall or off-road.

I won the Professional British GT Car Cup with the Falcon XR8, without pitting once, and the front tires were cooked but I was able to stay ahead of the Lotus Motorsport Elise 'cause the Elise had worn rears and was drifting all over the place for the last 3 laps. Now I ain't seen an AI drift with opposite lock like that before...

...so traction means nothing if the car is not very controllable. With front tire wear, you understeer more. Slower, yes, but more stable, so you don't have a back side going about face on turns.
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yeah. what he said:lol:

when the rear is out you spin alot easier
 
Front tire wear is obviously worse for faster driving styles because more force needs to be produced by the front tires to turn the car... and also to control the car during cornering at the limit of traction....

however green front with red rear is pretty dam bad as well... you can do nothing but spin...

i would say that ideal tire wear would be one where the tires wear about evenly... this is how i tune my cars and how i attempt to race them... gives a much more balanced feel throughout the race and you do not have to adjust your driving style much
 
Yeah, both ways, if the tyres are RED, you're stuffed ... or if you have a much more powerful car, you just smash and bash your way through the turns ...
 
Whatever suits your style ... if my tyres go off, I will do anything to win ... whether it is smashing walls, or whatever is neccesary ...

:trouble:
 
It all depends on the the drivetrain of a vehicle.

If it is front wheel drive the front is most important, the only thing the rear tires are for keeping the car's back end from sliding out, the front wheels are for both acceleration and turning of the car.

In a Mid Engine Car, if the rear tire goes bad then you can't accelerate or keep the back end from going around, but the transfer is usually to the front of the vehicle so more pressure goes on the front of the car and turning.

In a Front Engine, Rear Wheel Drive Car then the transfer is in the rear of the car, and you can usually drift around the corners, easily if the rear tires go bad, but if the tires go bad in the front you have massive understeer and no matter what you can't make the corner.

As the Strategy guide says "If you have to have oversteer or understeer then you should always choose oversteer because you can countersteer the corners, and you still need to make it around the corner."
 
The Falcon has such a heavy front weight bias that it oversteers at the lower speeds, even with roasted front tires and OK rears, then understeers when topping out. Since on many courses the important turns are the slow ones having a car that does not drive like an air hockey puck can be an advantage, as seen by the fact that I passed the AI around the slow turns 'cause it (yes, it) was still pulling out of a full opposite lock drift from worn rear tires.
 
I'd go with front wear is worse. I always prefer oversteer to understeer as rotating the rear of the car is essentially all you need to get through a turn. While it is true that drift causes you to scrub speed and lengthens laptimes, understeer makes it difficult just to get through any particular corner. I find it infuriating when I drive off straight off the road on corner exit due to understeering worn front tires.
 
what's worst is when only a single front wheel goes red while the other is yellow/green...but i had crappy config on that car
 
I don't think there's an answer to this, so I haven't voted. It depends what you deal with best - under or oversteer.
 
Front, definatley. I don't know how many races I've almost blown because I didn't tune up to minimize front tire wear. I love oversteer, but understeer always kills me.
 
Any red is bad, but it has been my experience that the slower lap times come with worn front tires, rather than worn rear ones. Once you lose your steering, you have to drop your speed through the turns... lose rear wheel traction and you may spin, but it will hook up sooner or later. I assume, of course, that this thread applies mainly to MR and FR cars?
 
Front wear is way worse. You won't loose as many seconds through each turn by having to let off the gas a little and sliding the rear around when the tires in the back are worn, as you would having to squeeze the car around the turns when it steers hardly any at all.
 
just from watching people where I work (indoor go-kart centre), people can easily deal with oversteer, but are useless when it comes to understeer

Personally I prefer a neutral car, but can live with excessive oversteer
 
Anyone who knows anything about racing knows that you do NOT want the front tires to lose traction. If my rear tires have no traction, I can still steer to correct. Front tires being bald = no turning.
 
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anyways, personally it depends on where I am at in a race, and the car type. In a front engine rear drive car for example, I wear the front tires to yellow then go to a throttle happy driving style till my rear tires are hurting. understeer helps to a point for me, but only to a point. I would have to say that the worst tires to have bad traction on are indeed the front though.
 
Front tire wear is always the worst especially on tracks with a lot of curves. Rear tire wear is not much of a problem unless you're in a car with a lot of torque. I hate spinning out!
 
In a 4WD car on super slicks, the rear tire wear doesn't bother me, only the front does 'cause ya can't steer. Is that what I wanted to say?? Yeah, that's what I wanted to say!:D :D :D
 
in my opinion it is rwally bad when the fronts go first - you don't have anywhere near as much control - it don't matter so much with the rears - gives the option of all out drifting fun! he he
 

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