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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
Given your experience (or lack of), I'd recommend you use your stock tires, or RE-11A
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Actually the RE-11A's on stock wheels is a great idea. TONS of grip for that tire, but still enough to learn on, and you can drive to and from the event on them, AND run them on track in the rain.
The thing is with NT01s or any R-comp or slick, you are running on the ragged edge before they break away. When they do break away, mid-corner, you're carrying so much speed vs. a street tire that there is barely any margin for error, and by the time the grip breaks away, it's already too late. You should be at the skill level that you are giving the car inputs BEFORE grip breaks away, as you can already feel what the car is ABOUT to do, before you start running R-comps or slicks. That skill level comes with seat time, and usually includes a few spins or tank slappers while exploring the limits of the car. But that's just my opinion.
Here's a video to demonstrate that; mid corner with my PSS I can feel the car is about to step out, and give it a bit of opposite input as well as maintain throttle to set the back end, BEFORE it even begins to step out. If I didn't have the seat time, and reacted after it began to step out, I would have probably eaten the outside wall. Even with that little input, I maybe had 6 inches to spare on that outer wall at track out. Like I said before, not much room for error when you are carrying lots of speed through the corners.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nsSspwIZJ8"]Getting Loose in Turn 17 at Sebring - YouTube[/ame]