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Old 11-19-2020, 10:39 AM   #2446
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Originally Posted by JesseG View Post
The twins don’t put down M3 power levels, a wider tire wouldn’t help much except look better. I guess you could argue you could have more cornering grip with wider tires, a bigger contact patch, but it sounds like there is tons of grip with this car. And razor sharp steering. I’m ok with the skinny tires, especially an actual good tire like the Michelin PS4. [emoji3]


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Even with sub 200hp to the wheels,it's still easy to whip the tail out. Once you put on 225 or wider,you'll notice a significant difference in grip. I know first hand,because that's exactly what I did and I feel the difference,and I'm positive that other can confirm the same.

Now imagine the same narrow tire width with 20+ more hp and more torque. Maybe the new tires have more grip,but I feel like this car shouldn't come with anything thinner than a 225 out of the box.

I always felt like from the engineers perspective,to expect the buyers of this car to all be able to drive this car at 10/10 and be capable of controlling it in a slide in corners,vs having wider,more grippy tires where everyone can control it,is asking a whole lot,but that's just me.
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