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Originally Posted by jmimac351
During a 14hr race in a momentum car, flatspots happen when dicing in traffic and someone parks it. Flatspots on the RS-3 weren't as severe as shown here, but they happened as well.
The tread is smeared across the face of this "200 TW tire" and the tire doesn't appear to handle abuse as well as others we've used. Toyo "reclassified" this tire from 140 to a 200 TW rating. In our experience, the RS-3 fared far better. The picture is a good reminder that manufacturers set those numbers for their product.
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Toyo possibly tweaked the compound when they did that (they will not confirm or deny). Their 195/50/15 size was a trick tire that seemed to work different than all the others, until after the treadwear change when it seemed to stop working as well.
I hear it's still a good rain tire - some experienced people have compared them favorably with Hoosier wets.