Difference in handling with wider wheels/tires

[Simmons]

Driving on my primacy tires compared to my yokohama A052 245/17 on a 9" wheel is NO comparison. The yoks feel some much more direct to any input. And that was on stock suspension and also with my MCS coil-overs.

[Desertnate]

I have only a few days experience on this platform, but from what I've seen in the past, handling feel and steering feel are not really related. A much wider set up probably would have an impact on steering weight.

For the last two cars I've owned, a MK6 GTI and a RWD BMW 435, changing the wheels and tires had little/no effect on the steering feel, but did change the way the car handled and behaved when given steering inputs.

On the GTI I simply changed to a lighter wheel with a good set of summer tires at the OEM size and found a lot more grip, more agility/better turn in. The lighter wheels just made the care feel more "lively", but that could be placebo and not really measurable.

On the BMW going from the staggered 19's to square 18's again changed the handling but not the steering feel (not that you'd ever feel anything in that car anyway). On a square set up the car was far more balanced and rotated much easier, I noticed this whether it was my winter set-up or my autocross set-up. Both rotated similarly, though the grip was WAY higher on the 200TW...which goes without saying...