Originally Posted by foampervert

I totally agree with Tires as number one tuning.

I used to hate driving F1 even though I had plenty of F1 kits (they look cool).

This was largely because getting the right tires was seriously hard, and ultimately f103 type foam tires works best (most of the time).

Recently, I tried (on the advice of my LHS) to try Ride GR tires and they transformed my opinion of F1.

F1 is now my favorite RC car class, simply because I've found tires that work so very well. the other tuning simply fine tunes the car (actually, they affect the car so little, I sometimes don't bother).

when the car understeers, I use a small front wing. when it over steers, I use a smaller front wing(f103 type)

If you haven't tried the Ride GR tires, give yourself a break and try it. I've found it works better then Volante, sweep, the old ride XR, Tamiya and many others.