Originally Posted by
AdrianM
Try Lilac fronts and Double Pink rears.
The goal is to use the hardest tires you can but still have the steering and traction that you need to go fast. Soft foam has more inherent traction and rolling resistance. For most of the aspahlt tracks I go to I start out with double pink front and rear. If traction is crazy and I need to tone down the steering then I go to Lilac fronts. I rarely have to go to pink rears. They have more forward bite but not much more side bite than double pinks.
i will have another go in a soft direction like you suggest.
Before when i tried those tires and softer suspension the car would be balanced in a drift, but if i let off a little or got a little too sideways then the car would bog a little, then the tires would grab and the car would dive into the inside board. i was also running the tires a little too big maybe? (42.5/45.0)
with black/grey the traction was smoother with varying slip angle, but with 2xpink grip was more like an on-off switch.
thanks again for your help on this.