A graph of tire grip on different surfaces.

[photonrider]

I ran full RW and RI on semi wet and very wet tracks before going to RS and found that RS not only gave me the best grip on 100% wet tracks but also did not seem to wear at all when the track was really wet.

So the secrets out then? Take that, rabbits!

 

[fifomaniak]

I haven't ran on a wet track in quite a while but early on I played with it and did not see results like what are posted in the OP. I did see that RS tires worked best under all conditions. I ran full RW and RI on semi wet and very wet tracks before going to RS and found that RS not only gave me the best grip on 100% wet tracks but also did not seem to wear at all when the track was really wet.

They had to change it, cause in the recent Holiday Extreme Races RS had little to no traction from about 30-40% of wet track.

 

[The87Dodge]

In the International A Spec, theres a series of races called Rainmasters. I used Racing Softs on all of those races and the tires still had enough grip to drive well. I will use the Racing Intermediates next time around, but there is no issues with the Racing Softs.

 

[ManicDan]

i believe the holiday endurance races used a setting for more realism. i could do about 10 seconds faster on RS than RI in dry, but once we had 15% rain the RS were 30 seconds slower (due to spinouts), and at >30% they were a minute slower.

the A Spec Rainmasters were a joke on any tire, the 2 races are with completely different settings. i forget but i think there was an S endurance race that had rain too, and i recall using RS in that as well, and having to avoid the driving line or something glitchy like that to stay off the really wet areas.

 

[Griffith500]

Are we taking the grip reduction setting into account here? RS tyres would be fastest on wet surfaces only when it is set to "reduced".

If you want realistic wet surface behaviour, select "realistic". The races provided by PD are almost always set to reduced.

The drying / wet line seems to me to be present no matter the setting, but do not take it as fact.

 

[HBR-Roadhog]

My experience with the wet tracks was in GT Mode so whatever they are set at

 

[Griffith500]

My experience with the wet tracks was in GT Mode so whatever they are set at

Reduced

 

[jpcxn]

i just saw this post, didnt realize it was so old. the data does seem to hold up pretty well too after patches. i would run intermediate in any amount of rain as long as its not dry for more than a lap or two.

jpcxn, comforts have tread and will handle rain better than sport tires, at anything above 10% i think comfort soft is the best option. although at 50% rain i dont know if the harder comfort tires will be better than soft. i just know that sport are not the way to go.

Thanks a lot!!