Can someone explain the allure of racing soft tires?

[Snorevette]

the allure is they have the best grip

Where's the fun in not getting a little slide on exit once in a while?

In all honesty, I've generally started limiting myself to RHs at the max (and only on actual racing cars, for street cars I use sports), though I used to use RSs on nearly EVERY car for a very long time (as well as nearly all the aids) - now that I think about it, that might be the allure. They're not very fun for proper no-aids racing, but they're arguably very good for people who are completely new to the sim racing genre (as I was at the time when I got GT5) since they let you learn all the basics of proper racing lines and braking points etc. without the 'OH BY THE WAY IF YOU DO THIS EVEN SLIGHTLY WRONG YOUR CAR WILL SPIN OUT AND YOU'LL NEVER GET ON THE TRACK AGAIN' panic that some people get when they first start.

 

[TenEightyOne]

They can be great for qualifying tyres in 80s-GP-style events, a bit too anaesthetised for general use.

 

[z71L28]

I hate racing tires so much. It's like putting the game on beginner mode.

I hate the extreme grip, hate that they mask the handling characteristics of a car(good or bad), hate that there is no penalty for driving terrible lines/out braking/dive bombing, but I hate most that it becomes impossible to power slide(not drift).

I've played this game a dumb amount since release and I thought that racing tires were for 1)noobs(people who just bought the game) 2) terrible drivers(that would just spin out every other turn on any other tire, regardless of what PP) 3)people that have to have this game put on easy mode and are scared of an actual challenge.

My philosophy is the fun part of this game is trying something less than simple- since you know most who still play this game have been for 2.5 years (Example: 600PP/no ades/SS/very fast wear[I dare you not to lose traction in that race!])

Anyways I just needed to rant a bit. It's really not possible to find a room with anything less than invincible racing softs with no wear anymore/even if the room is at a fixed 450PP (which in all honesty makes me lol every time)

Alright, rant over. Flame away (because I realize from searching for a room without racing softs, that it seems that 99% of all rooms have these tires and have no problems in filling up the rooms - when I have a room up with sports tires, either no one joins or anyone who does join, gets on the track, spins out on turn one, and quits(because its too hard i guess)

I'm not really looking for any new friends, but if you have a problem with racing tires and your looking for a challenge, check me out.

I don't hate raceing tires but feel thay should only be used on race cars. I also find it aggravating that everyone runs R soft tires on street cars.

 

[Max Weismann]

Almost all real racing uses soft racing tires and rolling starts—as it should be!