My tyre experiment

[JR86]

In school recently I was given the assignment to do an experiment of my choice and write it down like a proper report thing. After a while I came up with this: What tyre compound on GT5 gives you the most angle and speed? We can all say this is a hotly debated idea. Instead of me basing judgement on D1GP tyres and talking about real life stuff I thought I will do a proper test to come to a reasonable conclusion. I do know tests sort of like this have been done before (look at Suddupfoo's channel) but I am doing this in a more "scientific" fashion

I am not here to prove anyone right or wrong. The main reason I am doing this is for school. I am however sharing my findings with the community in a hope to define if anything from the experiment.

For the test I will use 3 cars:
BMW M3
GT 86
and a Ferrari 599
I will not use any of my personal drift cars as they are set to drift best with CH tyres.

I will be testing 5 compounds of tyres:
Comfort Hard
Comfort Medium
Comfort soft
Sports hard
and Sports Medium

I will test the 3 cars to see if different compounds affect cars differently if they have higher or lower output. Each car will be bought stock with no modifications. Each car will run the course with each compound 5 times each (25 runs from 1 car to complete a test) and I will give an average on angle and speed for all 5 different compounds. I will be performing the test on Grand Valley Circuit using the Season 2 VDC section for all testing to keep results conclusive. After a car has done its 25 total runs the other 2 Higher and lower powered cars will have a crack meaning to give a conclusive test I will run the course 75 times total. After all this I will try to possibly do a google doc or even a video to show results as well as posting them on the thread.

If you have any queries please post as it will certainly help me for my assignment and the community for a reasonable conclusion. I am not trying to proclaim that you must use this tyre and that your wrong, I am trying to give solid evidence to the community to base their judgement on. If you like drifting a certain compound thats fine! Personal preference is everything. I can guarantee the argument will still go on but if you wish you can follow he same test as me

I do sincerely hope for no arguing as I don't want the Mods locking this thread. Everyone stay cool and just remember: "It's not what you drive, it's how!"

 

[twitcher]

Sounds like a fun topic to do a report on. Wish I would have thought of doing reports on video games haha.

I think it will be interesting to see others run the same test, and then see if and/or how opinions differ. Good luck, looking forward to seeing your results 👍

 

[mikekhel30]

I know this might be off topic, but is this high school paper... just wondering. If you did got permission with this topic, that's cool. Oh since this is a research process, just do the 7 main steps for a good grade as you might have to get use to it when you're doing college papers while your topic is still fun.

 

[GODfreyGT5]

Or just use Comfort hards like everyone else has been for the last year and a half?

It's an odd thing to do for a school project too, and I'm sure you would far more enjoy doing something 'real'.

And it's not 'hotly debated', just kids in online lobbies are completely oblivious to the massive drifting community on here, always showing ignorance towards those who drift CH.

I can finish your report now by the way,
Sports medium - most speed
Comfort hard - most angle

 

[JR86]

Or just use Comfort hards like everyone else has been for the last year and a half?

It's an odd thing to do for a school project too, and I'm sure you would far more enjoy doing something 'real'.

And it's not 'hotly debated', just kids in online lobbies are completely oblivious to the massive drifting community on here, always showing ignorance towards those who drift CH.

I can finish your report now by the way,
Sports medium - most speed
Comfort hard - most angle

At school my mind went blank so I just looked at some D1GP pics. Thats when I thought about the test. In my hypothesis I do state the obvious that the CH tyres will give angle and the SM tyres will give speed but for the assignment we need proper facts and figures.

I would have done something IRL but the examples that the website shared were all bull and I could only think of doing stuff which was either too dangerous or illegal. Like everyone else I do always use CH but as Stav says "variety is the spice of life".

 

[GODfreyGT5]

Ok then, good luck!

 

[Kievit]

Just some suggestions;

- Stick to one corner, with a fixed starting and ending point.
- Use one car, with 3 different power levels instead of 3 different cars.
- Think about a good way to measure the results, e.g. angle and speed. And test how reliable they are (repeatability/reproducability).
- Randomize the power levels and tyres for the test.
- Use 2-3 tyre compounds to test and others to predict results.

Look up "Design of experiments"

Good luck

 

[twitcher]

Just some suggestions;

- Stick to one corner, with a fixed starting and ending point.
- Use one car, with 3 different power levels instead of 3 different cars.
- Think about a good way to measure the results, e.g. angle and speed. And test how reliable they are (repeatability/reproducability).
- Randomize the power levels and tyres for the test.
- Use 2-3 tyre compounds to test and others to predict results.

Look up "Design of experiments"

Good luck

All good points, except the bold one. One of the areas of drifting in GT5 most affected by tire compound selection is transitions between corners. That's why I think his idea of running the VDC section of GVS is a good idea.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to run the test on a few different sections. Do a "1-turn" test at a place like T-1 of Deep Forest, a single S-turn section such as the one at HSR, and then a complex section like GVS. I think GVS will work well for him, as it offers a variety of corner speeds, banked road surfaces, and elevation change.

 

[eddyac]

@The Poll I don't like both

 

[pergatory]

Or just use Comfort hards like everyone else has been for the last year and a half?

It's an odd thing to do for a school project too, and I'm sure you would far more enjoy doing something 'real'.

And it's not 'hotly debated', just kids in online lobbies are completely oblivious to the massive drifting community on here, always showing ignorance towards those who drift CH.

I can finish your report now by the way,
Sports medium - most speed
Comfort hard - most angle

Every time this topic comes up it blows up, so yes, I would say it's hotly debated.

This reminds me very much of the approach Fox News takes to covering stories. First they claim that their position is superior because everyone prefers it (despite obvious evidence to the contrary). Then they claim it's not even an issue except for people who "don't count" and that those people should be shamed. Lastly inserting some little quip that they think will give the impression that they are somehow qualified to make these judgments.

 

[MSTER232]

I wish my homework tasks at school were based on GT5... LOL .

 

[GODfreyGT5]

It's heavily fought and whined over, but not debated.

 

[Powellx235]

Chris, don't be a smart arse when somebody is doing something properly experimental when It comes to this stuff. He stated it was for school and didn't want to fuss about it, so please.

And to the op, goodluck with your experiment. It has been said that comfort medium are the most realistic, which I can't deny, but keep going, you could hit something new!

 

[GreySilvia]

Good luck OP. Hope you find something interesting!