Rain tires vs Intermediate Tires...

[RedPartyhat]

Just wanted to know your thoughts on these two types of tires for the rain.

I did some testing with real grip reduction in a public lobby set to "Race for Real" at Circuit de la Sarthe, in a Jaguar Xj220 LM Race Car with no aids (ABS 1).
Tested laps at 50% rain and 100% rain
Both times I ran much better lap times with rain tires compared to intermediate tires.

100% rain
4.32. lap times in intermediate
4.25. lap times in rain tires

50% rain
4.19. in intermediate
4.15. in rain tires

Rain tires provided a lot more grip, intermediate tires made the car very touchy. If I touched to accelerator while cornering, I'd spin out immediately.
It was the same with rain tires but not as extreme.
I've also heard rumors that sports hard tires are good to use in rain, but it was so terrible when I tested it that I gave up trying to register in a lap time because it was just impossible to control.
So it seems that intermediate tires are useless seeing that rain tires are just the better option in any rain condition, or maybe it was because of my car, setup, and DS3 controller?

 

[CSLACR]

Maybe try the 25-50% range, where inter's strength lies before making a determination.

Of course, if you don't have grip reduction on real, you should be using sports, otherwise it's not hard to spot the benefit of intermediates.

 

[RedPartyhat]

Wouldn't really be worth it, I'll just stick to racing tires until it hits 40% then go to rain tires, isntead of pitting for intermediate then pitting again for rain

 

[sheephead99]

If I'm endurance racing I stick with sports sifts till about 43-44% then pit for wets. Works a treat.....sometimes lol

 

[KROKrew]

Rain tires are made for constant rain and intermediate tires are made for tracks where the track is wet from rain that stopped, I think. I may be wrong, just correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[CSLACR]

Wouldn't really be worth it, I'll just stick to racing tires until it hits 40% then go to rain tires, isntead of pitting for intermediate then pitting again for rain

You're free to do what you like, but if you're racing humans on inters in even 30% rain while you run slicks, you'll simply be annihilated.
I've been one of the people on inters through 20-50% rain while others tried slicks, and they didn't have a dashing hope of keeping up, I'm talking 5-10 seconds a lap.

It mostly depends on how quickly the surface water is building, how long the race is, etc. In the last rain race I ran, we started at 10% surface water in pouring rain, I started on inters and had all the guys on slicks well behind me by the time I needed to stop for rain tires. (at 60% water, around lap 6-7 or so)

Of course, since you haven't found this difference I can only think of two possibilities: 1, you have grip reduction on low, or 2, you haven't fully been able to compare the difference in the different conditions.

For the record, anyone and I mean anyone, that claims SS is the way to go, has grip reduction on low. If grip reduction is on low, than SS is the way to go, yes, but then what's the point of driving in the rain?

Just my 2 cents.

 

[sheephead99]

Just tried ss tyres and it got to 10%. You could feel the effects of the rain already. This was on grip reduction set to real. Cslacr has changed my way of racing

 

[RedPartyhat]

You're free to do what you like, but if you're racing humans on inters in even 30% rain while you run slicks, you'll simply be annihilated.
I've been one of the people on inters through 20-50% rain while others tried slicks, and they didn't have a dashing hope of keeping up, I'm talking 5-10 seconds a lap.

It mostly depends on how quickly the surface water is building, how long the race is, etc. In the last rain race I ran, we started at 10% surface water in pouring rain, I started on inters and had all the guys on slicks well behind me by the time I needed to stop for rain tires. (at 60% water, around lap 6-7 or so)

Of course, since you haven't found this difference I can only think of two possibilities: 1, you have grip reduction on low, or 2, you haven't fully been able to compare the difference in the different conditions.

For the record, anyone and I mean anyone, that claims SS is the way to go, has grip reduction on low. If grip reduction is on low, than SS is the way to go, yes, but then what's the point of driving in the rain?

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks for the post
I might go do some more testing, I had it set to pounding rain both times