What tire simulates a racing tire the best?

[Abysmal Pea]

I did a search for realistic tire comparisons, and I found a bunch of discussions about N tires, which were not relevant to my question, my question being thus:

What in-game tire has the best simulation of a racing tire?

I ask this because I enjoy racing touring cars around, but I don't enjoy the feeling that the car is glued to the road. I shouldn't be able to speed through a chicane with a lead brick on the acceleration.

I remember hearing snippets of discussion saying that S tires were "realistic" in the sense that they came to closest to simulating racing tires, but I can't locate the comment, as I read it almost half a year ago.

Any thoughts?

 

[Tulok]

I think that hards are the most realistic when it comes to grip, Though superhards are my favorite, other than comforts of course

 

[Loon]

Nstyle tires, it says so at the scrolling black bar at the bottom of the page when you buy a car.

 

[Greycap]

Nstyle tires, it says so at the scrolling black bar at the bottom of the page when you buy a car.

Indeed, but that is about the tyres you use on everyday driving, "factory spec" as it says. For racing tyres the R1 aka Super Hards are probably the most realistic ones in my opinion as they give a believable tyre life.

- R -

 

[Abysmal Pea]

Indeed, but that is about the tyres you use on everyday driving, "factory spec" as it says. For racing tyres the R1 aka Super Hards are probably the most realistic ones in my opinion as they give a believable tyre life.

- R -

Well I was looking for tires to use in practice mode, where tire life isn't a factor.
Are superhards still good in terms of grip level?

 

[Michael88]

I always race group-c cars and LMGTP's with sport tires medium at rear and sport tires soft at front. I never raced a real race car, but I am pretty sure that tire setup simulates racing very good. The times I get with sport tires are always close to real life times.

As example the Nissan R92 around the Nürburgring takes me about 6:18-6:20 with careful driving and without accidents. The Porsche 956 did 6:24-6:29 times at 1000km Nürburgring event back in 1983. The record is 6:11. Since the R92 has more HP its very close to reality.

 

[Symbioticgenius]

I would like to think, but don't know for sure: Super Hard Racing tires are the ones closest to those used in Races, mainly because its what they use. In most Nascar\Indy Races one of the main concerns are the time lost in the pits. So they utilize the best possible gripping tire for that race, while minimizing the amount of times they need to pit. In reality, Super Soft Tires are generally used for Qualifying Races only.

We as GT players on the other hand, use Super Soft on any race with less than 5 laps and hope for the best. If you want realism go with the Super Hard.

 

[qwertyuiop333]

Well, I think that the N-tires are the most realistic, because of their handling and endurance.

 

[michael15]

It takes 3 laps to get them on temperature. Maybe Hard tires are more realistic, definetly not the soft or qualify tires cause 2G is more than what a real racecar can generate.

 

[Michael88]

It takes 3 laps to get them on temperature. Maybe Hard tires are more realistic, definetly not the soft or qualify tires cause 2G is more than what a real racecar can generate.

AFAIK group-c cars created up to 2.3G in sharp corners and 3.0 G from 0-60 mp/h acceleration.
This was only possible with the incredible amount f downforce they created, at 120 MPH late IMSA-GTP cars created that much downforce that they could drive on the ceiling; top speed suffered a bit of course due drag.

Of course thats not true with JGTC and touring cars.

 

[Torana XU-1]

It's been suggested to me that for realistic performance and lap times, use N2 tyres on street cars and R1 tyres on race cars.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

It's been suggested to me that for realistic performance and lap times, use N2 tyres on street cars and R1 tyres on race cars.

I always think of it like this:

N1 tires: your basic off-brand cheapie tires sold by Wal Mart, Costco, etc. I see these occasionally in my shop. They don't last long in the real-world since they are so inferior.

N2 tires: These are better all-season tires, built to last many miles (in the real-world that is) with a brand name (Goodyear, Firestone, Fuzion, etc). you know and feel a bit more confident buying.

N3 tires: Multi-purpose radials with a higher speed rating. It is possible to win alot of races with these if you're good. Again, these tires are built to last...

I'm just guessing what PD intended. Who knows

 

[Mt. Lynx]

I always go with R1 on racecars, since it feels the most realistic, in terms of tyrelife and grip. I do belive that R1 is perhaps equal to a medium hard tyre IRL though.