Do you think wheels choices make a difference?

It's very hard to say but when I had a wheel change yesterday I could have sworn I noticed a difference between Tuner and Sport. In Tuner and high end my Feltzer turned much quicker but was easier to lose control whereas the Sport seemed to have more grip but the turning was wider.

I remember awhile ago with the bifta I had put on some High-End wheels for it and noticed I had much more difficulty climbing hills than when I switched back to Off-Road.

So I'm going to go ahead and say Yes, although I'm not sure if it's a huge difference, just little subtleties, or I'm imagining it, it's hard to tell.

Someone on the GTAF forums did a test like this also, granted, this was two patches back but he found not difference in what wheels you put on your car. The minute time variances were contributed to just wheel spin for likely results.

such a subjective debate to be had on this one as without the game data files to analyze its always gonna be something based on "feel" or opinion

im sure pre-release i read something about using the same tyre type as the car your driving (i.e sports on sports, high end on super, muscle on muscle) gives a margina handling difference but im struggling to find a source... that fits with Skorpios comments...

the problem is where handling is concerned it can only be tested in corners... which are damn nigh impossible to do in exactly the same way consistently.. were only human after all.. things like this are why imo rockstar should give more accurate stats for vehicles, the in game bars are a good visual, but not specific enough for my liking.

I am more of a High End type of guy regardless, lol.

Need an option that reads 'There is no tyre that will stop me spinning out on every other lap'. I'll vote that.

Interesting, Luaps testimony. I have seen various experiments that have turned up 'probably not' but you can't argue with your own personal experience. Good job I picked a high end wheel as my go to...

OT but connected, I take it that it's spelled 'tires' across the pond? Gave me a spell error with a Y in there, had to read thru the thread to check I'd not lost my mind. Cheers to my countryman Mo for also using the correct spelling.
To me 'tires' applies to me, not my car.

Will check them out Zero, I have started branching out from my old faithful Chromatic Zs recently. I do believe in taking the odd fashion risk tho...

See tolly thats interesting. When i first bought the bifta i took it out onto a track and it was rough, i was getting used the the crazy turning etc but was starting to get it by the end of 4 laps. I then went and modded it completely up and threw high end tires on it because i use blade rims on all my stuff. Did the same track and holy shit i was all over the place. I thought the mods were too much for the car. But i was noticing that when i hit the paved sections of the track the car straightened right upquick. It is the first time i had even considered tires and i thought...wonder if it needs the offroad. When i switched and went back to the track it was like night and day the difference in my ability to not completely do donuts on every turn.

My tests where climbing a hill. I was looking for tire with traction advantage. I didn't try tracks or pavement. This was also in version 1.05, if that matters.

I don't notice a difference.  I have a feeling it would be common knowledge by now if there were a separate state stored with the build to affect performance based on the wheels.  Pure speculation though.  Could be?  The only "testing" I see done is pretty questionable, like less than a second per lap with hardly any laps run.  Most people have serious problems being that consistent with exactly the same car.  If you CAN consistently hit your fastest lap time after time, you're probably one of the best drivers in the game.

A good point cloudfuel, it might be possible to do tht by driving another crew members car... They take it to lsc, set the tyres, you take it for a spin. Rinse and repeat with different tyre options...

Only aspect is the offroad knobbled tyres will be a bit obvious from a visual perspective...

In game testing is always gonna be ambiguous based on that soft squidgy bit between the chair and the controller. Ideally we could check the data files after changing tyres, if all stats remain the same then theres no difference.

Either that or building a robot with servos to steer the car in a consistent arc.. Switch tyre types and see if theres a difference in time taken, spin outs etc

Obviously this is all theoretical and very impractical to implement, personally I pick the wheel and tyre combos I like visually and blame any difference on myself... Tiredness or that old "smoke in the eye" excuse

I am back looking into this theory of wheel types affect grip. I have a new testing method to try and will be testing for at least a week. I am installing off-road wheels on all of my cars (10 classes) in the racing garage. Then will be running races as normal. My non-scientific testing criteria will be to watch my lap times. I am usually in the top three times when racing with fellow crew members. If my times increase I will conclude less grip, if they drop and I am gettign fast lap more often then more grip.

I fitted my Elegy RH8 (best car in the game by the way) with off-road meats last night. Ran a few playlists and saw no difference in traction or handling. In fact off the line it seemed I got a bit more traction.

I was thinking of coating all of the cars in chrome as well, as the reflective diffraction interaction with the molecular structure of the conveyance substrate is surely to increase adhesion coefficients.

So I have been running the off-road wheels on all my racing vehicles (cept the Bifta) for a few days. I haven't noticed any loss of grip and it seems I am getting a bit more traction at the starts. The Entity seems to work very well with off-road meats installed. I have gotten some best lap times and stayed consistent with finishes. More unscientific testing to do.

Oh I dunno... What's better than spanking a dirty racer in super cars?  Spanking them in a super car with 35" boggers fitted.

the tyre tread is very different changing wheel type. so is the width of the tyre.
when LS was snowy on christmas, i had to put on every vehicle off-road tyres to get a better grip. Yes, wheels choices make a difference