while i like playing with tire wear occasionally, maybe add a difficulty between simulation damage and cosmetic, where the tires wear, but they sort of regenerate over time as they cool. so that you can still feel the effects while driving poorly, allowing you to learn to manage tire wear with an assist of sorts. and continuing to drive poorly will make them stay worse until you let your tires cool. I get that tire temperature already acts as this sort of “youre driving poorly do better” kind of guage, where maintaining the temperature is ideal, but its pretty subtle in horizon as it should be, this could be another layer ontop of temperature to make tires a way of teaching good driving habits.
maybe call it smart tire wear mode or something, it could tie to tire temperature somewhat. So when the tires are really cool they regenerate faster, really hot tires wear faster and regenerate slower
this would help train driving for me subconsciously, i would use it all the time. I like simulation, but after a while ill have to reset to clear tire wear, this is my solution to the resetting thing, allowing a seamless lasting mode you can play indefinitely that adds elements of tire wear, but doesnt require “changing tires” through the menu.