Ok so I want to get this set straight (I know, kinda hard for us hoons) but I always get asked if Race, HE, and HW tires effect online grip. I have tested for hours if the compound effects everyone within the lobby and with my findings, I can say that they do not effect the lobbies grip, but only the person who is using said tire compounds. I want a T10 developer to confirm or deny my findings so us as a community can stop arguing like a bunch of children and start acting like adults.
Chances of that happening are between slim and none as Turn 10 staff typically don’t comment on game physics in these forums.
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As PJ said, T10 rarely ever replies. But as for your question, yes it actually does affect the grip levels of lobbies. It was put in place to help slower cars grip better when a car with grippier tires was in use. That’s the main reason why they are outruled in many drift lobbies, and why so many drifters hate them with a passion. Plus, why do you want to reduce your tire spin in a drift lobby? If you want that then you could just tune your diff, lower your hp, or tune for the proper powerband, I’ve seen 300hp KA-T’s drag 800hp monster LS and RB cars more times than i can count. Race/HE tires are for grip. If you’re not drag racing, then why the hell do you have them? I have stock tires on all of my touge cars, some having 600hp, and never had a grip issue or lack of grip. It’s all about your TUNE. Plus, RT/HE are just a desperate cry for grip for those who don’t actually have any knowledge of how tuning works.
No offense, but leave RT/HE to drag racers and the 10-14 year old SLAP fans who think AWD powersliding is Drifting.
Thought the lobby compound effect was only in the Motorsport titles? I know race tires affected the whole lobby in Motorsport 4, but I can’t really tell in Horizon 3. Also, most AWD tunes used either stock tires or drag tires, with the latter affecting only the car one physical position ahead of them. Race tires generally had way too much lateral grip for drifting, but sometimes race tires worked in older motorsport titles, especially on the Bugatti Veyron SS for tighter tracks, but was near-impossible to drive if you weren’t extremely skilled and willing to put up with the unpredictable nature of the compound at 15 psi.
That being said, it does annoy me as well when I roll up to the parking lot in a RWD to do some sikk skidz and the kids pull out race tire AWD gymkhana tunes and proceed to slam the actual drifters into oblivion.