Greetings all, i have a few doubts pertaining tires and i've listed the questions below.
I appreciate to aquire all relevant help and advices which i will be applying to both simracing and real racing.
1. What does a peak temp of a tire represents? Is it the highest temp a tire can get or is it the point the tire has the most traction? Is it related to overheating point?
2. As a tire wear down, it starts to releases some of the heat and start to go down in temperature. In what way does this cool off effect have an impact on performance?
3. A tire with a higher pressure has better handling but sacrifices traction. Handling here refers to how quickly it reacts to driver's input. Am i right to say that?
4. Besides pressure & temperature, do tire profile(sidewall) contributes to the car's cornering performance and how are they affected?