HI,

As you might have heard, these 'Hybrid' tyres are taking over BLGP in XFG Gti cars..
It used to be good, we set the cars up on our own knowledge with normal tyres, then oneday someone tryed 'hybrids'.. It was ok at the start they weren't as fast, becuase no one knew how to drive them, now every one can't drive without them!!
you cannot win a race on road normal tyres, unless something happens to the leader.
Eg. The world record at BLGP is with 4 hybrid tyres, they will last 2 laps max. in a race.
You have to atleast run hybrids on the back to get anywhere in the hotlap charts, unless you're a freak like Fabio M.G or PartyboyU etc.
Fabio M.G is the only person ever to go under 1.32.00 with road normals... He will NOT drive untill somehow we fix this problem by not allowing these hybrid tyres on the normal road track... I don't like these hybrids either, they are faster, yes... but it's not real driving, you can stuff up a lap and only lose maybe 1 tenth or 2.. on road normals as most of you know, it's greater than that.
I do strongly agree that these tyres should be banned, I won't lie, yes i use these tyres, and have done fast times with them (1.32.00).. that is only becuase it's impossible to race people without them...

Kind regards, and thanks for your time,
[DUcK]

Edit by Fonnybone: Sorry, but the 'Global Bold' was killing me...

So how much did you race in real life that you know that hybrids don't grip more? Actually it makes quite some sense, because they are way softer and reach optimum temperature faster than those normals. Or do you think they're not rubber and have a magical dirt-thingy in them that only makes them grip on mud?

Heck "normal" tyres are designed to be pretty hard and just as grippy as they need to be, just so they last longer. That's the same with summer and winter tyres. The latter ones will grip more in almost any conditions because they are quite softer, but you don't drive them all year because they'd need to be replaced much faster than the summer ones.

And do you know what I think? I think drivers in the same situation in RL™ would do just the same, if all their races just last for sprint distance. If they had to choose between longer lasting "normals" and grippier softer "hybrids", then damn they would drive those hybrids. Why not? The advantage of the "normal" tyres isn't used so why the heck should they choose to take less grippy tyres? Think about it.

Also, this is no bug, so it doesn't belong here.

use this command => "/laps=15" whilst in game, and the hybrid people will run and hide...

Quote from tristancliffe :

use this command => "/laps=15" whilst in game, and the hybrid people will run and hide...

Normal/Hybrid setup for 15 laps is good haven't tried it much longer than that but I think I could go much further on normal/hybrid config (after 15 laps there is no red only green..)

Oh really - I got the impression that they only lasted 2 lap from the posts above :S I wouldn't know - I don't drive the demo cars anymore - I get sick of them for ages after using the demo...

haha tristan..i still love to drive XFG @ BL1
and i can easily drive 7 laps with my own setup (normal on front , hybrid in back, doing 1:32.40`s ) if u want to do more then 10 laps with hybrid, u cant drive all the time on max.
u will have times from 1:34.xx to 1:33.5x max to survive longer than 7 laps.
even my normal tires are orange after 7 laps(driving on limit for best times).

Hybrids in rear last for over 30 laps easily, most of the racers drove 30laps race in olfsl with hybrids in rear without problems. Tire pressures needed to be increased a bit but not too much. But using hybrids in front is not possible for longer distances.

yup sracer, thats one point why i use only hybrids in back.
the most work do the tires in front.
the other point is, that i drift all the time when i use hybrid in front & back