so i autocrossed this past saturday on my tires for the first time and had 7 runs total...
i took a picture of my left rear tire before and after each run...
here's a tire before any runs that day:
here's that same tire at the end of my 7th and last run of the day:
suffice to say, it went from relatively smooth, new-feeling, to a little less smooth and new-feeling
as for how they felt while in the heat of battle...
friggin' awesome!!!
put it this way...
from my previous post where i mentioned that it feels like my car's chassis is not up to par with these tires' grip capabilities...
it's the absolute truth...
i would need to seriously and significantly stiffen the chassis and add some sway bars, increase my spring and damper rates with a better set-up, etc, etc, etc...
it's hard to fathom that a tire as grippy as these are so smooth and quiet in daily driving and commuting!
in retrospect, i never drove hard enough, feeling unused to the grip levels afforded by these tires...
having been accustomed to ultra-high performance summer and all season tires, it's going to take more time to adjust to this max/extreme? compound.
under/oversteer don't seem to be an issue with my car except in the really tight hairpins where the car just seems to plow forever under power...
and in fast slalom transitions, the rear end gets rather squirrely, but nothing a good lift of the throttle can't fix...
with these tires, it just seems like i can push it more before it gets to that uneasy-feeling point...
as i attend more events and get accustomed to these tires, i'll further detail my thoughts and findings...
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my trusty steed during a brief break between runs: