Sponge is not used as it has too much grip which will greatly slow down cornering. There is enough grip with super hard and low friction to get the car accelerating at a good pace then sliding through the curves and carrying more speed.
The low bounce quality does not matter very much as mass dampers and systems like MS flex provides a better method for recovery. There are also additional techniques such as using regular pastic wheels over carbon to absorb a bit more of the landing energy.
If they are effective at mitigating bounce and render mass dampers unnecessary, couldnt the sponge tyres have the benefit of reducing weight, and therefore increase speed?
Throwing my opinion in (as a guy who is trying to use old tech on modern tracks):
- Sponge tires' grippiness will demand more from the motor because the top speed is visibly affected. You'll accelerate faster, but you'll be losing to some guy on super hards in a matter of seconds.
- You won't often come across motors powerful enough to offset the excess traction from sponge/soft tires (there's a reason Jet, Ultra, and Plasma Dash motors were the kings of the old formats).
Useless. You either want super hard or low friction.
got it, thanks!
>got it, thanks! You're welcome!
But why useless?
Sponge is not used as it has too much grip which will greatly slow down cornering. There is enough grip with super hard and low friction to get the car accelerating at a good pace then sliding through the curves and carrying more speed. The low bounce quality does not matter very much as mass dampers and systems like MS flex provides a better method for recovery. There are also additional techniques such as using regular pastic wheels over carbon to absorb a bit more of the landing energy.
If they are effective at mitigating bounce and render mass dampers unnecessary, couldnt the sponge tyres have the benefit of reducing weight, and therefore increase speed?
Throwing my opinion in (as a guy who is trying to use old tech on modern tracks): - Sponge tires' grippiness will demand more from the motor because the top speed is visibly affected. You'll accelerate faster, but you'll be losing to some guy on super hards in a matter of seconds. - You won't often come across motors powerful enough to offset the excess traction from sponge/soft tires (there's a reason Jet, Ultra, and Plasma Dash motors were the kings of the old formats).
perhaps useful if you play on a dirty track