Formula ISI tyre flex

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  1. TJones

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    Not realy a bug, but I have the impression that the tyre carcass is very stiff, and i mean not very much in radial direction, but in axial.
    Which suits more to a low cross-section tire (for example those of DTM cars) and not to a "old style" tire of a Formula1 car.
    It's not only noticable while driving. I checked the replay and switched to a camera which shows the right front tyre, easy to see the compression load and over bumps but almost no flexibillity in axial direction through latheral forces.

    It makes actually very much fun to drive these cars, but giving the tires some flexibillity in axial dir., and a little more grip and it should feel very much perfect. :)
     

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