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If you race or just want good traction, you will want slicks. The softest compound you can find.
If you want to have a bit of drift, any of those treaded tires will do. I race, so I use Sorex slicks.
If you want to have a bit of drift, any of those treaded tires will do. I race, so I use Sorex slicks.
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It also depends on how dirty the surface is. Slicks tend to slide more on a dusty/ dirty surface...Proline makes some good tires, Take Offs and Yokomo's are good too. Soft tires are good for traction, but will grind away real fast on a rough surface. Personally, I prefer to sacrifice a little traction for durability, and want my tires to last for more than a few tanks of fuel. Med. compound seems to be a good compromise of traction and wear, generally speaking, but there are many more variables involved and we could go on and on...
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id look at this in the same context as real life cars.. if ya want the ultimate performance on a track thats gonna be dry and almost absolutly clean.. like a F1 car.. then use slicks.. if your gonna be on a trach thats gonna have debri use very low treaded wheels like touring cars..
if its gonna be a mixture of the two .. use medium to high tread tires like rally drivers... id remember that every time a real life car driver has to race they have a choise of several tire types and choose on the day depending on what the track/ weather is like.. this is also relevant for RC
i use rally style.. med tread slightly soft tires for my car for street bashing.. as its sometimes smooth sometimes damp sometimes gritty.. if ya race indoors or on a good track youd use slicks.. maybe it would be worth getting something that makes "the best of both worlds" unless your a hardcore racer![Smile](https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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if its gonna be a mixture of the two .. use medium to high tread tires like rally drivers... id remember that every time a real life car driver has to race they have a choise of several tire types and choose on the day depending on what the track/ weather is like.. this is also relevant for RC
i use rally style.. med tread slightly soft tires for my car for street bashing.. as its sometimes smooth sometimes damp sometimes gritty.. if ya race indoors or on a good track youd use slicks.. maybe it would be worth getting something that makes "the best of both worlds" unless your a hardcore racer
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excuse the spelling i was typing fast hehe