Tire variables

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captainmorgan
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Tire variables

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I know that tires can be understood in terms of 'hard' vs. 'soft'. However, that seems very laymanish to me... is there a more rigorous variable to describe this characteristic? and what units are used to measure?

Also, what are other variables that teams use when evaluating a tire? I can imagine that related to the above are grip and durability, and maybe some kind of derived value to describe tradeoffs between the two. I'm interested in having a better understanding of those two variables as well as any other that teams use.

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Steven
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You may want to check the following thread:
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