Why do we have tyre options tab. Is there a real world brand that manufactures their own tyres?
You always talk of balance between realism and easy of use. Why not change the tyre tab for a tyre catalog. Like real manufacturers do, instead of choosing the parameters you chose out of a tyre list.
Choosing the compound(purely for sorting) based on the type of car you are building and then looking through the available tyres.
I came across this idea when building 50’s and 60 cars and the tyre sizes were not right for the period. I had to up the slider alot to get the tyres even thought they were period correct.
I searched and found out most 50 to 70’s sports cars were infact using the same tire. The Pirelli Cinturato (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirelli_Cinturato).
Even cars that were supposed to be affordable sportscars like the Triumphs or the MGs. Because automakers weren’t researching tires. They never have that cost.
And you always talk about simplifying were you can. Right now I think the current settings are too confusing to newcomers. Actually, Matt Farah inquired about this precise subject in one of his playthroughs. He was trying to put big tires and size wasn’t changing. It’s hard for newbies to understand things like increasing diameter and lowering wheel size to get wider tires.
Having a catalog would be simpler and more realistic. And could even add more options without increasing the UI(since you would have a dropdown menu), options like economy tires(like the ones the put on priuses).
PS: I know there was another thread about a similar suggestion but it was 2 years old and derailing.