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Originally Posted by winkosmosis
Did someone just take high school physics? Yes the contact patch affects grip, because the rubber and the road aren't two perfectly smooth surfaces. The rubber conforms to the bumps in the pavement, and the more bumps the more grip.
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Perhaps someone should take high school physics. More bumps do not equal more grip. If this were so, drag racers, NASCAR racers, IRL racers, Formula 1 racers, etc., would want bumpy race surfaces. The very opposite is true. They put smooth grippy tires on smooth track surfaces. The reason street tires are not smooth like race tires, is that they have to be able to displace water.