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Originally Posted by Christ
This does not jive well with observed events. It might also contradict your previous quote, but I don't have time to read them thoroughly, at the moment.
I'm sure someone else will get to it, though.
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It does jive with observed events. See the article on wider tires at the rear of the sports car to encourage understeer (aka safe handling).
BTW, I think to get the bigger contact patch with the wider tire you need lower tire pressure. If you ran the same lower pressure with a skinnier tire you'd have more deformation.
Edit:
http://www.performancesimulations.co...on-tires-1.htm
According to those numbers, the ground pressure at a given air pressure isn't necessarily the same for two tire widths.
Yes I know it has nothing to do with this discussion between different pressures for the same tire.