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... arch, I realized I never really answered your question: As I think, there would be no need for AutoScale tires or special rims if a tire manufacturer simply made tires to fit stock rims with the same coefficient as the current Autoscales.
What I learned in last night's testing, is that you can tweak grip/oversteer/understeer via the tire coefficient, the track coefficient, and the width of the tire in any combination. Of course, the differential, dampering and suspension settings also play a (much smaller) role.
Before last night however, I had deemed overly sticky surfaces as unacceptable because of traction rolling -- now I know that by using a really "bad" tire, I can dial-in the handling to match the track surface if the there is too much grip. Before that, I spent most of my time trying to get more grip on traditional surfaces.
The other nice aspect of the overly-grippy track surface is that a box-stock d'Nano will handle perfectly at 80% speed without the need for upgraded diffs, gyros, etc. -- and this is perfect for my racing leagues, where I dial down the speed anyway. Ditto for kids learning to drive and "family" racing.
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