R comp advice

[matthugie]

It seems like you have a set of street wheels and a set of autox wheels.

What I would do in your position is get some Z2s, RE11s or Rivals for the street wheels and use those for DD and HPDE, then get some slicks for the race wheels and use those for autox. There really is no better compromise if you want to be competitive at autox but not chew through slicks at the track. R888/NT01/RA1 are great tires but they will be significantly off the pace of a pure autocross tire.

I ended up going with a more autox compromising route of ZII's and NT01's. I'm moving away from autox and more towards full track, but we have a great local group and some very good locations nearby, so the autox is very enjoyable. If I can gain 1-2 seconds on NT01's over ZII's on a 60 second course I'll be competitive enough, and it will force me to improve my driving more to compensate for not being prepped exactly to class.

[Eric]

has anyone had any experience with the Rival? I was thinking about picking a set up.

I run rivals on the M5 and they weren't the game changer the NOLA release party/event claimed them to be. I honestly don't think they are all that better than the RS3s I ran the season before.

One impressive aspect of the rivals was driving hard on them for two days at Laguna seca this year at Oktoberfest in August without ever feeling them give up, then a day later driving through heavy thunderstorms in the Rocky Mountains without any hydroplaining.


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