[Nick M3]

Basically, the rule of thumb is that cars should understeer. Better tires up front mean that the car is more likely to have grip induced oversteer. Since your average idiot driver isn't going to know what to do with that, they solve for that.

The Lemons Volvo that I race has 255 tires up front and 225s in the rear. The oversteer in braking and at corner entry is *hilarious*. But, you know, even though it's fun and easy to drive for us, your average driver would wreck it in short order.