Soft Carrera tires

[dw5555]

I'm a big fan of stock rubber as long as their trued. I have several cars with urethanes and have found little to no difference in swapping from the stock rubber on my plastic track, running mags. My question is:

Is a soft tire compound generally better than a harder compound for grip? I always thought it was.

Case in point is a Morgan Aeromax I picked up a couple of weeks ago. Out of the box this car has alot of mag, very soft tires BUT you would think it was a no mag car. This car has it's tail out even at slow speeds. I trued the tires after it's initial drive and even picked up an additional 15g of downforce but it made no difference.
Before I start playing around with the mags, I need some thoughts on the tire compound. Unfortunately I don't have any tires to swap around, these are some big rims with very little sidewall. I've got nothing close to this size to try out. Thoughts?
Dave

[DE38]

You say the car has alot of mag downforce, with that the car really shoudnt be tailing out very much even with harder less grippy tires.
I might take a look first at the front, is the axle free, it might just be a case of no lube, even if you have a little resistance it will cause the car to be loose,just a thought.

DE38

[DrumPhil]

Dave,
Have you trued the WHEELS? Front and rear? If the wheels are off-kilter, truing the tires is not going to help much. My Morgan actually handles quite well, so it's not just the car model.

I have an Audi R8 that was very loose, no matter how much I worked on the rear end. After running the front wheels and tires on a Tire Razor, the car moved much closer to the rest of my pack. A bumpy front wheel was keeping it from ever finding stability in corners.

Phil