I think its more like thinner rear wheels on an 8th car than wide front wheels.
after a good few years running 8th scale, you can feel the weight of the car quite a bit, cars feel like they have a lot of momentum, jumping, turning, braking.
rollbars in 8th scale keep the car from transfering all its weight to the outside, without rollbars an 8th car would roll around quite a bit. this is more apparent when the grip is high.
thinner rear tires also help the car rotate in the tighter corners, 8th scale cars feel a lot less on rails than the lightweight 10th scale cars, even when grip is high.
8th scale cars also don't 'snap' deliver the power, they have a smoother torque curve and also a centre diff, both of these negate the need for big wide rear tires
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