[Steven Smith]

When you practice driving a robot, you can get pretty good at adapting to "non ideal" but consistent things.

Maybe you have an intake mechanism where the "worse wheel" offers a little more slip and it takes a game piece longer to make it through the intake. If the driver is used to intake, pause, shoot, you might throw off the timing with a new wheel. Maybe it matters, maybe not.

Are there instances where it could be safe and beneficial? Sure, but I just think the feedback is that sometimes a better technical solution (more grippy wheel) might not be preferential to a more consistent experience for the driver.