[EricH]

Originally Posted by Kyle Love

The only differences really from the ones last year appear to be that there are now structural ribs to help support the spokes of the wheel, and the traction from the wheel is a bit less, but in this years game I do not foresee a real reason to have massive traction.

Yeah, the documentation said they were beefed up a bit. Some teams broke them a lot with a lot of use or sideways force.