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Higher pressure = less sidewall flex (archive)
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Posted by Randy G on November 28, 2000 at 00:28:24:

In Reply to: You are right and Randy G is wrong (nt) posted by Psyence on November 27, 2000 at 16:55:38:

Over on the E36 M3 board, everybody talks about inflating both front and rear tires to the same pressure to decrease understeer (standard on my '98 M3/2 is 30 front, 35 rear). The explanation I've heard is that higher pressure reduces sidewall flex and gives a larger effective footprint when cornering. Autocross info sheets say to increase tire pressure front and rear, and I would be very surprised to see autocross recommendations that decrease traction.

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