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maybe a dumb question - tire pressure sensitivity

I always try to run at 29/36 on my 3.2 carrera because nearly any other setting makes the car unstable/twitchy. My tires got hot at an event last w/e and I forgot to check the pressures before going on course, and let me say that the John Wick stunt team would have been impressed I didn’t go off course backwards. (I got a round of applause from my fellow auto-xers) The pressures were about 5 high in the rear and 3 or 4? in front. The grip was gone and it was twitchy & tail-happy as all heck. Went through one gate sideways.

With the right pressures, it’s flawless. But why is it so sensitive to any changes? I don’t think I have ever driven another car that was so sensitive to this one thing.
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