I just turned it up to three, and all of the sensations it gives me are good ones. I've managed to roll it over frozen snow, dry asphalt, snow porridge, and potholes; at first, I was skeptical because of this. Once upon a time, there was a brief summer Nordman on the out XL, and the sensations were unique because of the extreme softness; however, currently everything is closer to excited, since. not noisy, comfy, the potholes are elastic, but collected, driving on asphalt, porridge, and ice is just fantastic. I can tell that I'm getting older since I can't think of a time when I was more thrilled than I am with the new winter tires.