That hasn't been my experience with other tracks. My riding buddy and I had identical sleds except mine with a Backcountry and his with a Cobra. In low snow I always ran cooler. On pure ice we were both screwed of course. That being said, I haven't tried the storm and will be. I enjoyed the Intense on my IQR, but saw the BC as better in most conditions but both were completely acceptable. If the new VR1 had a BC option I'd order it, but since I can't I will settle for the Storm instead of trading tracks. Year away for me though.