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The performance of purpose-designed winter tires has gotten better as well. Remember snow tires with metal studs? There are now tires that perform as well as those (if not better) without studs in them. There are also improvements in the dry road handling of winter tires, making them more acceptable for putting them on even performance-oriented cars for the winter months. Modern winter tires are a good way to improve perfromance in the snow and ice. (Remember, you need four of them, not just two on the drive wheels.) Chains are really for only the most severe conditions and the vehicles that must get through before roads are very clear.