Backseat Rally separates wheel appearance from driver appearance. Tyres and rims are found under the selected car’s Customize area; gloves belong to Driver customization. Community records connect many of these cosmetics to crate pools, but the live inventory and crate preview are the authority for ownership and source.
Equip tyres and rims
Open My Garage, verify the active car, then choose Customize. A current community control record uses the first customization area for the car and Q/E navigation between tyre and rim categories, with Enter to equip. Follow the on-screen prompts if your platform displays different controls.
Change one component at a time. Confirm the selected item receives the equipped state before leaving. If the preview does not update, move to another category and return or reopen the garage rather than buying another copy.
Documented tyre directory
The 12 names above are a community inventory snapshot. Items can be added, removed, renamed, or moved between sources. Unknown rarity or source should remain unknown until the current item or crate panel shows it.
Rims and crate pools
Community documentation describes Clubman as containing road-oriented rims and tyres plus gloves, while Wheel emphasizes rally-oriented rims and tyres. Works is described as the higher-rarity cosmetic crate. Inspect the item preview because those summaries do not identify every current rim or weighting.
If you want one rim style, choose the crate whose live pool includes it rather than assuming the most expensive crate contains everything. A higher rarity rate does not help when the desired rim is absent. Use Crates to compare observed prices and odds.
Equip gloves from Driver customization
Open the Driver customization area rather than the selected car’s wheel menu. A community control record identifies the third customization area for gloves. Browse with the displayed controls and equip only after the correct pair is highlighted.
Gloves follow the driver appearance. They are not a performance part and should not be expected to change steering, shift speed, or grip. An official weekend-tournament announcement has advertised exclusive gloves as a reward; confirm the event status and eligibility before assuming they are currently obtainable.
Cosmetic names are not performance data
Tarmac Slick, Gravel Block, Snow Stud, and Racing Pro sound like functional tyre compounds, but the names alone do not establish physics effects. Unless the live interface lists a stat or a controlled test changes supported car values, treat them as appearance items. For actual car upgrades, use the Performance menu and inspect mastery requirements.
If you decide to test, hold the car, stage, weather, settings, and driving line constant across multiple clean runs. Do not treat one faster attempt as proof. Record whether the garage specification panel changes and avoid publishing an effect that cannot be repeated.
Inventory and duplicate troubleshooting
After opening a crate, wait for the result and check whether a new item appeared. If it did not, inspect the CR balance: community records report that duplicate cosmetics can convert to CR. That conversion means the crate may have produced a duplicate rather than failing silently.
If an owned item remains missing, verify the correct car or Driver menu, refresh the garage, and rejoin once. Keep a screenshot of the crate result, inventory, and balance. Do not open more crates merely to force the UI to update.
Build a readable combination
Choose paint and livery first, then select rims and tyres that remain visible against the body. Review the result at gameplay distance on more than one stage. Dark wheels can disappear against a dark car; high-contrast lettering can become the strongest visual feature even when the garage preview looked balanced.
Finish with gloves that complement the driver view without distracting from co-driver calls or the road. For paint pack status, see Paint and Liveries. For car-changing parts rather than appearance, see Mastery and Performance Parts.