eli5 why isn’t there shoes with no trees that are super grippy like drag racing slick tires

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Considering how grippy drag racing slicks are I feel like there would be a shoe equivalent

(Edit for title: tread)

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Slick tires grip only one kind of surface, a perfectly flat racing track.

Shoes are expected to go on different surfaces, including carpet and grass and not-so-smooth sidewalks.

For rubber to be sticky, it needs to be pretty soft, so it will wear out fast, or will cost a lot.

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