Squishy tires like the Chinook

[Lixma 06]

The Chinook has the latest SquishTech™ tires

Will these trickle down to other helicopters/planes? The Hind is especially notable for its plush rubber

[AeriaGloria]

The tires do depress with weight, AFAIK this is true for all DCS modules, and is usually based on specs in the manual that provide weights that would push down the tires a certain amount. I think what we’re seeing here is that instead of the 3D object of the tire being cut off and deformed, they’ve modeled it in higher fidelity for the CH-47 to actually bulge outwards and look more realistic 

But if you look at what the manuals mention, they do line up to DCS