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Unless it is for esthetics, a wider tire isn't always better. Sometimes a narrower tire can have a larger contact patch. That's where the rubber meets the road! Look at the relative skinny tires they use in NASCAR.
Most of the 205 are street slicks. For a street tire I have heard good things about the Nitto NT05 tire. They are sticky and will wear out around 10k miles though.