You are correct, the spacing of the lettering is different on the fron an rear - rear is opposite, front is off (in the "empty" section it says Vitour but you can't really tell cause the lettering is black). No clue why they did it that way (the offset lettering is on the small width tires - I think 255 and up have it on the opposite side).
Performance in rain is good (better than the BFGs or Coopers) but you still have to be careful with a high hp RWD car in the rain - nature of the game I'd say.