I can actually see out of the windshield rather easily, the major breakage is down low where the wipers are so it's not that big of deal, I'll fix it someday, maybe a little bondo here and there...
Actually the tires are quieter and smoother than my 44's. The lugs have a stagger to them so they don't have such a huge void between the inner lugs and they don't thump thump thump down the road like the 44's did and they are way more quiet. I ran them in gorman on the road up to 50 or so with barely any noise.