The Continental was the fastest of the UHP tyres, and exceptionally sporty feeling, it also had a stellar first lap pace, but then seemed to struggle with the heat a little more than others so laps two and three were slower. There was no denying the Michelins grip, but it felt a little numb compared to the Goodyear, Pirelli and Continental, however it was stable in it's lap time and gave you lots of confidence to push on.
The Michelin Pilot Sport 4 and Continental PremiumContact 6 placed fourth and third. It did seem to struggle with the heat a little more than some, but it was a really impressive handling tyre. The Pirelli P Zero PZ4 was a fast, direct steering, well weighted, and felt really good when cornering. It was one of the most stable tyres in the test in terms of heat, and while track wear doesn't really correlate with road wear, it was also one of the freshest looking tyres when it came off the car at the end of the test.
The Vredestein was another tyre to have direct precise steering with good grip, and felt sporty right up until the limit where it would leave you wanting a bit more information. The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 subjectively felt quite sporty, had a stable balance and good braking and turning, however it did feel a little traction limited out of the slower corners, robbing it of a few precious tenths. The 95s is where it gets really competitive, with Falken, Goodyear, Vredestein and Pirelli all within a second of each other! The Falken was a very pleasant tyre, good steering response and well balanced, just, lacking a bit of feedback through the wheel. The GT Radial was an enjoyable tyre to drive, it felt rounded and had the best steering of the three, it just didn't have the grip, where as the Nokian and Hankook both felt a little vague through the front of the car, gave you understeer, and didn't enjoy being hot. Next up in the 96 second range were GT Radial, Nokian and Hankook. Both these tyres felt fine on the warm up laps, but as the tyres got warm the grip dropped off quite quickly which resulted in a lot of understeer. Neither felt particularly sporty, but neither had bad handling, just a lack of grip. The only tyres in the 97 seconds range were the as Altenzo and Avon. The test vehicle is a trusty VW Golf GTI, which while is a little generic, is a really good platform to run this program on.
Gtr2 reviews plus#
This means we have the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 AND Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 AND the F1 SuperSport, plus it's the first time we're is testing the Pirelli P Zero PZ4, and, amongst all the other tyres on test, the brand new Bridgestone Potenza Sport. On test are some of the very best tyres on market, and where possible we've included both the UHP and UUHP segment. We've taken 14 of the best ultra high performance summer tyres in the very popular 225/40 R18 tyre size, and we've tested the dry and wet handling, the dry and wet braking ability, aquaplaning resistance, the noise levels and the rolling resistance of these tyres, to work out exactly what tyre is best at what!
Gtr2 reviews update#
Update 21st May 2021: Amended the rolling resistance data to be more accurate. ▲Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 7.05 kg / t ▼Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport: 9.68 kg / t ▲Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 46.22 ▼Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S: 95.5 ▲GT-Radial SportActive 2: 69.5 dB ▼Continental Premium Contact 6: 73.5 dB ▲GT-Radial SportActive 2: 2.4 m/sec2 ▼Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 1.7 m/sec2 ▲GT-Radial SportActive 2: 80.9 Km/H ▼Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 68.7 Km/H ▲Michelin Pilot Sport 4: 64.46 s ▼Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 69.00 s ▲Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3: 30.67 M ▼Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 41.06 M ▲Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport: 93.92 s ▼Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 97.97 s ▲Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S: 33.18 M ▼Altenzo Sports Comforter +: 39.08 M
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