Hankook  Ventus R-S4

These tires have been an awesome addition to my car. The soft rubber creates a much smoother ride on my commute to/from work. They are much more compliant than the tires I previously had.

As for track handling, I've put one track day on them but was super impressed with their grip both wet and dry. My last track day was one where we got the first session in the dry, then it started raining for the rest of the day. I was amazed that I could go almost as fast in the wet as in the dry. Only had a small slide once in the wet. Prodigious grip all day long. Zero to no fade once they quickly heated up. Pushed them hard in the corners and brake zones and could put the car where I wanted all day long. I would definitely purchase them again.

Out of the other tires in this catagory iv tested, (Advan AD08R, Federal RSRR, Hankook RS3, Sailun R01, RE71r) these are all around easily the best. They outgrip all at the limit except the RE71r, which i was about 0.2 faster in. These also have the lowest treadwear, lasting much more than twice as long as the RE71r, and very similar to the AD08r. You can do several track sessions in a day without experiencing any over heating so they make for an amazing track/endurance racing tire, unlike the RE71r. They also perform quite well in the wet in comparison to the others as I also daily drive these tyres. They are a bit noisy but manageable. The price also places them at the cheaper end which makes it all the more worth it. In overall dry grip for this catagory they get 2nd place. But for every other catagory (wet, comfort) they top the chart

Race class: GTA limited class, Gridlife Trackmod
COM SA
Car has highly aggressive aero with 450awhp during testing via compound turbos

Solid tires. First track day was at Thompson Motor Speedway in pouring rain with shallow ponds of water on straights. Tires gripped extremely well with little to no slippage. Gripped well in corners. Tire pressure 31/30 psi

Watkins Glen dry and warm. Tires were hot and sticky. Gripped like superglue on the track with minimal wear. Highly impressed. Tires 28 psi.

Car is a 3200# (with driver), 290whp E36M3. Having driven numerous high performance tires on this car over the past 5 years I can say these are hands down the best, knocking the RS3 v.1 off it's perch for me. As usual with the RS series of tire, the wear is excellent. I have had 3 autocrosses, 1 track day, a handful of canyon runs, and about 5k regular miles and have well over half tread left. Lateral grip is on par with or better than RS3 v1 while also having a stiffer sidewall for crisp turn in. Straight line grip is excellent as well, in both acceleration and deceleration. These tires are very communicative, making handling at the limit easy to manage. You can really feel the tires working in the corners and they respond well to smooth mid corner adjustments. They make little to no noise in cruising or at the limit in my experience, more of a scrub sound than anything. As with the RS3 v1, these are very heat resistant and difficult to grease out, but they are much easier to get up to & maintain the proper temp.

My only negative comment would be that they do seem somewhat sensitive to tire pressures. A change of 2 psi caused a dramatic difference in the feel of the car on subsequent runs. Not necessarily slower, but different. This may cause you to constantly tweak pressures to find your style.

Have a set of 265/295/40-18" on mine. They have had 3 track days at MSR Cresson and I have just crossed over 14,000 total miles on this set and the rears are reaching the wear bars and I've ordered a second set. Overall great all around tire. I use these as my DD 3-4 times a week on the highway and in traffic here in DFW and they're nice in all conditions. 18" sidewalls make the ride much better than the factory 20" MPSS tires, and they have plenty of grip dry, and still more than adequate grip for the wet, and don't throw rocks like some other street/track tires do. I did not attempt any cold weather driving per the tire recommendations, but they have held up very well. Plenty of grip and durability on track days, with a nice predictable slide, and no real negative tradeoffs on the street, if you can accept changing every 15k max.

I put these on the Miata early this spring and used for a full autocross season (15 cumulative events). This was my first year in the Miata, after switching from my heavier front-drive car, so I was pretty sloppy and abused the tires pretty roughly on the autocross courses. Lots of lockups, spins and post-grip revving. Given that, they have worn surprisingly evenly and never melted or hardened.
When brand new, one thing I noticed was that they didn't talk much at all at the limit. I could feel them breaking away, so it wasn't bad at all not to have to listen to the squealing. They still don't make a lot of noise, after a heavy season (it's a 2-driver car) so I'm hoping I have enough soft compound left for another season. Very pleasant to drive on them to and from the events. No harshness or roaring. I think those (the streetability and wear) are their main advantages over the time leaders (the 71R and Rival S) which are probably a tenth or two faster on identically prepared cars.

I've worn these tires out in 5K+ and that's a good thing. I purchased the tires to attack curvy mountain roads and they lived up to my expectations. They were exceptionally sticky and gripped amazing. I never lost grip when they were warmed properly. I will be ordering a replacement set in the next few weeks.

As a long-wearing "200" TW tire, this is fantastic for track day use at a significantly lower cost per day than faster tires. It is not as fast as RE71s or R-compound options, but I don't think I would have done 12 days in a 4000lb car on something faster. If you're chasing lap times, there are better options. If you want something predictable, fairly fast, and cheap to run these are great. Noise, ride quality, and road manners are as expected for the category. Watch out for availability: they arrive every spring and sell out before the following April.

We've been running these on our Endurance race car for almost two years now. They are by far the best wearing and most consistent tire we have tried. With 7+ hours of continuous wheel to wheel racing abuse, the tires look great after every race. We have yet to burn through a complete set as we will typically flat spot or heat cycle them out before we get below the wear bars.

We have run the Toyo R1R (great in the rain, but will only go about 6-8 hrs on our car) and the BFG Rival (long lasting, but lacked feel and grip)