Passenger Car Summer Trackday and Competition Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Dunlop Sport Maxx Race 2 (3) 100% 80% 90% 85% 85% 95%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R (4) 98% 75% 95% 98% 65% 83%
Toyo Proxes RA1 (3) 97% 73% 97% 73% 93% 67%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup (3) 100% 70% 97% 90% 73% 60%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 (17) 93% 76% 89% 90% 75% 74%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R (44) 95% 73% 91% 93% 72% 70%
Bridgestone Potenza Race (7) 96% 73% 94% 96% 60% 76%
Bridgestone Potenza RE 71RS (10) 95% 79% 84% 97% 66% 59%
Yokohama Advan A052 (12) 99% 78% 88% 95% 52% 71%
Kumho V70a (20) 99% 78% 89% 87% 56% 70%
Falken Azenis RT660 (4) 100% 58% 95% 95% 73% 40%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect (9) 93% 70% 85% 88% 60% 76%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 (20) 94% 60% 88% 93% 59% 74%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R (3) 100% 45% 100% 95% 60% 95%
Dunlop Direzza DZ03 (7) 94% 66% 89% 89% 71% 47%
Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R (3) 100% 60% 93% 93% 70% 60%
Accelera 651 Sport XTRA (4) 90% 73% 83% 70% 63% 70%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport R (4) 87% 67% 93% 90% 63% 63%
Continental ExtremeContact Force (3) 93% 55% 93% 93% 87% 60%
Federal 595RSPRO (10) 89% 68% 76% 88% 73% 62%
Dunlop Direzza 03G (12) 94% 65% 89% 89% 47% 61%
Accelera 651 Sport (25) 82% 70% 78% 76% 73% 73%
Avon ZZR (11) 89% 61% 69% 86% 70% 70%
Nankang AR 1 (37) 91% 45% 85% 87% 69% 64%
Toyo R888 R (28) 90% 64% 82% 85% 61% 63%
Yokohama Advan A050 (6) 97% 48% 92% 92% 35% 64%
Yokohama Advan A048 (9) 96% 53% 96% 81% 51% 56%
Nitto NT01 (9) 94% 46% 84% 83% 73% 46%
Federal 595RSR (51) 86% 66% 76% 80% 72% 57%
Extreme Performance VR2 (9) 91% 59% 84% 86% 59% 39%
Toyo R888 (37) 90% 63% 80% 78% 59% 55%
Achilles 123S (13) 91% 64% 81% 82% 58% 57%
Federal 595RSRR (7) 93% 55% 82% 85% 62% 48%
Nitto NT555 G2 (5) 80% 63% 83% 78% 73% 68%
Falken Azenis RT 615 (4) 80% 53% 75% 78% 78% 55%
Dmack TrackDay (3) 93% 33% 90% 87% 63% 57%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS (35) 73% 65% 73% 72% 80% 68%
Hankook Ventus TD Z221 (3) 97% 57% 93% 97% 17% 20%
Achilles ATR K Sport (4) 63% 70% 67% 50% 53% 50%

Passenger Car Summer Trackday and Competition Tires with no reviews

Achilles 123, Armstrong Blu Trac Race, Atturo AZ850DR, Avon CR500, Avon ZZS, BFGoodrich g Force Sport Comp 2, BFGoodrich g Force Winter 2 SUV, BFGoodrich gForce R1, Bridgestone Potenza RE55, Bridgestone Potenza S007 RS, Davanti Protoura Race, Dunlop Direzza DZ02, Dunlop Sport Maxx Race 2, Dunlop SportMaxx Race, Extreme Performance VR1, Falken Azenis RT 615 K, Federal FZ201, General G Max RS, Giti GitiCompete GTR2, Giti GitiCompete GTR3, Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar G2, Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport RS, Hankook Ventus RSS Z211, Hankook Ventus Z213, Hankook Ventus Z214, Hoosier A7, Hoosier Medium Slick, Hoosier R7, Interstate RACEDNRT, Kumho Ecsta V370, Maxxis ZR9 Victra, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Plus, MRF ZTR, Nankang AR 1, Nankang CR 1, Nankang CR S v1, Nankang CR S v2, Nitto NT05R, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo Track, Pirelli Slick DHB, Reference Holder 1, Reference Holder 2, Reference Slick, Sailun Atrezzo RO1, Toyo DRR1 Drag Slick, Toyo Proxes RR, Toyo Proxes RS1, Toyo Proxes RS1, Toyo Proxes TQ, Vitour Tempesta Enzo V 01R, Vitour Tempesta Enzo V 03R, Vitour Tempesta P1, Vitour Tempesta Wraith, Yokohama Advan A032R

Passenger Car Summer Trackday and Competition Tires Tire Review Highlights

Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 rated 83% while driving a Toyota 86 GT
Driving on track for 1500 spirited miles
When I first tried the Yokohama AD09s, I was running 245s on 18s — and they delivered a solid amount of grip right out of the gate. But then I decided to go all-in and throw on a set of 265s on the same wheels… and wow. The difference was night and day! The extra grip was incredible, and I even managed to knock out three PBs in the middle of the day — right after a major lock-up on these tires.

That alone says a lot: these tires are incredibly forgiving. As a semi-slick road tire, they’re fantastic on track, delivering excellent feedback and plenty of grip when you use them right.

Overall, I’d say they’re a brilliant choice if you love your track days and want great lap times without spending a fortune. Best of all, they hold their temperatures really well — no crazy heat spikes — but it’s still worth checking your temps as soon as you come off track.
tire reviewed on 2025-08-08 20:18:47
Yokohama Advan A050 rated 79% while driving a Honda Civic Coupe 1.6i SR VTEC
Driving on track for 100 spirited miles
Probably the best R spec TW40 tire around.
tire reviewed on 2025-08-02 01:53:58
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 rated 87% while driving a Tesla Model 3 Performance
Driving on track for 5000 spirited miles
Bought these tires mainly for track use, but also ended up using them on the road last summer. Extremely good on track, even better in the wet which surprised me. Side wall is ultra stiff but I enjoyed this and rolled over potholes in the UK no problem. Wear was ok, I did 7 track full days in these plus driving round 3 months in the summer. Will be buying again.
tire reviewed on 2025-07-16 15:05:46
Bridgestone Potenza RE 71RS rated 89% while driving a BMW M2 Competition
Driving on for 0 miles
I drive my m2 competition to and from the track here dry Arizona. The Bridgestone re71 rs has lasted 2500 street miles and three track days. I do time trials so I am driving very hard doing about 2 time trials and 3-4 open track rounds per event. So in total the tires still are useable after 60 track laps and the 2500 street miles. Not to mention I improved my lap times by 4 seconds compared to the Michelin sport 4s. I highly recommend these tires if you're someone that drives to the track and wants to put in competitive lap times.
tire reviewed on 2025-07-01 18:59:17
Bridgestone Potenza RE 71RS rated 70% while driving a Chevrolet camaro
Driving on track for 1000 spirited miles
1992 camaro
18x11 S71 Forged wheels
295/35r18

Autocross:
no a good tire to use as a single driver
warm up is semi slow compared to the A052
unless it's 80F+ out a A052 user will beat you
they have turbo stiff side walls that make them a good choice for FWD cars or cars that can't add a lot of camber
I run -3.2 camber and could probably get away with -3.0
hot days are pretty good
tire likes be be around 120F-125F with a pyrometer


Track:
they warm up quick, and go 2-3 Hero laps
then fall out 1-2 seconds
but they stabilize and you can drive flat out from then on out
wear is pretty good

These re71RS have more lateral grip than braking and acceleration.
they don't seem to like combining both acceleration and turning
A052 and Hosier A7 seem way more tolerant of that.
steering is very quick
feedback is good
tire reviewed on 2025-06-20 13:45:53
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rated 60% while driving a Renault clio 197
Driving on a combination of roads for 300 spirited miles
Had them on a fully stock 3rd gen Clio RS with Cup package, used them 50/50 road/small racetrack. Definitely not the fastest semislick, but the most civilized ones - extremely predictable at the limit, surprisingly good in wet and low temps (do not aquaplain on highway at 140 kph at full wet conditions). NVH similar to Bridgestone Potenza Sport. Sadly the wear was horrible, although I assume it was mostly due to a combination of stock (ca. -0,5 deg) camber and track usage.
tire reviewed on 2025-06-11 13:30:49
Nankang AR 1 rated 52% while driving a Mazda MX5
Driving on track for 600 spirited miles
Used as a track-only tire (forced by the regs of the time attack series in which I participate) on clubsport-spec MX-5 NC (200hp/1150kg with driver and fuel). Soft-ish compound - below 15 degrees Celsius requires very little warm-up, above - none needed. Good performance to price ratio, although it's noticeably slower on hot days. Subjective handling is ok - it isn't super edgy at the limit (for a track tire), but also isn't dull and understeery. Very stiff sidewall. On my car it survives ca. 600 track miles, with small but noticeable performance drop-off at ca. 400 miles. The tread might not hint at it, but it's quite ok in wet (for a semislick, of course) - I guess the relative softness of the compound helps. Can be run with absurdly low tire pressures, even below Nankang's recommendations (the lowest I've ran was 1,4 bar cold - first hot lap was sketchy but the following ones were good). The road manners are obviously terrible, but this isn't unexpected with this type of tire.
tire reviewed on 2025-06-11 13:23:15
MRF ZTR rated 85% while driving a Renault Clio RS200
Driving on track for 1000 spirited miles
Bought two sets of these now to use on my Clio for trackdays, the grip and wear rate on these tires are amazing. I managed to get 7 Full trackdays out of the first set and was impressed enough to buy another set.
tire reviewed on 2025-06-11 02:44:34
Bridgestone Potenza Race rated 70% while driving a Honda Civic Type R FK2
Driving on track for 500 spirited miles
I used them mostly on track, a little while on street too. Reason for the short use-time is that the 2 on the front run off of life in 2 trackdays, which is a negative record for me. Used 2 sets of Goodyear F1 Supersport R's before these, they were TW80, these are TW200, however the GY's lasted much longer.

Overall, they kept up very well and I really liked the grip they gave the car but wouldn't buy again because of the high wear rate.
tire reviewed on 2025-04-30 07:59:15
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 rated 72% while driving a Mazda Mazda Miata
Driving on track for 1000 spirited miles
I went to these after running four sets of R888R, grip is pretty similar, if not slightly better, but these will last a long time. After a recent track day, really cooking these tires, and they are holding up their shape and not rolling over. More testing will come soon, but I can say these are built for endurance in mind. Good for a track day and not wanting to destroy any slicks.
tire reviewed on 2025-04-14 20:28:23
Dunlop Sport Maxx Race 2 rated 91% while driving a Porsche 1993 928 GTS
Driving on mostly country roads for 2500 spirited miles
The N version that came standard with my GT4 RS is on par with the best in dry conditions but I was surprised with the wet grip, better than the Cup 2s I had in my previous GT4. Seems to last longer as well.
tire reviewed on 2025-04-12 01:35:06
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS rated 95% while driving a Toyota MR2 mk3 Roadster
Driving on track for 5000 average miles
This is a sporty road tire with a track tire pattern, not a track tire. Once this is taken into account, these are very good.
I did quite a few track days with them, and they still have plenty of life left. The wear pattern is even across the tire.
The car feels very balanced, the dry grip is very good, and the wet grip is good as well, quite surprisingly.
These tires are much more suitable for track use than other "standard" UHP tires I've owned in the past and are perfectly suitable for daily use. I hadn't noticed any excessive noise of anything of this sort.
(Toyota MR2 mk3, 185/55R15 front, 215/45R16 rear)
tire reviewed on 2025-03-29 17:43:59
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