Drivers generally describe the Continental Sport Contact 6 as a very high-grip UHP tire with strong dry handling, sharp steering response, and confidence-inspiring traction, with many also praising wet-road performance when the tire is fresh. Comfort and noise are often rated better than expected for this category, with several owners noting a quieter, smoother ride than their previous tires. The clear, recurring downside is very fast tread wear/short lifespan (often viewed as poor value), and a smaller subset report performance becoming less reassuring in cold conditions or as the tread gets low (including increased aquaplaning sensitivity).
What owners mention most counted across 91 reviews
In the dry these tires have huge levels of grip. The front end in particular had levels of turn in and a lot less under steer than on previous tires. Traction is good but for me the front end dynamics were excellent. The grip and steering really were transformed.
Braking is very good.
However. In the wet, rather disappointing. They really have struggled with traction and getting the power down far worse than I was expecting. Braking is still good, however handling wise it isn’t confidence inspiring considering the relatively poor traction. The back end is quite snappy, traction appears to go quite suddenly.
In fact they feel the same in this regard to much cheaper tires, I wouldn’t know the difference which was a let down considering the dry grip. I’m not expecting much as temperatures cool as we go into autumn.
Wear, I do drive hard but the front edges are already starting to scrub and that’s only around 3k miles in.
I’m expecting poor wear as others have experienced.
To summarise, warm dry grip is excellent, steering response, handling, brilliant.
Wet weather, not particularly confidence inspiring and poorer than was expected considering the dry performance.
81%
Member
245/40 R20
8,000 miles
Mostly Motorways
These are the most well rounded tires I have owned. However they are the only ones I have had on my Polestar 2. Dry and wet traction is fantastic with all wheel drive but shallow ponds of water on one side pulled dramatically. I attribute this to the 5600lb weight of the vehicle. No road vibration even on concrete and no tire noise in this EV. The tread doesn't hold stones and the tread wear seems even. I won't have the chance to rotate the tires as my rear wheels are wider. Based on how much tread I have lost in 8000 miles I expect the ability for the tires to channel water will deminish as they age.
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I am really impressed with this tires! First time I use a UUHP tire, and it was more than I hope. Bought this because the Goodyears Eagle F1 Supersport were sold out for a few months and now I don´t regret it to choose these. Now I think it´s not worth it to people buy the Michelin Pilot Sport S. They are really expensive. Buy Michelins if you go to the track and if you see that they give better lap times. After these ones I will try the new Bridgestone Potenza Sport.
2 Sets on the rear axle, 1 FA. All kinds of driving (Track, drifting, normal driving, spirited country roads.
To summerise,
very good in the dry, awesome level of grip on both axles, almost compareable to a semi slick tire like the Cup 2 (tested both) on the track and on the road but much better "cold grip".
BUT,
wet is the complete opposite. All in all grip levels are good but the predictability is very bad. And the limit of grip the tire suddenly looses traction which ends in massive sudden oversteer in addition to a lack of lateral grip on the front axles. Drifting in the wet is impossible, fornt axle cant keep up, massive understeer, not able the react to steering inputs.
All in all,
very good in the dry, unpredictable in the wet. Wear is not that bad in my opinion. My Michelin Pilot Supersport did a much better job in the wet....and they a well known for beeing not the best in terms of wet performance.
Very enjoyable tires in the warm; Excellent high speed stability and feedback - Gives the car a very neutral feeling (Similar to Cup2s)
That being said, these do go off very quickly below 7c - In cold & wet, they're terrible compared to Michelin PS4S, and can be quite snappy at the limit.
The other issue is life - Only ~6000 miles of use despite regular rotations and alignment checks. (Compared to 15,000+ miles on PS4S with similar driving, with them still having 3-4mm left!)
Member
BMW
265/40 R21 R
8,000 miles
Mostly Town
Average
First set of tires from new. Grip wet and dry good but not much give on normal road surface. Wear is very poor. Down to 3.5mm all round after only 8000 miles and I do not drive the car hard..Always use the onboard pressure settings. Will not buy again.
I have the tires on a 315hp bmw 640d and in 6 months time the wear is unbelievable and I haven’t even driven the car as I liked.
So, even though that it is a good tire, I am not intending to change tires every 10.000 miles and spend 1,2K annually. I will try Michelin p4s or new Goodyear asymmetric 5.
Tires were excellent during the first 10k kilometers.Then , it started to struggle while trying the discharge water out.
After 20k kilometers, they completely ran out, and I started to feel vibrations above 180 km/h even after balanced wheels .
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Incredible grip on dry road, excellent handling with fast reactivity.
Have to remplace them at 37000km which I think it's 1 very good score for high performance tire.
I do not recommend these for high horsepower cars or at least where forced induction is involved, they fry up quite easily compared to the pirelli P-zero’s I had on before them.
In spirited driving Occassions they hold corners very well without breaking traction or under steering, a 25 series tire is never really going to be comfortable so it’s not fair to pass that judgement but considering the profile they are not overly noisey.
They need to be a bit softer to suit my car. Standing starts will fry tires easily and even low speed pulls will light up the tires.
