Federal 595RSR Reviews - Page 2

These are just the perfect tires for anyone who has a fast street car. Decent wet performance, very grippy in dry conditions and especially in low profile form very communicative.

For mostly track use they are the perfect fit for budget minded people who are looking for extra performance but do not wish to spend 4 times as much for 888 for example. Those cost nearly double and wear twice as fast. They are obviously the better tire, but in no way 4 times as good or even double.

Tire preasure however is very very important with these tires. For me the sweetspot is @ 2,9 bar. If it drops only 0.2 bar the grip and handling deteriorates very quickly. At 2,6 bar they heat up quickly and loose their direct feel, probably due to the walls loosing stiffness. They where pretty much undrivable.
I suspect most people posting here reporting issues with them probably are running not enough presure in their tires.

I also had the issue with the cracks across the thread where the moulds came together, but this isn't a problem for safety and it doesn't affect performance at all.

All and all a good tire for the price and especially well suited for faster street cars which are driven fast. Much better then toyo proxes or bridgestone potenzas etc. Fitted to hot hatches driving on the street these will be a riot i imagine.
For track use they are a decent budget choise, but there are obviously better tires outthere for that purpose, but they all do carry a different pricetag.

Use these on a Classic shape Subaru Impreza STI (280bhp) and have done one track evening at Snetterton and 3 / 4 track evenings and one day at Brands, which probably equates to about 1500 miles (including on road use there and back too) and they are near to half worn but in great shape still.

To be honest when I had an instructor in the car could not believe how fast I could go round the corners at Snetterton, the grip is tons better than other road tires i've used on track (obviously) and they resist fade for about 15 laps of Brands Indy before needing a cool down too, but then 20 minutes later there as good as new.

As for wet grip, my last track-day evening was the wettest day of the year and at one point I aquaplaned on my right side tires, on the way to Brands, at 60 mph, and I had enough control to pull the car the way I wanted. So I would say as good as normal road tires in wet and better in the dry. Highly recommend.

I should point out this is a weekend only / track day car, so less than 3000 miles a year and I have another set of road wheels with Eagle F1's, which I can drift on, these its harder too.

If you can afford go for R888, but you can get through two sets of these for one set of them and only lose out on 5% grip level / fade resistance.