Great grip once warm. Niosy. Tire side wall blow out when doing 200km/hr at Aussie racetrack The Bend. Fun.....NOT!
Pressures check just before leaving the pits, 26PSI cold, 33 hot.
Best Tires for the Porsche 997 GT3 RS
Porsche 997 GT3 RS drivers have left 4 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 12,700 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 4owner reviews
- 12,700 milescovered on them
- 3different tires rated
- 73%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Porsche 997 GT3 RS
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Porsche 997 GT3 RS driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 325/30 R19 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire.
Summer tires
No Porsche 997 GT3 RS driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S is our highest rated, at 9.4 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Porsche 997 GT3 RS reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect
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8.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Yokohama Advan A052
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8.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
No Porsche 997 GT3 RS driver has reviewed a tire in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 is our highest rated, at 9.4 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Porsche 997 GT3 RS reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tires → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
Fitment comes from each tire's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.
Every tire reviewed on the Porsche 997 GT3 RS
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 2 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Replaced by Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect | Summer | 79% | 2 | 10,000 miles |
Tire sizes Porsche 997 GT3 RS drivers run
The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tires in that size, across every car.
What Porsche 997 GT3 RS drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
These Pilot Sport Cups are damn near perfect sports tires. Once heated up amazing amounts of grip, yet still very adjustable on the limit allowing a good amount of oversteer. Glued to the road is a term often overused... not this time!
Surprisingly good in the wet once warm. Be very careful in standing water.
Not as cheap as something like an R888 but you pay for quality and they'll probably last a bit longer.
Surprisingly good in the wet once warm. Be very careful in standing water.
Not as cheap as something like an R888 but you pay for quality and they'll probably last a bit longer.
I manage around 7-8 trackdays on a set which is more than I can say for a lot of track tires. As you'd imagine the cup sport is really grippy in the dry and actually niec and progressive, not really snappy like some people describe the cheaper trackday rubber.
If you can get heat into them they're not awful in the wet but it's quite hard to build up enough heat. I really wouldn't recommend them as a primary road tire.
Very sensitive to the correct tire pressures. Will be buying again even if they cost a bit more.
If you can get heat into them they're not awful in the wet but it's quite hard to build up enough heat. I really wouldn't recommend them as a primary road tire.
Very sensitive to the correct tire pressures. Will be buying again even if they cost a bit more.
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About the TR Score
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Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.