Any opinions/experiance on the R-S4 in the wet (with tread grooves still present)?

 

No experience in the wet so far.

 

Ok, thanks. Please let us know your impressions once you wear them out. I currently get 4 days on track on RE71Rs, with around 5 20min sessions a day. The cost of RS-4 is roughly the same as RE-71R, so it needs to last a lot longer to justify going slower.

 

Not RS4 but my direzza Z3 lasted about 12 hours and if I rotated them sooner probably could’ve done another 2 hours. I hear the RS4s last even longer and are a bit faster so I’m trying them next.

 

The big question now is: Are the brand new Yoko A052's better than the RE-71R's?

 

Here are a couple of pics of the Hankook RS-4 after 8 HC.


Rears

Fronts

 

I could only wish to get that many HC with the RE71R's . I was lucky to get 14.
The RS4's have 13 HC after today and still have lots of tread grooves left.

 

Drove in a hard rain yesterday coming home and they performed wonderfully in the wet.

 

After muck internal debate i opted for the RS4's as well. On the street they feel great and on the track they perform better than expected. They don't seem to be effected by the heat like other tires I've run. I do have to air them down pretty far for DE's but they are very predictable and when they start to get greasy just ease up for a lap and they're back in the zone.

 

Guys, What are your hot pressures?(would like to know what vehicle as well)

Thanks

 

I'm running them at 36 hot in mt 997.2 GT3. The side walls are pretty stiff so airing that far down down hasn't seemed to be an issue.

 

981S with some weight reduced. 32F/34R
Not saying that's the best since I haven't experimented too much with air pressure.

 

Chiming in on the A052 as I just finished a DE on them. Very fast tire, 2 seconds over the Falken RT615K (not the K+) at HPR. That being said, I DO NOT like the way the tire drives compared to the RS4, that is the best overall tire I've been on. The A052 doesn't communicate well and feels very washy.