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Originally Posted by Billj747
The Michelin Pilot Super Sport was the benchmark for the UHP tire class - in terms of wet grip, dry grip, steering precision, response, track durability, ride quality, noise, tire wear, etc... -a tire that you can comfortably live with every day, performs well on twisty roads, and can hold up to the occasional track day or driving school.
No other tire succeeded across the board in these areas like the PSS. Tires that did have better dry grip and durability often greatly sacrificed wet grip, ride quality, noise and longevity.
The Continental ExtremeContact DW was slightly better in terms of wet grip, and notably better hydroplaning resistance over the PSS, but it has significantly softer sidewalls which greatly hurt steering precision, response, and its many small tread blocks didn't hold up well to heavy track use and caused tread squirm.
Continental's brand new ExtremeContact SPORT addressed the soft sidewalls and greatly improved steering response, precision, dry grip, on-track durability, and slightly improved wet grip, while hurting hydroplaning resistance a little compared to the DW, but still being better than the PSS -and increasing tread life by an impressive 20%.
The new Michelin PS4S has less rolling resistance -for durability, tread life, MPG, while improving wet grip and maintaining its dry grip and steering response.
Having driven both the PS4S & ExtremeContact Sport, they are very competitive tires and better than their predecessors.
It's great to see tire technology improve the way it has.
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Its a shame Conti doesn't make more 20 inch sizes of these and the ContiSportContact 6